Friday, February 19, 2010

Mid-winter Get Away

Leaving behind the inversions of January in Salt Lake, we headed to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in search of sunshine, blue skies and some R & R.







The first week, we took a day trip up into the Sierra Madre Mountains to a quaint little village called San Sebastian. Founded in 1605 as a silver and gold mining town, it currently is home to only 600 residents. The streets were too narrow for the bus, which gave us the opportunity to walk the cobblestone streets. The day we went was the anniversary of the founding of the village so we were able to experience some of the celebratory events in the town square with the locals as well as visitors.

















The second week we took a day trip on Banderas Bay to do some whale watching. We watched this mother and her baby for about 30 minutes. We then came across a group of about 9 or 10 whales and followed them around the bay for an hour or so. Amazing animals.
















The rest of the days were spent reading and relaxing at the condo.

















Evenings found us enjoying more reading, movies and sunsets.

3 comments:

Natalie said...

PV really is a great escape during the winter - cannot wait for next year!

Nicole said...

oh hen, your first travel post. it looks great. (the post and the trip.)

dave said...

Great to go, but hard to come home when it winter here.