La Casa de Las Orquideas is a Breakfast Restaurant Located in Colonia Ixtapa, in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
At Casa de Las Orquideas You Will Dine in an Outdoor Garden, Surrounded by Beautiful Orchids
A Visit With Bob Price at The Vallarta Botanical Garden in Cabo Corrientes
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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, Puerto Vallarta’s Oldest Restaurant on the famous Los Muertos Beach, and The El Dorado Restaurant and Beach Club right next door so you can enjoy that fantastic view of the Los
Muertos Pier all lit up at night in beautiful colors, or during the day in its grand splendor 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 head out to Colonia Ixtapa, for breakfast at a very unusual, and very beautiful restaurant where you dine, surrounded by an incredible collection of Orchids. The place is called La Casa de Las Orquideas, or
House of The Orchids, and you will be meeting part of the family, Carlos Lepe Rios…., Carlos and the family not
Contact Information for Restaurant La Casa de Las Orquideas in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Address: Altamirano # 256. 48280 Ixtapa, Jalisco, Mexico
- Phone: 52+32 2 281 13 87
- Google Reviews for Restaurant La Casa de Las Orquideas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Restaurant Guru: https://restaurantguru.com/La-casa-de-las-orquideas-Ixtapa-Jalisco
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057160491714
only serve up a delicious breakfast and lunch, but they have a very interesting story. Speaking of Orchids, we will be visiting with Bob Price from The Vallarta Botanical Garden. My wife and I just got back from a week in
paradise, so I have a lot to say about that. We have Vallarta news too so before we get to The Botanical Garden with Bob, and before we get to Carlos with his cool Ixtapa breakfast restaurant, La Casa de Las Orquideas, let’s see what’s happening this week in Puerto Vallarta, the 10th of May, 2023. Happy Mexican Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there!
Fires Burning Around El Tuito
The fires are out for now and the smoke is clearing from the air but for the last week and a half, there have been fires in the El Tuito Area. It’s dry in Vallarta and will be for another month and a half. At least that’s when the seasonal summer rains are expected to begin. The Middle of June, so everyone is on high alert. It’s always
nervous time this time of year when you look at the mountains surrounding Vallarta and spot a column of smoke and wonder if it’s an intentional burn or something else, unattended. The firefighters, many of them are volunteers, did a great job. They even got assistance from the Vallarta Food Bank who collected food and drink and other supplies for the firefighters, and also got their special mobile water tank into the action as well.
That’s the tank that Jimmy Plouff was talking about a couple of weeks ago on the last podcast. So good on the Vallarta Food Bank and all the other folks and organizations who stepped up to help feed and water the firefighters. Great job, stay vigilant, and pray for an early rainy season. Not all at once mind you, just enough.
Get Your Travelers Insurance
Okay, last time we talked, my wife and I were getting ready to fly to paradise, flying from Los Angeles California to Puerto Vallarta non-stop via Delta Airlines. For some reason, probably because I’m really cheap, and more than likely didn’t pay extra for a specific seat for the flight, the lady at the ticket counter asked me if it would be okay if she put us across the aisle from each other, she didn’t have two seats together. I said no problem. So, I was kind of forced to be nice and strike up conversation with my new row partners, a couple from Washington State. They were telling me about their last visit, it was before the pandemic. She said she injured herself, bike riding, and needed to go to the hospital. She said they wanted to charge an ungodly amount on her credit card, and how it was a mess, and how her insurance company at home, wouldn’t help her and all that stuff. And I said Hey, you should have had travelers’ insurance. And she asks me what’s that? So, obviously, she, well, they are traveling again with travelers’ insurance. So, I think it’s time to remind you, that if you are traveling to Mexico, you should supplement your trip, with some travelers’ insurance. It’s very reasonable, price wise, and it protects you in more ways than just medical. And I suggested they buy it when they got to their hotel. Iv’e done that by the way, the wife asks me if I bought the insurance and I say yes dear…I’ll send you the information, then actually purchased it right then, from Vallarta. So, you can do that. Now, I’ve been using Safety Wing Nomad Insurance, but there are others that we have talked about over the years. Allianz, Seven Corners, Travel Guard, World Nomads, Tin Leg…there’s a bunch of them.
I actually have a link to an article that lists about a dozen of them, chosen by the folks at US News and World Report. You can find them in the show notes at …www.puertovallartatravelshow.com
https://travel.usnews.com/features/the-best-travel-insurance-companies
https://safetywing.com/nomad-insurance/
So, you buy travel insurance for medical coverage for instance if you are in an accident or fall sick and need medical assistance while outside your home country.
And you also buy it for the travel part of the trip as well. Coverage for travel delays, lost checked luggage, emergency response, natural disasters, and personal liability.
For example, with Safety Wing Nomad Insurance,
- Trip interruption Up to $5,000. No deductible
- Travel delay Up to $100 a day after a 12-hour delay period requiring an unplanned overnight stay. Subject to a maximum of 2 days. No deductible
- Lost checked luggage*Up to $3,000 per certificate period; $500 per item. Up to $6,000 lifetime limit. No deductible.
- Natural disaster — a new place to stay Up to $100 a day for 5 days. No deductible
- Political evacuation Up to $10,000 lifetime maximum. Not subject to deductible
- Emergency medical evacuation Up to $100,000 lifetime maximum. Not subject to deductible or overall maximum limit.
- Personal liability
| Type | Max limit* |
| Lifetime maximum | $25,000 |
| Third person injury | $25,000 |
| Third person property | $25,000 |
| Related third person property | $2,500 |
*Not subject to deductible or overall maximum limit
Accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D)
| Type | Amount* |
| Loss of 1 Limb | $12,500 |
| Loss of 2 limbs | $25,000 |
| Lifetime maximum | $25,000 |
| Death | $25,000 |
*$250,000 maximum benefit any one family or group. Not subject to deductible or overall maximum limit
For Medical care, again with Safety Wing Nomad Insurance, here’s what you get…
- Max Limit $250,000 ($100,000 for 65 years and above)
- Deductible $250
- Hospital Room and nursing services
- Intensive care Up to the overall maximum limit
- Ambulance usual, reasonable and customary charges when covered illness or injury results in hospitalization.
- Urgent charges$50 co-payment, not subject to deductible.
- Physical therapy and chiropractic care Up to $50 per day. Must be ordered in advance by a physician.
- Emergency dental Up to $1,000. Not subject to deductible.
- All Other Eligible Medical Expenses Up to the overall maximum limit.
Notable exclusions
- High risk sports activity
- Pre-existing disease or injury
- Cancer treatment
And all this for less than $100 for a 2-week trip. It can come in really handy if you actually do need medical attention in Paradise and on top of that, it gives you peace of mind on your tropical vacation. It frees some space up while you sip on a tasty margarita. So, buy your travel insurance if you want to be smart and keep out of the poor house. If you don’t have that form of coverage, the hospitals around here will want to charge up your credit card something awful should you become sick or injured. Trust me on that. The hospitals are good…just emergency services are through the roof. Get coverage.
What’s Your Favorite Vallarta Margarita?
Have you noticed the margaritas are coming in smaller glasses or is it just me? Tell me, where’s your favorite place in Vallarta for a real margarita? I know of two that I like the best. One is at Restaurant San Lucas, they still serve it in those traditional rounded fishbowl margarita glasses. The other of course is at Pipi’s. What are your favorite places in Vallarta for an honest, good-sized margarita? Write to me and share with all of us, okay?
Mother’s Day in Mexico is May 10th
Speaking of restaurants and margaritas, we have Mother’s day in Mexico, and that’s today, the 10th of May. They do it differently in Mexico, the holiday is celebrated on a fixed date, the 10th, while in the US, we celebrate mothers on the 2nd Sunday of May. Either way you celebrate it, there are many restaurants in town that will be celebrating both days, and the days between.
One of them is Michael Tolleson Robles, the autistic savant artist who we had on the show a few months back.
Contact Information For Savante Restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Address: C. Juárez 388, Proyecto Escola, Centro, 48300
- Phone: 52-322-246-1250
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SavantePV
- Website: Savante PV Website
As you know, if you listened to that interview, he told us about a restaurant he was building above his gallery. And the restaurant is called Savante, and it’s just beautiful. He gave me and my wife a tour of it, and I have pictures in the show notes.
They are offering a free glass of wine with your entre. Until the 14th of May. I spoke with Michael, and I’ll be bringing you that conversation in the coming weeks to talk about his beautiful restaurant, which is not just a restaurant, but an art gallery above his art gallery. Spectacular. But I’ll tell you right now, along with delicious
food, this place has the nicest and most comfortable chairs in Vallarta. And boy, that’s a big sticking point in this town, right? Comfortable seats for your seat in restaurants are really hard to come by. And that’s no joke. Oh, and the bathrooms in Michael’s restaurant are out of this world. I’ll leave it at that. Savante Restaurant, is
open, and coming soon to the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. Great job Michael! I love that guy. So does my wife.
Restaurant week in Puerto Vallarta May 15 – June 10, 2023
Speaking of restaurants, we are fast approaching Restaurant week in Vallarta…
Restaurant Week is a great opportunity for restaurants, and visitors in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit to be known, and make themselves known to a broader audience. During Restaurant Week, each restaurant offers the public a three-course menu (with three options each) at a fixed price that does not include drinks or tips. Restaurants that participate in Restaurant week offer their menu prices menu at $344, $459 or $575 pesos per person with VAT included. Of course, with rising prices, prices may vary…we’ll see. But
The 19th edition of Restaurant Week by Vallarta Lifestyles takes place from May 15 – June 10, 2023. So, as we like to say restaurant week is really restaurant month.
Out of the over 40 restaurants participating, there are many that are new to me and to the bay. I have a list of all participating restaurants in the show notes. It’s a great opportunity to find a new favorite restaurant in Vallarta. I also have their Facebook link in the notes as well. Enjoy Restaurant week, or month…whatever, May 15th to June 10th.
https://www.facebook.com/RestaurantWeekPV
Vehicle Verification Woes in Puerto Vallarta
When last we talked, I was flying into Vallarta with my wife, and we were expecting a big protest, a manifestation about the new automobile verification program, which is a smog testing program, rolled out by the state of Jalisco, that has the pueblo up in arms. They had planned a big protest for the day we were landing, planning to block off highway 200 to traffic, causing all sorts of problems. As it turned out, when we emerged from the airport terminal to catch our cab, I asked the driver about the situation, and he said that for traffic going south, there was no issue. But he said the protest was up the road, north of the airport. So, it turned out that those heading to Nuevo Vallarta, Bucerias, Punta de Mita, Sayulita, Lo de Marcos, San Pancho and so on, were being delayed. Some for up to 4 hours. But the traffic to the hotel zone and downtown Vallarta, was wide open. So, that was a big relief. As we headed to our friend’s casa, Debbie and Ray, my Canadian buddies and their cool house in Pitillal. Thank you, guys, so much for letting us stay with you! We had a great time with Ray and Debbie. Anyway, as we drove to Pitillal, I started my survey. And it was a survey I took with every taxi and Uber driver I ran into for the whole week, The question was, what do you think of the vehicle verification deal?
And this first driver said, it was no big deal. His car passed. No issues. Although he did say that the taxi wasn’t his, and that he drives it for his boss. Oh, that reminds me of a funny story, I’ll try to remember it. So, I asked every taxista and Uber driver what they thought of the smog verification thing and apart from the first driver, they all hated it. And they hated Alfaro, the governor too. They called it robbery, theft, graft, unfair….everything under the sun and in the book. One said it wasn’t fair, the older cars were failing the test, another said that a bad tank of gas could foul up the test, and that happens. Another said that if their car failed, they were forced to pay for expensive equipment to correct the issue, which may fix the problem, or not. One guy said it made no sense because there is really no smog creating industry in Vallarta. Another said that Vallarta is on the ocean, not in a valley where smog collects. They said how difficult it was for folks to come up with the 500 pesos to take the test, and that the verification was going to be a yearly cost. Many claimed the money was going into the pockets of the governor. Seriously, nobody was happy.
And just the other day, governor Alfaro was in Vallarta holding a news conference that I was listening to, and he was taking questions from Vallarta reporters, and Governor Alfaro says no, the money is for the youth, for parks and environmental programs. He says that the opposition is all political. That he and the current mayor and city council in Vallarta don’t see eye to eye on the subject. He stated in that press conference that it wasn’t his decision, that the state government legislature of Jalisco passed the legislation, and that’s that! When asked if Nayarit had the same program, he bristled and said, this is a Jalisco State program and moved on.
So, this is not going away and there have been others over the last few weeks, and more planned protests will be coming up.
So, what happens if you don’t get your car smogged, verified?
You get fined of course. 103 pesos a day, 3,153 pesos a month, or 37,844 pesos a year. So, mere peanuts. This is going to be a real mess. Stay tuned.
Olas Altas Farmers Market and Marina Market Open One More Week
I got a note from Gabino Sandoval Barrera, the pull-tab purse maker who tells me …
Barry, Olas Altas Farmer’s Market will remain open two more weeks in May ! Sat May 6 from 9-2 and Sat 13 from 9-2. Also, the Art & Market Marina Vallarta, 2 more weeks in May.
Please spread the word around, we’re looking forward to keep on providing all our wonderful products.
Sincerely,
Gabino
Eco-Purses By Gabino
So, if you are going to be in town, the markets are open, looks like one more week for each the Marina, and the Olas Altas markets. Then hasta la vista till November. Thanks for the message Gabino. I don’t know if you’ve
seen some of their new designs, but the colored pull-top bags, purses and belts are just beautiful. Mano of these pull-tabs are coming in different colors other than the basic, classic metallic aluminum pull-tops, you see
them in red, green, blue…really pretty colors when combined. I’ll have some pictures of his work in the show-notes and a link to his website as well.
El Rio BBQ Wrapping Up The Biz
Speaking of things coming to an end, the last hurrah was held at El Rio BBQ, and word has it, that will be the end of El Rio. Something will be coming in there, but it won’t be them. I’ve heard from several friends that Kurt
wants to give it a rest. At least for a while. I can’t imagine the work and time and money that went into keeping that place running with the help, the bands, and the social media team. It takes a lot out of a business owner. Lots of headaches, that’s for sure. So, hats off to Kurt and Hollis. You guys put together a very cool spot, where
vacationers and locals could dance to the best live music on the bay, next to the Rio Cuale with soaring cliffs that reflected and enhanced the music, acting like the acoustics of the Hollywood Bowl. Where folks could eat great BarBQ, drink buckets of beer, and imbibe on adult beverages, good music and the friends you’ve brought
along, or that just you’ve met. You guys did that for muchos anos Kurt and Hollis. We’ll miss you. Who knows what’s in store for that l location. We’ll keep our eyes and ears open for that news.
The Estero Salado is Re-opening in Puerto Vallarta
I read in The Banderas News the other day that the Estero Salado is reopening….The estero, or the estuary is known as the lungs of Vallarta due to the lush, dense vegetation fed by two rivers, and home to the North American Crocodile population… here’s the article dated April 21st…
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – After being closed for more than two years, due to the pandemic and improvement works, the Estero El Salado, a Protected Natural Area in the heart of the Puerto Vallarta hotel zone, will soon reopen its doors to the public, according to Jaime Torres, director of the estuary.
“It is true, we have taken a long time to reopen, but you will see that it was worth the wait when you come visit El Salado Estuary again. We are going to have more staff and more equipment, all with the users’ safety in mind,” Torres said.
El Salado comprises 169 hectares, of which approximately 135 correspond to mangrove vegetation and wetlands; the rest is made up by two medium forest remnants bordered by water and underwater vegetation, thorn forest and secondary vegetation.
Fed by the Cuale and Ameca rivers, the estuary is an important ecosystem for the region.
The story continues, and I have a link in the show notes and a link to that story and to their website and Facebook Page as well. I’ve never been to the estuary, have you? Next time down I’m going for sure. I wonder if my wife will pass on joining me for that interview. She’s a little creeped out about crocodiles. Me too…kinda. Anyway, I’m going, and you should think about it too. They’ve been shut down for a couple of years. Let’s go.
Our planned Move and Your Emails
I received some great emails from some of you about our planned move to Vallarta before the end of this year. Thanks so much for your encouragement, and good wishes. Some of you wanted to know how I got my wife to agree to follow me to paradise. It’s complicated. I’ll tell you sometime. Matt and Jodi, from Canadia and Derek, also from Canada wanted to know if I would keep them posted on my progress and the process. I will do that for sure. We actually have a phone consultation set up with an immigration attorney tomorrow, and will begin our search in July, so we’re pretty excited.
And, we’ve been going through our house, one room at a time, one drawer at a time, and throwing stuff away, or packing them into boxes to give away or sell at a future yard sale, or to take with us. This is the kind of stuff your kids do after you die. But now I have to do it.
You know, I’ve interviewed dozens of folks over the last 6 and a half years who’ve made the move from somewhere, to Puerto Vallarta, and they somehow all have the same story. They sold everything or gave it away to charity, family or friends, packed 6 suitcases and flew or drove down to Puerto Vallarta to start anew. And that’s what we plan to do. But to do that, you really need to purge. Really purge.
Now as you know, my wife and I sell houses for a living in the Los Angeles Area. We move people for a living. We have packed up entire houses for clients, so we know about emptying out homes. In fact, at this very moment, while we are doing the culling in our house, we have a client who needed us to empty out a 2,000 square foot home in Simi Valley. He is the executor. There are no heirs. The money for the sale of the house goes to charity. The mom and dad bought the house 50 years ago. They both died. Their two sons, who were never married, and never left the house both died, so no heirs, no kids, nieces, or nephews to empty the house. Oh my god, these guys were hoarders. You know your junk drawer? Everyone has a drawer that is a catch-all for junk. Well, every closet and drawer in this house is a junk drawer, I swear. Don’t let your house turn into that. Really. And as realtors, we can tell you stories about situations we’ve had over the years just like that. So, we know not to collect stuff, and over the years, we have dumped most of that extra baggage precisely because of those experiences we’ve had with packrat home sellers.
So, we’re going through drawers, and old anniversary and birthday cards given to each other. Cards from our kids when they were little. What do you do with those things? You can’t take them with you. Do you just read them one more time, then throw them away, or do you scan them or take pictures of them, then throw them away? It’s a real problem. And the expensive jewelry I’ve made for my wife over the last 35 years. I never take, or wear my expensive jewelry in Mexico. Do you sell it? Do you distribute it to family and friends like, before you die? And what about firearms? I’ve got a few of those too. So, we’re going through these cards and drawers and Debbie asks do you need this business card? And I looked at it and it’s a business card of Memo Baroso,
from The old Tucan, and The Pancake House. I met Memo at the Tucan back in the 80’s, and Memo was the guy who introduced my wife and I to raicilla, right there at the old bar at the Tucan. Anyway, there was a falling out
between Memo and Fredy and Memo moved his pancake house up the street, and in fact we’ll talk a little about that with Carlos when we get to his Ixtapa restaurant in just a few minutes, but I took a picture of the business card, front and back, in the show notes, as well as a picture of me holding my youngest son, outside The Tucan in 1992. Check it out in the shownotes.
So, thanks for the emails. We’ll keep you posted and filled in on our every move of our move, for sure.
And for those of you who asked me if I would sell them their first Vallarta home….I’m on the fence about bringing my real estate skills to Vallarta. I like the idea of just doing interviews for the podcast without having to fly to Vallarta to get her done. Then I don’t know…do what retired people do. Join a gym, relax, get some hobbies, do some volunteering. We’ll see. It’s tempting. We’ll see.
A Chat With Bob Price at the Vallarta Botanical Garden
I’ll tell you what, I sure like having my wife with me on my trips to paradise these days. I don’t have to eat alone again. Or sleep alone for that matter but that’s too much information…..One place that my wife had never been to believe it or not, was the Vallarta Botanical Garden. So for her birthday, I took her for breakfast in one of my favorite little restaurants in colonia Ixtapa called La Casa de Las Orquideas, I’ll be taking you there soon, like in a few minutes soon, and then we took an Uber to the Vallarta Botanical Garden where I caught up with Bob
Price, the Director and creator of the Gardens, to catch up, to see what’s new and exciting at one of my favorite places on this earth. So, let’s go right now to a table in their lovely restaurant at the Garden, and let’s visit with Bob Price, at The Vallarta Botanical Garden, in Cabo Corrientes, but we like to think of it as being in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico…
Contact Information for Vallarta Botanical Garden
- Address: Carretera a Barra De Navidad Km. 24 48425
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vbgardensac/
- Phone: +32 2 223 61 82
- Website: https://www.vbgardens.org/
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Thank you Bob! It’s always good to catch with you and all the cool things at the Garden. I even had a chance to talk with a member of that film, documentary crew, they are from Vallarta and very passionate about filmmaking in Vallarta. I’ll bring you that interview in the coming weeks.
Next, we head to Colonia Ixtapa for a visit to a very unusual restaurant. La Casa de Las Orquideas, or the house of Orchids.
Now, if you take your time and look up into some of the big. Older trees around Vallarta, and look really
closely, with a discerning eye, you may notice, growing in the branches, orchids. Really, look up and just hanging there you will see wild orchids. In Mexico you can find over 1,200 different varieties of orchids.
Orchids prefer tropical hardwoods with rough tree bark or a shady palm tree, and they choose horizontal limbs that have some shade from the afternoon sun to grow in. In fact, I’ve been approached on several
occasions in Vallarta by guys who have actually fetched an orchid plant out of a tree, complete with the host branch from the tree in question. And if I lived in Vallarta, I might even buy one, but I could never get it home to California. It’s totally not permitted.
Restaurant La Casa de Las Orquideas in Colonia Ixtapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Now I talk about orchids, because I discovered this restaurant a couple of years ago, La Casa de Las Orquideas, when I ran across it in a Facebook post. And my buddy Jeff Musto, the PV Kid, took me to Colonia Ixtapa for breakfast at La Tienda Grande. And if you recall, we had Salvador Carrillo from La Tienda Grande, a couple of
months ago. And after Jeff and I had breakfast there, I asked him if he had ever heard of this place, a breakfast restaurant, also in Ixtapa, called La Casa de Las Orquideas. I showed him their Facebook page, and he said, it looks close by, let’s walk off our breakfast and check it out. As it turned out it was a much longer walk than we
expected, but we were pleased to finally arrive, and to find this lovely restaurant, where you can sit and dine, surrounded by orchids. At the time I spoke with Carlos’s brother about maybe doing an interview. He was up to it, but it would have to be in Spanish. Then, I went back with Ray and Debbie about a year ago for coffee, and for Debbie’s Birthday last week, I took her here for breakfast, this time again, with Debbie and Ray.
Breakfast was excellent, and after breakfast, I stopped at a table that looked like it was being occupied by important people. You know, people in charge. So I asked Carlos, who was sitting there is he was a member of
the family that owned the restaurant, and he says yes. I told him what I do and if he would be able to find some time to tell us the story of their family restaurant, and Carlos agreed. Not only did he agree, but his English was
perfect, which makes my job so much easier. So we arranged to meet back at the restaurant the very next day. To talk about the history of a beautiful restaurant, in a cute little colonia, in the pueblo we love so much. Let’s
head to Colonia Ixtapa a few kilometers east of the Puerto Vallarta airport, and let’s meet, one of the family members who helps keep this family restaurant running. So let’s meet my new friend, Carlos, Carlos, son of
father Juan Manuel Lepe, known fondly as Juan Lepe, and mom Elena Rios, making it, you guessed it, Carlos Lepe Rios, at Restaurant La Casa de Las Orquideas, Ixtapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Contact Information for Restaurant La Casa de Las Orquideas in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Address: Altamirano # 256. 48280 Ixtapa, Jalisco, Mexico
- Phone: 52+32 2 281 13 87
- Google Reviews for Restaurant La Casa de Las Orquideas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- Restaurant Guru: https://restaurantguru.com/La-casa-de-las-orquideas-Ixtapa-Jalisco
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057160491714
Thank you Carlos! What a beautiful restaurant and a lovely family. I have some lovely pictures of Carlos’s daughters and nephew in their escaramusa and charro outfits, with the horses and all dressed up in their
beautiful outfits in the show notes, as well as some pictures of the inside of the restaurant and some food porn, of course, I have all their information in the show notes including a Google map that will take you to their front door. Get out to Ixtapa, and visit them then next time you come to Puerto Vallarta.
And…that should do it for today…next week Maybe from Vallarta, 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
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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
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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.
Thanks so much to Bob Price from The Vallarta Botanical Garden. Get on over there during the rainy season to catch the roaring Rio Horcones, and the lovely flowers and plants. Remember they are closed Mondays during the slow season. And thanks to Carlos Lepe Rios from Restaurant La Casa de Las Qrquideas, in Colonia Ixtapa. Go for breakfast or early lunch and eat among the orchids con la gente. I have maps and links in the show notes.
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.
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