The day started early today. We all boarded a van at 7AM on a private bird watching tour with Alejandro Martinez. With a bit of luck, we were hoping to see Elegant Trogans, Military Macaws, Squirrel Cuckoos, Golden-cheeked Woodpeckers and a host of other birds. We headed south of Puerto Vallarta into the cool refreshing […]
Puerto Vallarta
Garza Blanca, Puerto Vallarta – a busy but relaxing day (day 3)
Here at the Garza Blanca resort, the definition of “early in the morning” is 9AM. We started a guided hike to the waterfalls at 9:30AM today in the heat and humidity. There were about a dozen of us including the guide (Tito). We walked up behind the resort on a barely-maintained trail through thick canopy […]
Off to Puerto Vallarta – long and eventful day
Our flight to Puerto Vallarta departed promptly at 9AM. We were all up early doing last-minute packing, feeding the pups and doing this-and-that before driving to the airport. Upon arrival at the PVR airport, we found out that some random a$$hole (Binita’s words) had picked up her bag and left behind a similar looking bag […]