A Meet and Greet for The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show at Kelly’s Pour Favor Saloon and Cookhouse. Meet Marty Juel from Indiana. His Lions Club is bringing an eyeglass exchange to the Lions Club of Puerto Vallarta.

Then we talk with Ian Tait From East Vancouver British Columbia. He has been coming to Puerto Vallarta since 1972. Both Marty and Ian tell us about their favorite Restaurants, and things to do in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

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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 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 Beach Club, 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 I have a couple of listeners who came to the Meet and Greet at Kelly’s Pour Favor Saloon and Cookhouse, both lovers of Puerto Vallarta, but first, let’s see what’s happening this week in Puerto Vallarta, the 14^th of May 2018.

 

Restaurant Week PV May 15th till June 10th 2018

As I mentioned last week, restaurant week begins today May 15thth and goes all the way to June 10^th this year.

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From Vallarta Lifestyles

Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group established Restaurant Week in 2005 through an annual festival that takes place every year from May 15 – June 10. Restaurant Week features many of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit’s most coveted restaurants. Participating establishments offer innovative three-course menus, with three options available for each course. Since the prices are often discounted by up to 50%, dining out during Restaurant Week is not only more fun, but also much more affordable. Participating restaurants can choose to offer their special, Restaurant Week menu at $269, $399 or $466 pesos per person, tips and beverages not included.

I have a link in the show notes for the directory of participating restaurants from Vallarta Lifestyles Magazine.

https://restaurantweekpv.com/en/participantes

Each participating restaurant has a restaurant week banner hanging outside so they are easy to find.

Down Vallarta 2018

The Down Vallarta BMX bike race took place on Sunday and I have pictures of the event and of the construction of the ramps, the trucks filled with dirt, and some pics of the event itself that I shot from the roof of the condo in the sky, the Airbnb I stayed in for $32.00 a night. I got some pretty good shots from there so check them out, and yes, it was a great spot to watch the action both Saturday for the trial runs, and Sunday for the real thing.

I was talking with the MC of the event a couple days earlier, and he told me the wrong time of the start, and listener Bill and wife were coming up to join me, but alas, I gave them the wrong start time and they just couldn’t get through, so sorry Bill, I still have beers chilling up here for you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Airbnb on The Beach

And speaking of condo in the sky, my wife arrives tonight and I’m not going to make her climb the stairway to heaven, originally I had reserved this place up on Arroyo del Pedregoso for the first 10 days of the trip knowing that if I thought it would be a good fit for Debbie, I could extend the stay, but knowing that there were other choices out there, cheap enough for me, yet, good enough for her. So I hit the Airbnb site pretty hard and I found yet another place with no reviews, but it was described as being on Playa Camarones, which the picture clearly showed, and it

looked like a pretty nice place from the pictures of course, and the guy was giving the first 5 to reserve a 20% discount, so I reserved the place for $191 for the 3 days so like, $63 a night. I know, splurging Barry? Well, yes. It’s going to be out 30^th wedding anniversary, so yeah. Anyway, if you haven’t used Airbnb, they don’t tell you the exact address of the place or even the street name until after you commit to it. You are shown the approximate location of the place, usually, I mean, some of these listings, the owner tells you where it is. But anyway, I pay for the place and guess where it is, above the Barracuda! So, I’m like, rushing to see what the hours of the place are, and they don’t open till 12 noon and they close early on Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday till midnight so it shouldn’t be too bad. I’ll have some more time to wander through that neighborhood in the Cinco de Diciembre Neighborhood.

Of course I’ll take pictures and stuff and junk, and get back to you on the Condo with a review.

Puerto Vallarta’s 100 Year Anniversary

They are gearing up for the 100^th anniversary of the Municipality, The City of Puerto Vallarta, coming up May 31^st. The town is all abuzz with excitement as the date approaches. Things are very busy right now with restaurant week and the people already in town for the event. I’ll bring you more in the next show.

Screenshots of ATM in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Remember I had a listener ask about the ATM machines, how they are a little intimidating, well I took screen shots of the entire process, and I have the pics in the show notes for this episode, describing the whole thing with arrows and stuff and junk. Check them out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, I’m in paradise, that’s enough of that, let’s get on with the interviews.

Meet and Greet Interviews at Kelly’s Pour Favor Saloon and Cookhouse

I invited listeners to come join me and JR at Kelly’s Pour Favor Cookhouse and Saloon last Tuesday, and there were lots of people there, a nice crowd. I plied you with offers of t-shirts and the chance to pitch your business, to tell us what you are doing in paradise, you know the usual, and two listeners stepped up to the plate. The first is Marty Juel, from Indiana, and the second is Ian Tait.

Steve Tenny and his band Tequila rush sent us upstairs to the Patio Lounge, and I set up the microphones, and we had a little chat. Let’s get to that right now….

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I have links to that Eyeglass Program. What a great opportunity to get involved in helping out right here in Puerto Vallarta. And good on you Lions Club. I have pictures of the outside, and Marty is sending me pics of the inside of the place. I always wanted to know about that place. Hey, maybe you might have plans to rent out a large facility while in town. Check out the pics for sure. And Ian, love his voice, and he has the greatest attitude. Both these guys are so much fun, and really, just typical of the kinds of people you meet in paradise. There’s tons of people who spend lots of time here in bars and on the beach, who are full of it. Information in mean. Thanks guys.

Okay, 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. Don’t forget his maps, his DIY tours and his revitalized Happy Hour Board. I have links to all of those in the show notes.

 

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 Marty Juel and Ian Tait for coming down to Kelly’s Pour Favor for the meet and greet and sitting for an interview. Remember to check out the eyeglass exchange that the Lyons do. It’s all there in the show notes for this episode, and hey, 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!

 

 

 

 

 

Marty Juel

• Indiana Lions Club, District 25-G
• Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling Program

Places Marty Stayed

• The Melia Vallarta
• Playa Los Arcos, Puerto Vallarta, México
• Plaza Mar, Puerto Vallarta, México

Places to Visit in Puerto Vallarta

• The Puerto Vallarta Zoo
• Vallarta Botanical Garden

Places Marty Likes to Eat

• Bravos, Puerto Vallarta, México
• Fredy’s Tucan, Puerto Vallarta, México
• No Way Jose Restaurant, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

 

Ian Tait’s Favorite Picks

Day Trip Bus to Bucerías

Breakfast

• Serrano’s Meat House, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
• Ándales Puerto Vallarta, México
• Wild and Hungry Cougar Puerto Vallarta, Mexico     65 peso specials

Dinner

• Langostinos, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico ask for a Jorge
• Karen’s Place in Bucerias