I'm blogging today from George Bush International Airport as I await my final trip home to Tulsa! This is the first of several postings that I will attempt to recreate my thoughts from my recent trip. This is more of a "summary" posting, with more details, pics to come later.
Neuvos amigos, escriban par favor!
Travel Destination: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (www.villadelpalmarvallarta.com)
Travel Objective: to learn and absorb the culture of latinos so that I can be better prepared to talk, work with those in US. Also, to encourage those in my business.
Things I took with me that I didnt need to take:
Workbooks and things to "work on". Too busy!
Things I took with me that I would take again:
Notebook/pen - to record notes/thoughts and names of new friends.
More than one swim suit!
Laptop -- although I had to access internet from nearby cyber cafe - a big pain and very expensive. Muy caro!!
My fluent spanish speaking amiga, Carolyn!
My own "global cellular" phone. Inexpensive and really helpful and it really worked! www.cellularabroad.com. The global village is alive and well. This provided me a local phone number that could be used and best of all, receive, great reception and calls. It was easy to just load up on minutes by purchasing cards ($10 or so each) and that way, I kept a handle on international calling. A great solution!
Things that I wish I had brought along with me --
More patience with myself as I learned so many new things. Got very frustrated with my lack of spanish language.
Curling iron! My poor hair is so frizzy from all the humidity.
Biggest surprise -- the reality of how some others in the global world live...and how little I know/knew about it.
Biggest disappointment -- observing the limitations of others in mexico, including economic advancement.
Best sunset -- Caught this at "Burros" a great beach bar in "Romance District". The sign on the door says, "Enter if you Dare" so I knew a good time was to be had ...it was, with an added advantage of the funniest guy in PV -- check it out "Luis" with his stand up and one liners as he deftly served drinks and grub. Great fun! Wish I had gone there earlier in week.
Biggest disappointment for eating -- "Blue Shrimp". Good food, but terribly overpriced.
Best breakfast - "Freddy Tucans" which is kind of like the "latino IHOP". Even has its own version of the "grand slam".
Best wait staff -- or should I say, "best looking" cuz the service was kind of slow..."Mauricio's" in small town of Ixtapa north of PV. I think every member of the staff must be some kind of mexican male model...all very handsome and friendly. Best thing on the menu -- "shrimp soup" which tasted wonderful to me.
Best quiet bar - "Catcus" - in "romance district". I don't drink much at all, but do enjoy a "kuhla and cream" after dinner...like a hot fudge sundae on ice!
Best dancing -- "J&B" for older crowd...lots of things for the teeanager and those wearing size 6 or size 8...learned the spanish version of line dancing and tried my hand (feet) at salsa. I'll stick to line dancing.
Best "All you can eat" - "Asaderos", also in Romance District.
Most Relaxing -- Massages with Roberto..I'm working on an essay with more details about the three sessions I had, including Shiatzu massage. Wonderful and certainly something I'd do again.
Biggest waste of time -- time share presentations. This industry is a blight on the PV experience and I have formed some pretty strong opinions on how big developers are prostituting the country and the people of PV.
Mas tardes!
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