Podcasts about guayabitos

Otra tragedia en León en la ultima semana del año: un camión con 57 leoneses sufrió un accidente cuando regresaban a casa después de unas vacaciones familiares en Guayabitos, en el trágico suceso murieron 16 personas, Esa misma semana falleció el Rey Pelé y el ex papa Benedicto XVI; además cerraron las tiendas Famsa en todo Guanajuato; Esto y más en el recorrido de la Oruga del Meme de AM, la que pasa por las noticias más virales de la semana que acabó con su ruta exprés. 

La franja costera del estado mexicano de Nayarit esconde una sucesión de pueblos con mucha alma. En esta aventura sonora recorremos la carretera federal 200 desde el extremo sur de la región, donde se levanta Nuevo Vallarta, una joven ciudad puramente hotelera junto a la playa. Más allá de esta excepción a la regla, la ruta discurre hacia el litoral más auténtico, donde el turismo se integra con la vida cotidiana de unas gentes cálidas, simpáticas y hospitalarias. Conducimos por túneles vegetales entre bosques húmedos y las estribaciones de la Sierra Madre Occidental, paisajes hechizantes que vamos saboreando en los cortos desplazamientos entre las paradas del camino. Comenzamos paseando por el peculiar pueblo ostrícola de Bucerías con Jorge Grimaldi, gerente del hotel Refugio del Mar. Además la propietaria de Mariscos El Chino, Rocío Andalón, nos invita a probar los famosos ostiones que hacen famoso al lugar. Más al norte, en el cercano pueblo de La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, el fundador de Argos Marine, Jason Foster, nos muestra la Marina Riviera Nayarit, un agradable puerto que da cobijo a embarcaciones de pesca y recreo. Nuestro recorrido continúa hasta Punta de Mita; desde allí, el guía Carlos Saldaña y el propietario de lanchas turísticas Isaí Pelayo nos permiten conocer la reserva marina de Islas Marietas, dos grandes formaciones rocosas con una inmensa riqueza de aves y fauna submarina. De vuelta en el continente, el artista wixárika Cilau Valadez nos recibe en el bohemio pueblo de Sayulita, donde el instructor de surf Héctor 'Papas' González nos anima a probar las olas de su playa principal. La siguiente escala la hacemos en San Francisco –alias San Pancho– para conversar con Angélica Contreras y Sergio Romo, propietaria y chef, respectivamente, del restaurante Las Palmas. En la avenida principal descubrimos dos magníficas iniciativas sociales que tienen el apoyo a la infancia como denominador común: el centro comunitario Entreamigos y el Circo de los Niños de San Pancho. El director de proyectos ambientales del primero, Abraham Vivas, y la coordinadora del segundo, Glades Castro, nos presentan sus actividades. El viaje enfila su recta final en Lo de Marcos, una aldea encajada entre la Sierra de Vallejo y la playa. Allí el responsable de Xplore México, Oliver Cruz, nos propone experiencias de naturaleza y aventura por los alrededores, incluida una travesía hasta la Isla de Coral. Con el capitán Mauricio Rosales navegamos hasta ese diminuto universo de biodiversidad frente a la costa de Rincón de Guayabitos. Histórico de emisiones: 14/12/19 Escuchar audio

Analizamos el primer duelo de la selección mexicana en la era del Tata Martino, además ahí viene la segunda semana de la LMBPF y hablamos del regional de Guayabitos

Analizamos el primer duelo de la selección mexicana en la era del Tata Martino, además ahí viene la segunda semana de la LMBPF y hablamos del regional de Guayabitos

Recorre las bellas playas de Nayarit como Guayabitos y disfruta de un delicioso pescado embarazado.

Traveling to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with Children is Easy with Proper Planning and the Right Information, There are Many Activities in and Around Puerto Vallarta to Keep Children Busy and Happy. I have an interview with listeners David and Lucia Garcia from Miami, Florida. They tell us about all of the fun activities available in Puerto Vallarta. Ziplining, Swimming with Dolphins, snorkeling, kayaking and more. Listen to The Podcast Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be [caption id="attachment_195" align="alignright" width="300"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta Mexico[/caption] introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listening to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. Those are La Palapa, The El Dorado Restaurant, and at night for dinner The El Dorado transforms into the ever so romantic Vista Grill with those dramatic views of the Los Muertos Pier all lit up at night in beautiful colors. Of course, at La Palapa you can enjoy that same view of the Los Muertos Pier all day long for breakfast, lunch or dinner, seated with your toes in the sand right at the water’s edge. It’s so romantic, it’s so Puerto Vallarta my friends! This week we have a couple of listeners, David and Lucia Garcia, from Miami Florida who are going to tell us about traveling with children in Puerto Vallarta, but before we get to that, let’s see what’s happening this week, the 13th of December 2017. Subscribe On iTunes & Leave a Good Review Subscribe on Android With Spreaker   Coffee Lovers Chance to Set a World Record in Puerto Vallarta   I found this article in the PVDN, if you are in town this weekend, you may want to join in the fun…. The Coffee Fest Puerto Vallarta, to be held on December 16, will be the event in which the city will seek to impose a new brand of people gathering for one purpose, drinking coffee. The Germans currently have the Guinness Record of the most people drinking coffee at the same time, achieved on August 30, 2009 when 8,162 people gathered at the Jugendpark in Cologne to drink cold coffee. Although it is believed that a subsequent meeting in Colombia brought together more than 12,000 people, it was not verified and opened the doors for the organizers in Puerto Vallarta, who hope to summon 10 thousand coffee enthusiasts to defeat, at least in this regard, the Germans, and impose a new record. If you want to be part of this event, you must register at www.coffeefestpuertovallarta.com and go to the Malecón of Puerto Vallarta at 5:00 p.m. on December 16th. The event is completely free. https://www.vallartadaily.com/news/puerto-vallarta/puerto-vallarta-coffee-fest/ Puerto Vallarta Travel Show One Year Anniversary The one-year anniversary of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show is coming up at the end of the month, and I’ve been planning this upcoming years shows, and I must say, I’m excited about year two, but I want your suggestions also. Who would you like me to interview? Where would you like me to visit? What would you like to know about Puerto Vallarta that you already don’t know about? Email me at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com, click on the contact us tab and send me a message. You can also find me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/puertovallartatravelshow/, Twitter at https://twitter.com/PVTravelShow and our new YouTube Channel. You can send me a message via any one of those methods and I will get your suggestions so I have all those links to all those social media contacts in the show notes of this episode so reach out to me and send me an idea. Where will I be going next year? Think road trips boys and girls. Up into the Sierras to San Sebastian del Oeste for a daytrip. I will take you on a cool day trip to El Tuito, Mayto and Tehualmixtle to the South. Then we are going to go north for a couple of daytrips. One to Rincón de Guayabitos, then down to Lo de Marcos, San Francisco better known as San Pancho, Sayulita. Another to Punta de Mita, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle and Bucerias. It’s going to be a great year as I said, but I need your help so let’s see how you do. [caption id="attachment_819" align="aligncenter" width="409"] Pour Favor Puerto Vallarta[/caption] Now I have a couple of events planned. First, I will have my microphones at JR’s Meet and Greet at Kelly’s Pour Favor Cookhouse and Saloon, on Tuesday January 9th at 5:30 in the afternoon. Stop by and tell us what the heck you are doing in paradise. And if you are a local Puerto Vallarta business, please stop in and give a pitch to our audience. I promise I’ll be nice. Really. Anyway, we always have a great time at JR’s Meet and greet, and by the way, they just opened a rooftop section at Pour Favors. It’s very nice. So if you are going to be in town, stop in and let’s talk. If you are too shy, that’s okay. Just stop in and say hello. [caption id="attachment_2083" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Meet and Greet Jan 9[/caption] Also, I’m planning on setting up at a table on the beach in front of Cuates y cuetes, or Langostinos, and inviting passers by to stop by, and talk about what they are doing in paradise. I’ll have a time and date for you next week, so stay tuned for that. But if you are planning on being in [caption id="attachment_50" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Cuates y Cuetes Webcam[/caption] Vallarta the first 2 weeks of January, listen up next week for the time and stop on by and sit with me on the beach in front of Cuates y Cuetes. And those of you who are at home, well maybe you can catch us on the beach with the assistance of the webcam. And if you don’t know already, [caption id="attachment_2117" align="alignright" width="300"] Table in Front of Cuates y Cuetes[/caption] if you go to my website at www.Puertovallartatravelshow.com, at the top of the page you will find the PV webcam page. Click it and check out all the cool webcams I have there from all over the Bahia de Banderas. I even have a link on the page that gives you the time that sun will be setting in Puerto Vallarta. You can actually plan ahead, every day and catch a Puerto Vallarta Sunset every day of the year. Right from the comfort of your very own bark-o-lounger. Really. Lots of people do, every day. You should try it. It’s lots of fun. Mix yourself a cocktail why don’t you and just pretend you are in paradise. At least, until you can get there in person that is. Okay, lets get to our guests, and to our interview. I first came to Vallarta in December of 1984. I had just met my wife, them my girlfriend, and we would return to Puerto Vallarta almost every year after that. Then we had our first child and we didn’t let that deter us one bit. We took Zachary with us when he was 3 months old. We stayed at a timeshare property, Villa de Palmar. It was a condo. We felt that the set-up was perfectly geared for a family traveling with child. Kitchen separate bedroom from the living area. A restaurant on the property. Pool beach, everything we needed. The property in in the Hotel zone. We rented a jeep for our stay and had the baby seat strapped in, ready for our next adventure. I recall one occasion when we were looking for a place to eat late one evening, and we stopped at Daiquiri Dicks. The ladies at the door asked us if they could look after the baby while we ate. Really? Well, we handed him over, and had the most enjoyable, carefree dinner of the trip. Not once did we even wonder what had become of Zachary. One day, the baby was crying and crying. I’m thinking for about an hour. And we were both fit to be tied. Then, out of nowhere, a little Mexican lady came up, and speaking to me in Spanish, told us what to do. We handed her the baby, and I don’t know what she did, but she had the magic. Three and a half years later, we returned to Puerto Vallarta with two boys this time. Zachary and little brother Jake. This time we stayed at the La Jolla de Mismaloya, now, the Barcello, down at Mismaloya Beach, 20 minutes south of Puerto Vallarta. The hotel had an all-inclusive option, but we opted to take care of the dining options ala Carte. A combination of eating in and taking a bus into town to eat out. We really had a wonderful time except for losing Jake. Go figure, the day we leave, we lose the kid. We were packed and ready to take a cab to the airport when we were distracted while loading the luggage into the cab, we turn around, and our 2-and-a-half-year child is gone. Just vanished into thin air. Well, panic set in. Especially when you consider there were all these pools, fountains and other bodies of water scattered all over the property. For about 15 minutes we scoured the property, asking along the way if anyone had seen a cute little boy with blond ringlets wander by. Finally, Debra found him, not far from where we were standing, waiting for the cab, upstairs above the lobby, being entertained by a member of the staff. Whew, that was a close one. Great way to end a perfect trip for sure right? When you take your children to Puerto Vallarta, keep in mind, if you are planning on bring a stroller, make it a very light weight foldable one. [caption id="attachment_2097" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The Garcia Family in Puerto Vallarta[/caption] There are, especially in old town, uneven sidewalks, sidewalks with stairs built in, high curbs and cobblestone streets. You will be doing a whole lot of lifting and carrying of you stroller for sure. Also, if you usually travel with your child in a child safety seat in the car, you will need to determine what type of seat you will be bringing for your trip to strap into a taxi or an Uber ride. If you need anything baby related, food, formula, diapers, anything, you will be able to find it in Puerto Vallarta. They have Walmart, Sam’s Club, Costco, Mega, Ley’s Soriana, the corner markets. One thing you will be able to find in Mexico, that’s baby supplies. All inclusive resorts, at least the ones that allow kids, usually have kid clubs and activities for the little ones. You will need to do your homework and make sure before you book a trip with junior, to see what’s available at the property you are looking at of course. I was looking at my twitter feed a couple of weeks back and say a group of tweets directed at me from a couple of listeners, David and Lucia Garcia. They were in Puerto Vallarta for the first time and they were with their kids. I contacted them and they shared some of their pictures with me and I just had to have them on the show to tell us about their experiences in Vallarta, with their two young daughters. So let’s go right now to Miami Florida where I sent my trusty microphone, and talk with listeners David and Lucia Garcia, and hear about what they did in Paradise with their kids. [caption id="attachment_2090" align="aligncenter" width="683"] The Garcia Family Ziplining[/caption] Listen to The Podcast Things They Did and Places The Garcia Family Went Stayed at Garza Blanca Resort, Puerto Vallarta   Tours   The first set up by the hotel to El Eden with a bus tour of Downtown Vallarta Los Veranos for zip line because they would take their young 5 year old Playa Majahuitas and swam with the fish Visited Playa Las Animas Vallarta Adventures Swim with the dolphins   [caption id="attachment_2091" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The Garcia Family Vallarta Adventures[/caption]   Had breakfast at the resort Market snacks and nd cereal at Farmacia Guadalajara  Memos Pancake House.         Dinner Café de Artistes Celebrated daughters birthday. Desert was beautiful and fireworks I. The center of the table. Barcelona Tapas, Puerto Vallarta Food stands o the Malecón Gabys Restaurant Pipi's How did they get around? Taxi Uber, Great response time. Liked it. Economical, handy app. Thank you David and Lucia. Wow you guys, they really know how to fit a lot into a week with two young kids that’s for sure. I have some nice pictures of the Garcia family in the shownotes, as well as a link to their photo album where you will find a plethora of photos that they took on their vacation. David is a great photographer and the colors and pictures are just fabulous so look for that Bitly link in the shownotes as well and check out their photo album. It’s pretty cool. Well, that should do it for this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. Next week stay tuned for more on the ground reports from Puerto Vallarta Mexico, with travel tips, great restaurant and excursion ideas and more.  Until then, remember, this is an interactive show where I depend on your questions and suggestions about all things Puerto Vallarta. If you think of something I should be talking about, please reach out to me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending us your message. And remember, if you are considering booking any type of tour while you are in Puerto Vallarta, you must go to Vallartainfo.com, JR’s website and reserve your tour through him, right from his website. Remember the value for value proposition. His experience and on the ground knowledge of everything Puerto Vallarta in exchange for your making a purchase of a tour that you would do anyway, you’re just doing it through him as a way of saying thank you. It costs no more than if you were to use someone else so do it. Really. And when you do take one of these tours, email me about your experiences. Maybe you can come on-board and share with others what you liked or didn’t like about the tour. Again, contact me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending off a message. And once again, if you like this podcast, please take the time and subscribe and give me a good review on iTunes if you would. That way we can get the word out to more and more people about the magic of this place. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Remember I made it easy for you to do just that with each episode I create. But if you haven't been to my website, you really need to have a look there.  I have the links to the places we talk about, interesting pictures and the more all right there in my blog-posts and show-notes for each episode of the show so check them out for sure if you haven't already all-right? All right. So, thanks to listeners David and Lucia Garcia. Check out those great pictures in the show notes of this episode of the show at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com. And that link to their photo album from the trip, and Thanks to all of you for listening all the way through this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. This is Barry Kessler signing off with a wish for you all to slow down, be kind and live the Vallarta lifestyle. Nos Vemos amigos!      

Fun Things to do in Puerto Vallarta with Ray and Cherie, Uber in Puerto Vallarta, and the Jorullo Suspension Bridge at Canopy River Zipline Adventure Tours Listen To The Podcast   Subscribe on iTunes & Leave a Good Review Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. Those are La Palapa, The El Dorado [caption id="attachment_194" align="alignright" width="300"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Restaurant, and at night for dinner The El Dorado transforms into The Vista Grill. That’s the that we all have grown to know and love over the years, the Vista Grill that used to be up on the hill, well now it has a new vista and that is right on the beach where you get the same Vista Grill Menu, and the fantastic Vista Grill service and what’s best, is it’s right there on the beach with a dramatic view of the Los Muertos Pier all lit up at night with beautiful colors. You can enjoy dinner under the stars, with your toes in the sand right at the water’s edge. ! It’s so romantic, it’s so Puerto Vallarta my friends! Today we have a special show but first, what’s happening in Puerto Vallarta this week, the 4th of July, 2017. Uber is Here and The Battle Has Begun Last week, just as I was recording the podcast, Uber was launching service in Puerto Vallarta and all along the Bajia de Banderas, they are now operating in Nayarit [caption id="attachment_904" align="aligncenter" width="1014"] Uber Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] in Nuevo Vallarta and above, as well as in Puerto Vallarta, Cabo Corrientes, you know, south of the Ameca River in Jalisco, and it has been a pretty exciting week as battle lines were drawn, and tempers were on the rise along with the temperature and humidity in the air. What a combo.   Rain and Heat Listen to JR [caption id="attachment_109" align="aligncenter" width="800"] What to Expect When You Arrive at the Puerto Vallarta Aitport[/caption] It’s July and folks, if you are heading to Puerto Vallarta this time of year, be prepared for rain in the evenings and lots of heat and humidity during the daytime. I have a quick clip from JR who talked with me about how hot it can get in the tropics during the Summertime, so let’s listen in…. Jorullo Suspension Bridge [caption id="attachment_944" align="alignleft" width="762"] Jorullo Suspension Bridge Canopy River Zipline Tours, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] JR sent me an article a couple of months back about a suspension bridge built by the folks at the Canopy River Zipline Adventure Tours, and my [caption id="attachment_942" align="alignright" width="300"] Canopy River Zipline Tours, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] buddies Jennifer and Dee along with JR were great to to pass along the information, so I spoke with Edgar Lopez at Canopy River and we will have that episode coming up really soon. Maybe even next week. We’ll see, but this bridge the Jorullo Suspension Bridge is like 4 football fields long and is suspended over the  Caule’ River Gorge.  JR walked the length of it and they drive vehicles over it like their ATV’s. It’ really cool and I will bring Edgar and the Canopy River Tours to you like I said, soon. iTunes Review I hadn’t looked at the latest reviews that you guys have written up about the show on iTunes, but I looked and lo and behold, I came across this one and it really made me smile. [caption id="attachment_943" align="aligncenter" width="736"] iTunes Review for the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show[/caption] Wow, thanks for the great review Tommy! You like so many others have come to the same conclusion. Puerto Vallarta is a wonderful place to retire. I just wish I was at the retirement stage Tommy, we could be neighbors! Anyway Tommy, let us know how things turn out. Maybe you can come on the show sometime and let us know what you found here in paradise. Anyway, that was really cool. I love getting good reviews and hearing from all of you, so I made it really easy to reach out to me. You can contact me by sending an email by clicking on the contact us tab at the top of the page, or do like Tommy did and write me a good review on iTunes. Just go to any of my blog posts at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com and look for the subscribe and review links in big red text, click on it and leave a good review on iTunes. I would really appreciate any kind words you want to leave for the show. Really. And speaking of reaching out and leaving a good review, my guests this week actually did both. Ray and Cherie Tessmann from Wisconson and Ray is a firefighter in Kenosha, and Cherie is a paralegal and I got an email from Ray a few months ago and I actually [caption id="attachment_940" align="alignright" width="300"] Ray and Cherie Tessman in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] read it on the show. It went like this…  First off let me introduce myself, my name is Ray and I’m from Wisconsin.  My wife Cherie and I feel the same way you and many others feel about Puerto Vallarta.  It was my wife and I’s first trip together when dating back in 2001 and we have been coming back almost every year since.  We travel to other locations sometimes, but always make time to return to Puerto Vallarta.  Through the years we have met many friends both local and north of the boarder.  We enjoy some of our old favorites and always find new places of interest.  As time goes on we are lucky to be able to spend more time there, we are up to two weeks.  We are very lucky, but always look forward to returning after we get home.  Thank you for your shows, I enjoy listening to them.  I know you ask for suggestions so I wanted to sit down and type you up a correspondence about some of our favorite places are….. [caption id="attachment_938" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ray and Cherie Tessmann in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption]   So I asked Ray if I could send him a microphone and he said he and Cherie would be in Vallarta in May, and it just so happened that hey, I was going to be there too so I said, let’s meet and do the interview in PV, so, when they got into town Ray let me know that he and Cherie were going to be having drinks over at Plaza Romy at Twisted Palms after dinner and I should come on by and have a few drinks, talk PV stuff and make arrangements to get together to record our interview. So that was cool because I needed an interview with the owner of Twisted Palms Al Sellers, and you can hear that interview in the Plaza Romy podcast I did a couple of weeks back. Anyway, I get to Twisted Palms and look around the big bar Al has there, and try to decide who Ray and Cherie are. I was surprised to see that they were so young looking because they had been going to Puerto Vallarta for so long, I figured they would be my age, but Ray is [caption id="attachment_953" align="alignright" width="314"] Twisted Palms, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] this big strapping firefighter, and Cherie is this beautiful tiny thing. They are such a great couple, you will see soon. I asked if they wanted to come up into the hood to my Airbnb and they offered to have me come to their condo at the Vista Del Sol Condo complex, right on the ocean, overlooking Playa Los Muertos, the Malecon, just a beautiful property. I’m glad they didn’t come to my humble apartment looking back. They would have defiantly been unimpressed. Okay, let’s go to Puerto Vallarta Mexico, to the  7th  floor of the Vista Del Sol Condos, in Puerto Vallarta Mexico…. Listen to The Podcast [caption id="attachment_936" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Vista Sol Sol From Vista Del Sol[/caption] [caption id="attachment_935" align="aligncenter" width="768"] View From the Vista Del Sol Condos in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] First Place they stayed in PV was at an all-inclusive 2000 Solare in Nuevo Vallarta now called Samba Ray shared his stories about the Puerto Vallarta Fire Department. Said many of the Firemen were lifeguards during the day and at the department at night. Vacation Rental Info PVRPV Vista Del Sol Condos VRBO Jeff Musto Plaza Mar the PV Kid Tours Marigalante Pirate Show Bar Crawl Tour Puerto  Vallarta Bull Fights  Hike Hiked from Boca de Tomatlan to Las Animas Beach Travel App Galileo Pro App Helps you find where you are on a trail, streets, even on the plane on the flight over. Interesting Things To Do Did a car trip. Beach Hopped from Rincon de Guayabitos to Bucerias. San Pancho, Sayulita. Sayulita was the place where there was the most going on. Adopt a Mexican Family Make Friends with Locals Places To Eat Breakfast Yarita Bakery Fredy’s Tucan Lunch Likes the adobada Burrito     Ray Likes the adobada Burrito Los Muertos Brewery  Special Slice of Pizza with beer Derby Burger Ray likes the burger with the fried egg on top. Chocolate Shakes, Pickle Chips Taco Stands Dinner El Brujo Eat at Dave’s Café de Olla Late night Poncho’s Takos .     That should do it for this week’s episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. Next week stay tuned for more on the ground reports from Puerto Vallarta Mexico, Travel tips and great restaurant and excursion ideas, we have all sorts of great shows planned for you this summer.  Until then, remember, this is an interactive show where I depend on your questions and suggestions about all things Puerto Vallarta. If you think of something I should be talking about, please reach out to me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending us your message. For goodness sake, Ray and Cherie did and look what happened, they were on the show sharing with all of you. Pretty cool right? And just remember, if you are considering booking any type of tour while you are in Puerto Vallarta, you must go to Vallartainfo.com, JR’s website and reserve your tour through him, right from his website. You can also find the links to his website at the top of my webpage, just click on the JR's Website tab, and it will take you right there. Remember this is a value for value proposition. His experience and on the ground knowledge of everything Puerto Vallarta in exchange for your making a purchase of a tour that you would do anyway, you’re just doing it through him as a way of saying thank you. It costs no more than if you were to use someone else so do it. Really. And when you do take one of these tours, email me about your experiences. Maybe you can come on board and share with others what you liked or didn’t like about the tour. Again contact me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending off a message. And once again, if you like this podcast, please take the time and subscribe and give me a good review on iTunes if you would. That way we can get the word out to more and more people about the magic of this place. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Remember I made it easy for you to do just that with each episode I create. But if you haven't been to my website, I want you to know that I also have the links to the places we talk about, interesting pictures and the more contained in all of my blog-posts and show-notes for each episode of the show so check that out for sure if you haven't already all-right? All right. So, thanks to Ray and Cherie for your time in Paradise. I’m sure my listeners got a lot of good information from both of you. And thanks for what you do for the people of…Wisconsin who are lucky to have you on the department. Check out their photos at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com episode 26. And thanks to all of you for listening all the way through this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. This is Barry Kessler signing off with a wish for you all to slow down, be kind and live the Vallarta lifestyle. Nos Vemos amigos!

Download Episode! Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes What do you need to know about taking a public bus in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico? Hello fellow travelers, welcome to this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show, all about buses in Puerto Vallarta.  I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be  to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa Restaurant is on the southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta. La Palapa, and El Dorado Restaurants. And if you play your cards right, you can hear Alberto play his beautiful music and enjoy songs like Samba de Puerto Vallarta when you enjoy dinner at La Palapa. Just saying an added bonus to a great romantic meal on the beach. Now before we get to buses in Puerto Vallarta I want to thank a listener, Brett from Seattle Washington who reminded me about a tip regarding filling out those immigration forms that we talks about in show 2 and 3. You know, the one you get from the flight attendant before you touch down in Puerto Vallarta, they are called FMM’s which stands for Forma Migratoria Multiple. Anyway, he says in his note…Barry, Listening to your second podcast and noticed you didn't mention that you can complete the FMM online.  It's so much easier, and you don't have to worry about a pen and writing small enough to get everything in the tiny boxes.  When printed, fold it several times so they can separate the 'top' part from the 'bottom' like the pre-printed ones.  I occasionally have to tell them it's 'nuevo - en linea'.  Big time saver!  Here's the site: https://www.inm.gob.mx/fmme/publico/en/solicitud ... there's an 'ES' and an 'EN' button you can click for Spanish or English. So I have added the links to download that FMM online and you can find them at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com in episode 4. And thank you again Brett, by the way Brett has a really good story about timeshares and he is a little shy, but I’m gonna try to coax him to come on the show and tell you how he makes timeshares work for him. It’s really interesting. And you..yes you can reach out to me and tell me your Puerto Vallarta story, give me a suggestion by going to the contact us tab at the top of our webpage and sending me a email. It’s easy and fun.   This episode I will be talking buses in Puerto Vallarta with my friend JR in PV. Now you guys have to cut me a little slack here please because I’m just getting used to the long distance interviewing and the proper recording levels and all that other wonky tech stuff. What I’m saying is that it will get better in future interviews so please bear with me as I improve my technique I have been told by the best in the business, don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good. So with that that in mind, let’s ask JR, is it okay to take buses in Puerto Vallarta? What about …. take buses in Puerto Vallarta? JR, what about buses? Are the safe? Are you gonna find chickens and livestock on them? What do you expect when you get onto a bus? JR:         We don’t have chicken bus, going back we did. First what we have to understand the bus system here was not built for tourists. It was built to get people to and from work. For children to get o and from school, etcetera etcetera. The roads tend to go through the residential areas. The local residential areas where tourists will be completely lost. Barry:    Interesting, because I found most bus drivers don’t speak English very well. I imagine that’s why they don’t interact with tourists that much. JR:         Some do, if you can say the destination in Spanish, they’ll either say Yes or No. Another thing to consider of course is downtown, we basically have two North-South streets. In other words, in order to get to the South side of town to the North side of town you got to go through one of those streets. Basically, if you’re going North it’s one street. Going South, it’s another. Consequently, there’s a lot of business that go through downtown then go off into all these weird many areas that I’ve never seen. Barry:    You mentioned on your website a very funny thing. You  say take a mystery tour, hop on the bus and see where it takes you. Sounds like a lot of fun. Would there be a place that you would take a bus to nowhere that you wouldn’t want to go. JR:         No. It’s a cheap trip it’s just seven and a half pesos. There and back it’s 15 pesos. You go to the end of the line. Sometimes the bus will turn around back. Sometimes there’s another bus waiting to go back. If you change course of course you have to pay twice. Barry:    Sure. So do you need exact change when you get on a bus? JR:         It helps. Seven and a half pesos. 50 centavo coin is a tiny thing. Barry:    You’ll lose it. JR:         Very small and difficult to find in your pocket sometimes. Barry:    That’s for sure. What is this little white piece of paper the driver gives you when you get on a bus? First time I got on a bus I thought it was for transfer or something. JR:         No, that shows that you paid. And occasionally an inspector would come in and look at the numbers at the bus drivers stack of tickets and go through the bus and check the numbers if everybody's been issued one. And that the driver is not cheating by not giving a ticket. Barry:    That’s what that’s for. They don’t have these cameras that they have here in the States to keep an eye on your drivers and keep them all good and honest. Actually they’re handing you their ticket which is a receipt. JR:         Yes, it’s a receipt. And also I believe it covers you in case of accident. Although, I can’t even remember ever there being a bus accidents where anybody got hurt inside the bus. Barry:    That’s good to know. Let’s say that you arrive at the airport and all you have is a carry on baggage. Maybe a backpack, a roll-away, you’re traveling light. Can you catch a bus from the airport to where you’re going either North or South of the airport? JR:         Only South, no, North or South really.. The ones going North will be not city buses but long distance buses most of them because the border of the next state is just north of the airport. Everything going there is basically an intercity bus. The buses coming South basically are coming from Ixtapa, Las Palmas not that many. One of them that I’ve taken before is a magical mystery tour. Although it said central, it eventually got there but it took a long long time. We ended up in the hinterland. I don’t know where we were. I just sat there and crossed my fingers. Eventually it got to the South side where they all end up. In the case of coming through the airport, avoid any bus going South that says Pitillal because that’s the first place the magical mystery tour bus goes. Barry:    It kinds of winds it way to Pitillal I imagine. JR:         It goes to Pitillal and it goes to other colonias that I’ve never seen before. Barry:    So you’re gonna be looking for a bus going South that doesn’t say Pitillal on it. But do you have a specific like Central on it. What does it say? JR:         Central. I don’t think there are tunnel buses that go by the airport. I might be wrong. I should explain that if it says tunnel which is spelled T-U-N-E-L pronounced “too-nle” this goes on the bypass road around downtown avoiding that constriction there. If you’re going to the south side or going from the South side North and you want to avoid downtown and the delay going through that traffic. You take the bypass road which is called Libra Miento which basically means it’s free. Barry:    Okay, it will also say tunel on it right? JR:         Yes. “too-nle”. T-U-N-E-L. That will avoid downtown if you’re going from the hotel zone, the Marina or any hotel towards the airport you want to go to the South side of town you can avoid downtown by taking the Tunel Bus. Barry:    Okay, got it. If you’re taking a  bus from from the hotel zone that’s pretty much just going through downtown, isn’t it? JR:         Right. They all go to the South side but from the hotel zone  some would take the bypass road.  You can see it quite easily on my map. And you can click on that. It starts from the Marina airport area all the way down to Mismaloya. Barry:    Okay, and it actually shows the right buses to take. JR:         Yes. I also have maps of North of the airport. Barry:    Fantastic, so this is one of the reasons why you all need to go to vallartainfo.com and click on that map tab. Bring them down and you can see how nice and detailed these are. They give restaurants.They give locations ofwhere to catch those buses. JR:         It shows the bus stops.  Well, most of them. Barry:    That is so invaluable. These destinations are put on the windshields of the buses right? JR:         At the top of the bus, there’s a window that’s their main destination window. That will tell you where they will end up. Then right on the windscreen the various places that you might want to go to. For instance Wal-Mart it might say IMSS which is the local state hospital. It may mention markets like Mega or Soriana. It may also mention places in between the main destination and the origin. Barry:    So those are the tips when you’re looking at the bus. To understand where they’re going at the end which is along the top. The stops they make along the way which is written on the windscreen. JR:         For instance, Marine Terminal if you want to take an excursion that’s leaving from the Marine Terminal you would want to look for the bus that says Wal-Mart and Marine Terminal. If you go to the Marina which is not the same as the Marine Terminal and is quite the distance away. You need to take the Marina Bus. There’s only one bus that drives into the residential area of the Marina. That will say Marina on top. This particular bus is not very regular about every 20 mins. Barry:    If you want to go to the Marina you really need to plan for not having a bus come pick you up right away. JR:         Right, it’s not as frequent as the other buses. The other buses are every five minutes there’s another bus. Barry:    It seems like it’s a congo line of buses in Puerto Vallarta. JR:         If you’re going South, let’s say to Mismaloya Boca de Tomatlan There’s the bus that goes from the South side all the way to Boca de Tomatlan and then turns around and comes back. That is eight pesos. Barry:    So seven and half for city bus all the way up to the airport-ish. If you are going to catch that Mismaloya bus, it goes down to Boca that will cost you eight pesos. What’s eight pesos today? About 40 cents? JR:         Yes, I think. If  you’re going further South to say to the Botanical Garden or to El Tuito. There’s another bus that leaves on the corner of Aguacate and Carranza and that will cost you 28 pesos all the way to El Tuito and takes about 50 minutes. Barry:    It’s a regular city bus too? JR:         It’s intercity bus because El Tuito is considered to be another city. Barry:    And that one you catch and will take you even further South. JR:         Right, if you’re going to see the Botanical Garden. They say to Botanical Garden it’s only 20 pesos but quite often just take 28 which is all he way to El Tuito. Barry:    Tell me what’s El Tuito like? JR:         El Tuito is quite a bit older than Puerto Vallarta. It was a stop on the Camino Real, the King’s road from Barra de Navidad to the mines. The Manila boat coming from the Philippines would stop occasionally at Barra de Navidad and unload some goodies for the mines. Maybe take on a little silver but mainly unload some goodies for the mines. They would go by oxcart and mule all the way up this road. It was quite primitive in those days and El Tuito was about halfway and it’s a valley and it had grazing and it had  water. They would stop there and eventually they built some accommodation and that was the start of the town. Barry:    I just saw not too long ago a post of you going down to El Tuito. JR:         We went to El Tuito which is on the way to a couple of beaches called Playa Mayto and a fishing village called Teramecle. Barry:    I think pretty much covers most of what I want to talk about, well not really. JR:         This bus is going North. Barry:    Yes, that’s what I was gonna say what about the bus going North? JR:         Right, do you want to get to Nueva Vallarta Bucerías, Punta de Mita, Sayulita, Lo de Marcos La Cruz de Huanacaxtle and all those place in Rincón de Guayabitos, a lot of them are covered in the bus line called ATM. Not to be confused with the cash machine. Compostela Pacifico line the ATM only goes to Punta de Mita at around the bay for Sayulita your location you need the Compostela Pacifico line. These are all available at Wal-Mart. There’s a special bus stop for these buses going North, not city buses. Barry:    You catch the buses at Wal-Mart that sounds just like a commercial. I like that. You catch a bus if you’re going to North and get the Compostela bus. You need to get to Wal-Mart first. JR:         There’s one stop before Wal-Mart, the first stop is right at the end of libramiento departamento of the hotel zone. It’s marked on my map. It’s a good one to get to if you want to get a seat if it’s very busy. Barry:    It’s really going to be busy going up North especially in the  mornings when people are going to work, right? JR:         Exactly. This applies going to South as well. If you want to go at Boca de Tomatlan went down to catch the first bus on the South side you might want to go to next bus in line to get a seat. Because quite often you’d be standing. Barry:    Those are fun trips when you’re standing in the trips especially the South one. How about the North one is it just as fun? JR:         It’s good. It gets busy. I even had a lady offer me a seat once. Barry:    No. JR:         I guess she thought I was really old. Barry:    These buses are interstate buses. They go from Jalisco to Nayarit? JR:         Right, they’re considered inter-city. Barry:    What kind of pesos do we need to bring along when we go to Punta de Mita and we hop on that bus over at- JR:         Let’s see, Bucerias is 14 pesos. Nuevo Vallarta is either 15 or 18 pesos depending on whether you go to North end or South end of it. La Cruz de Huanacaxtle  is 18 pesos. Punta de Mita is 26. Sayulita is 35 I believe. And that takes you right into Sayulita and that’s the best bus to get for Sayulita. Barry:    Sayulita they go farther North? JR:         If you want to go further  North let’s say San Pancho which is actually called San Francisco but everybody calls it San Pancho. Lo de Marcos,  La Cruz de Huanacaxtle are all on the way on that road that eventually goes to Tepic the capital of Nayatrit. Those buses won’t go into these various peach towns. They will drop you in the highway and you have to huff it in to the actual town. Usually it’s less than a mile. Barry:    All those buses you catch at Wal-Mart. JR:         Wal-Mart is the most recognizable location. Everybody knows what it looks like. You can actually get earlier as I said at the beginning of the hotel zone and it’s marked on my map. If you want to get seat. It also stops at airport if you wave it down. Buses will stop for you whether it’s not natural regular stop. On the South road or Northern road as long as it’s a place they can pull off because there are only two lanes. Then they will stop. In order to wave them down, not wave at them. They’ll more likely wave back. Barry:    What’s the right sign? JR:         The way to stop the bus is to point in the middle of the road right in front of you. The bus will stop. Barry:    They take directions. Instead of waving and saying hey there what you’re saying is stop right here. Right where I’m pointing. JR:         This is the tradition down here. They never wave and the bus drivers know if that means somebody wants you to stop. If you wave they might think you’re waving at somebody else. Barry:    If you are a visitor coming to Puerto Vallarta would you suggest ever renting a car? JR:         No I wouldn’t at all. Unless you’re planning on driving to somewhere whether it’s not a regular bus service like San Sebastian. You can’t really have a day drive on San Sebastian because the time you get there it’s almost time to go back. Because they have about four buses a day. Barry:    San Sebastian, that is the silver mining town up in the hills. JR:         Up in the mountains. 4,600 feet is pretty high. Barry:    Is there anything else that you can think of that we need to know about the public bus system down here? JR:         Just be ready to hold on because quite often the driver will take off while he’s making change. Barry:    Keep an eye on that. Make sure you always turn around. Don’t leave anything on the bus,very important, before you leave because you may not get it back. Or maybe you will? JR:         People get their stuff back right where they left behind sometimes but there’s not central garage or anything. A lot of these buses are owned by the drivers and they drive them home. Barry:    I didn’t know that. That’s very interesting. JR:         The bus companies but they’re like cooperatives in a way. Some of the bus companies own a bunch of buses and in effect rent them out to the driver. Other drivers actually own the bus. And work with the cooperative and pay cooperative a certain amount. Barry:    That’s pretty precise description of what’s going on down on the ground in Puerto Vallarta regarding buses and bus system there. Just remember everybody; if you have the urge to rent the car don’t. Unless you’re gonna go where the buses and the cab won’t take you. Speaking of cabs, in another episode you and I will be talking about taxis. Is that okay JR? JR:         Sure that’s fine. I would interject also if you’re going to rent a car, the only rental company I can always really 100% recommend are Gecko Car Rental. They’re not in town they’re in Bucerias. But they will come and bring your car anywhere including the airport. They’re the only ones that don’t have bad press. Barry:    Thanks that a great tip then. Gecko for those of you who are thinking about renting a car. If you really really got to do it. Do it in through this company in Bucerias called Gecko. JR once again, you are a huge fount of information for us , for my listeners, for our listeners. I really really appreciate you coming out today again. JR:         Welcome Barry. Barry:    We’ll talk again soon maybe about taxis. JR:         Okay, I’ll try and think of good things to say. Barry:    Sure you will. Thanks again JR. JR:         Okay, bye. Barry:    Bye now. So that was quite an in depth look at taking buses in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. A couple of items I want to touch base on before we leave this subject behind and that is the conversation I had with JR about taking a bus from the Airport. I would never suggest that you take a bus if you are a first time traveler to Vallarta. That is a bus from the airport to your hotel. It would be silly. I’m just talking about the seasoned traveler who is traveling light. No luggage just a backpack. That bus you can catch along side the arrivals terminal under the pedestrian bridge and look for a bus that says Centro on it. The other item I wanted to mention is that the Mismaloya bus that also goes to Boca de Tomatlan can be found at the corner of Basillo Badillo and Constitution. They are orange and white buses and will cost you 8 pesos.And I just want to remind you that the bus to  El Tuito and the Botanical Gardens is at Aguacate and Carranza. Check in my shownotes for all of the routes and costs for buses in Puerto Vallarta and you will find them at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com and the notes will be right there with this podcast post. I should also mention, since we are talking pesos and dollars, as of this podcast, January 22, 2017  the Mexican peso to the US dollar is almost 22 pesos to 1.  I also have to add that we have experienced an increase of up to 20% in fuel prices in the last weeks here in mexico so taxi and bus prices are expected to rise in the near future but never fear, we will keep you up to date as things on the ground change. Thus far however, we haven’t seen any drastic changes in transportation costs to the end user. Okay, Again you will find all of the show notes to this podcast and others to come including the links to JR’s site and to the website where you can purchase the fantastic music of Alberto Perez who we will listen to as we play out this episode at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com, just click on the show links tab at the top of the home page. Remember that this show is an interactive one. I need your participation by sending me emails with questions for JR that you would like to hear him answer on air with me. And please Email me your suggestions for show topics that you think  I should be talking about, please reach out to me by clicking on the contact us tab on my website at the top of the home page at  www.puertovallartatravelshow.com.  And remember, if you are considering booking any type of tour while you are in Puerto Vallarta, you must go to Vallartainfo.com, JR’s website and reserve your tour through him, right from his website. Remember the value for value proposition. His experience and on the ground knowledge of everything Puerto Vallarta in exchange for your making a purchase of a tour that you would do anyway, you’re just doing it through him as a way of saying thank you. It costs no more than if you were to use someone else so do it. Really. And when you do take one of these tours, email me about your experiences. Maybe you can come on-board and share with others what you liked or didn’t like about the tour. Again, email me with your experiences.  And one more favor please, if you like this podcast, please take the time and give me a good review on iTunes if you would. It would be so appreciated if you would just take the extra time to do that for me. That way we can get the word out to more and more people about the magic of this place. So, thanks to you for listening all the way through Thank  you JR for sharing all you know about buses and answering all my goofy questions. Thanks again my friends, this is Barry Kessler signing off with a wish for you all to slow down, be kind and live the Vallarta lifestyle. Relax, Manana. Nos Vemos amigos!