Dale Bouayadi from Canada and Kim Easter from the US Enjoy Volunteering to Help The Less Fortunate in Puerto Vallarta
Kim and Dale Introduce us to Multiple Puerto Vallarta Charities Who They Help and who you can help too
Puerto Vallarta Readies Herself for Christmas 2025
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Hello fellow travelers, welcome to 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 too and that’s Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
That music you were just listening to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. 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. Or riverside at the
newest addition to the groupo, The Le Bistro Jazz Café, overlooking the Rio Cuale on beautiful Isla Cuale. La Palapa, El Dorado and Le Bistro Jazz Café. They are so romantic, they’re so, Puerto Vallarta, my friends.
This week you are going to meet two extraordinary ladies, one from the US, her name is Kim Easter and the other is Dale Bouayadi, Dale’s from Canada. And well, the two of them are literally angels on Earth. I call them do-gooders. And I learned so much from them about different organizations that help the needy in Vallarta who are the most vulnerable. And how anyone with the will, and a good heart, and the will, and the time can do good deeds on their own terms for the community and help whomever they choose to help. What’s your passion?
We can all learn something from these ladies about the different ways we can make an impact on the lives of others. You will love these ladies.
We have Vallarta news and more so let’s get to it. Let’s see what’s happening in Puerto Vallarta the 29th of November 2025.
We are about to start the most active 12 days in Puerto Vallarta, and The Banderas News does a really good job of laying it all out for us, so from the Banderas News Dated November 25th, 2025…
Vallarta Celebrates Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Dec 1-12
November 25, 2025
By: BanderasNews
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – So much of what you are able to experience of a destination comes down to the timing of your visit, and the first 12 days of December is a great time to be in Mexico, as cities across the country celebrate the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Known in Spanish as El Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, this important religious and social festival commemorates the miraculous appearance of the Virgin Mary to an Indian peasant and converted Catholic named Juan Diego on December 12, 1531.
According to legend, Juan Diego was walking on Tepeyac Hill, outside modern day Mexico City, when he saw a vision: A pregnant Indian woman, clothed in a turquoise robe with bright stars, with rays of sunlight emanating behind her, her hands folded in prayer. She identified herself as “The Virgin Mary, mother of the one true God.”
Mary reappeared to Juan Diego over three days and told him, even though it was December, to gather flowers upon the hill. Juan Diego found a patch of Spanish roses, gathered them and dropped them before the bishop, revealing the image of Mary seared into his cloak. To this day, the cloth is on display in Mexico City at the Basilica of Guadalupe, which was constructed at the site of the miraculous appearance, and is the most visited Marian shrine in the world.
Here in Puerto Vallarta, the virgin is honored by the hundreds of local businesses, unions, neighborhoods, and organizations that participate in the pilgrimage to the city’s most iconic landmark, The Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The candlelight processions generally start in front of Woolworth’s and go the 11 blocks down Juarez street to the Guadalupe church. Indigenous pagan and Christian rituals are mixed together as young warriors dance in the streets commemorating the miraculous apparition, while others carry banners or colorful floats that usually portray the Virgin Mary and Juan Diego. Once the last procession reaches its destination, a special mass in devotion to Puerto Vallarta’s revered patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, is celebrated.
The celebrations come to a joyful end on December 12 with the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of Puerto Vallarta’s most beloved and popular annual celebrations. Baptisms, confirmations, first holy communions and even weddings take place within the local community to coincide with this special and blessed date.
December 12, 2025 also marks the 174th anniversary of the founding of Puerto Vallarta so, after the religious ceremony, festive celebrations continue with parades, music, singing, dancing, fireworks and a plethora of street vendors selling everything from religious relics and traditional Christmas dishes to vacation souvenirs on the Malecón.
Fireworks decorate and light up the skies, folk dance groups perform, traditional parades entertain the crowds, people sing hymns and songs of praise in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the central plaza is filled to the brim with street vendors selling fruits, food, souvenirs and other specialties.
A beautiful, religious and cultural event in Mexico, the Festival of Guadalupe is one of Puerto Vallarta’s most beloved celebrations, drawing crowds of many thousands each year.
And I have a link to that article from the Banderas News, in the show notes. And thanks to them for the article.
The Los Muertos Pier To Turn into a Christmas Tree For The Christmas Holidays in Puerto Vallarta
News is that the famous Los Muertos Pier will be transformed into a giant Christmas Tree for the holidays. City Hall made the announcement a couple of days back. We’ll see what they have planned. For the Day of the Dead, the Dia de Los Muertos
Celebrations they lit up the railings and the walkway around the sail-shaped pier. It was a bit bright. Kinda psychedelic in fact. Truth is I wouldn’t suggest you try it when you’re too high, which you won’t be anyway…right? Why would you be high in Puerto Vallarta?
Puerto Vallarta Votes to Put The Road Back Through The Famous Malecon
It seems that almost from out of nowhere, the city was given a chance to vote on weather or not they wanted to return the famous Puerto Vallarta Malecon to its old glory days with a street in front of all the businesses instead of the wide walkway we have today.
I embedded a Google map below of how the Malecon was before the re-design….
Not only Vallartenses were invited to vote, but visitors as well. The voting machines were set up at city hall and all were encouraged to cast their vote. I don’t know what’s up, but it seems a bit fishy. We’ll see how the vote goes and report on what’s next.
The Vallarta Calendar To Feature The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on Their Around Town Page
I’ve talked about The Vallarta Calendar in past episodes, and I like the Calendar so much, and I depend of it so much for upcoming events that I even have a link to Vallartacalendar.com on my website.
Well, they have been kind enough to add my podcast to their Around Town page on their website, which I consider an honor.
So, thank you to the editor and creator of vallartacalender.com Kevin Feltner who maybe one day I can talk into coming on the show.
If you haven’t signed up for the calendar, you should. Get on their email list to keep current and on top of everything happening in Puerto Vallarta. Like whale watching season.
Whale Watching Season Runs from December 8th till the 23rd of March in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
Whale Watching Season is almost here. It runs from December 8th till the 23rd of March with January and February being the best months to watch these huge beasts. Mostly humpback whales. You can see them in the bay jumping around either from a tour boat, or the shore or your bayside condo. Keep your eyes open.
Thank You For The Emails Regarding My Dad
I want to thank so many of you who reached out to comfort me about the passing of my dad. I really appreciate your sentiments and sympathy and kindness. I had planned to talk about how he and my mother played a role in our first trip to Puerto Vallarta, and their ties to Elizabeth Taylor, but that will need to wait till next time, let’s get to the interview, shall we?
Doing Good Deeds in Puerto Vallarta Mexico
I met Dale Bouayadi years ago at a meet and greet where we talked about the Vallarta Abuelos, Ann Marie’s Group. I
interviewed her years back now. Wow. Anyway I’ve been trying to get her back on the show to talk about the volunteering she does, and she reached out to me to talk about diapers, of all things. She has launched a diaper drive, and it’s today by the way, from noon to 6 at Nacho Daddy on Basillio Badillo. But the great thing is that it’s an ongoing drive, so if you missed it today,
please by all means, drop off diapers anytime, clean ones of course, at Nacho Daddy, and they will do the rest. But getting back to our guests, I wanted to have them on the show to give you their experiences as the worker bees in this town. The people who find time to give back to the community that we love so much.
Let’s go to Nacho Daddy, where I met up with these two ladies, and listen to how they do their part in giving back to their piece of Mexico, and maybe how you can do it too. Let’s meet Kim Easter and Dale Bouayadi, doing good deeds, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Thank you so much Kim and Dale. What a couple of really buen ser humanos, Spanish lingo for good human beings.
Dale and Kim’s Favorite Vallarta Restaurant Picks
Dale’s Favorite Restaurants in Puerto Vallarta
- Breakfast: Rincon Chilango
- Lunch: Figueroa’s Burritos
- Dinner: Eugenias Grand Miramar
Kim’s Favorite Restaurants in Puerto Vallarta
- Breakfast: Un Cafe and Sandy’s in Centro
- Lunch: Burning Burrito
- Dinner: Siam Thai
- Date Night: Casita and Garden
Organizations Benefiting From The Diaper Drive
Now I have the names of the locations that Dale couldn’t remember for her favorite breakfast and lunch. The breakfast place is called Rincon Chilango PV and the other, her pick for a great lunch is called Figueroa’s Burritos on Venustiano Carranza and Constitution. And of course, I will have all the links to their favorite restaurants in the show notes at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com.
Dale also talked about a place on Aquilles Serdan where they give churro making lessons and more, the correct name of that place is Hecho Aqui, Made here in Spanish. I added their information to the notes as well. Also I’ll have links to all the places they talked about like New Beginnings, The Mariposa Project, Angels Kitchen, the Yarn Bender Facebook Group, and more all in the show notes as well. What a wealth of information. Maybe these ladies will inspire you to step outside your comfort zone and pitch in, helping others. Perhaps in your own special way. Now you know you can.
Ok, that should do it for this week, 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 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. Don’t forget his maps, his DIY tours and 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 follow share with a lover of Puerto Vallarta or give me a good review wherever or however you happen to be listening. 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 blogposts 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 our guests Dale Bouayadi and Kim Easter for coming on the show and sharing the cool things you do in paradise with us. You are angels on earth. You have given me a ton of great ideas for giving back to the neediest in Vallarta and the area. There’s so much you can do, right?
Remember the diaper drive. If you can’t drop your diapers today, don’t worry. Take them to Nacho Daddy and they will do the rest.
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.