Saturday, October 22, 2005

All Vallarta arrives

The invasion has begun! Members of the AllVallarta.com bulletin board are arriving for the annual get together. There are many activities planned for the next few weeks.
Board members pvdeb and Wills came to visit us in Bucerias on Thursday. The took the bus from the south side to Walmart, then another bus to Bucerias. We gave them the grand tour of our house. Deb looked at her room and gave it the seal of approval. We promised that it would be decorated properly before she comes to visit again.
We gave them the 2-peso tour of Bucerias then went to eat lunch. We decided on Adauto’s Beach Club. It is on Avenida Pacifica and is the furthest north restaurant in the row. Lunch turned out to be lots of fun. Adauto himself was our waiter. Deb and I had grilled fish with butter and garlic, Wills had chicken fajitas and Harold had a grilled fish fillet with shrimp sauce. Fresh, hot garlic bread and tortillas came with the meals. Everything was really good. Deb even took the leftover bread home. After we finished our meals, Adauto asked if we wanted desert. Deb is a flan fan, so she couldn’t resist. She told Adauto she was from the International Flan Association and would review his flan. Actually, his wife makes it and uses cream cheese. Deb prefers the denser version of flan and this was perfect. We all had a taste and it was delicious. Next thing we know, Adauto was there bringing us ice cream cones. They were also great and we were stuffed. When he came back and asked if we wanted anything else, we all shouted “no more food!” We left the place absolutely stuffed. Besides the indoor restaurant, you can get beach service there. It would be a nice place to spend an afternoon.
Another board member, Island Girl 317 (Stephanie) and her husband Kevin are staying in Bucerias. We met them for appetizers and a dink at Sandrina’s. We had a great time talking about kids, work, previous vacations and the like. They have stayed in Puerto Vallarta before but since they came without the kids, they decided to veg out on the beach for a week.
Stephanie told us that a local restaurant was doing a turtle release the next evening. After we got back home from taking Deb and Wills into town, we rested for a bit then headed to the square for the turtle release. It was fun to watch the tiny little turtles scramble towards the ocean. Migel Angel’s Restaurant in Bucerias will be doing this every Thursday evening until December.
Friday evening we went to CyC. Many people had gone to Pipi’s for dinner so it was a small group.
Harold and I gave Stephanie and Kevin a ride into town. We had to stop at the Marina to get our big water bottle refilled, then stop at Splash to get our laundry back. We eventually got to CyC and joined Marsha and ChiTownLoca (Michelle) and her husband Beto. After a couple drinks, Harold and I decided to walk over to Los Arcos to watch the drawing of the Mexican Lottery. We watched for a while and were totally confused!
We walked over to Marisco Polo and joined Marsha, Kevin and Stephanie for dinner. It was as good as I remembered.
I think tonight we will go back to CyC as a large group is expected.

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