It’s hard to write a post about ATV tours in Vallarta because as you’ll see if you’re looking to book one. There are a huge number of tours that go to quite a few different places and in combination with quite a few other activities. So rather than writing about any individual tour I’ll give you a couple of thoughts on the general experience that might help you make your decision as to whether or not it’s something you want to make a part of your Puerto Vallarta trip. We took the “Canopy Tours” ATV ride into the Sierra Madre [...]

If you’re looking for a fun day out that’s pretty quiet, a good combination of a scenic spot, a decent meal at a cool restaurant, and a leisurely stroll around a different kind of blue water in the Vallarta area, the La Cruz yacht club can certainly satisfy, even if you have no interest at all in yachts… or clubs for that matter. La Cruz is a spot you can identify from many places in the bay because it’s the town off the shore of which you’ll notice numerous sail boats seemingly in formation but in fact just floating lazily [...]

Unless you have either been to Bucerias before and gotten a recommendation, or been paying particular attention as you walk down Lazaro Cardenas Blvd, you’d probably never even know Sweet Things Bakery existed. And that would be a shame. The title of this post was going to be: Sweet Things Bakery/Cafe/Restaurant/Awesome. Walking down Lazaro Cardenas, towards Bucerias Town Square if you’re coming from the South, you might chance across a colorful sign, of a lady in a chef’s hat, holding some baking; a sign to Sweet Things gourmet bakery. If you don’t see the sign you’ll miss it. It’s right [...]

Isla Rio Cuale is a highly mysterious place. Despite being located in the heart of downtown Puerto Vallarta, it can NOT be found on Google Maps. You look for this place… and it’s not there. So for the purpose of putting some decent information out into cyberspace on where Isla Rio Cuale actually is and how to get there, allow me to submit this short piece. If you are in downtown Puerto Vallarta, starting at say the Malecon or one of the parallel streets, and continue walking South towards old town, you will find yourself nearing very close to this [...]

I’m a big UFC fan, and when we arrived in Puerto Vallarta, I spend considerable time, alot of it unsuccessful, searching for a place in the town that I could be sure showed the monthly events. It was this that lead me to, finally, come across El Torito Sports Bar. But whether you’re a UFC fan, or a sports fan of any kind, you might do well to give El Torito a look. El Torito is located in Old Town Vallarta, on Ignacio L. Vallarta, just before where it intersects with Venustiano Carranza. Centrally located, any bus moving south through [...]