The Pacific Coast-More Pix from the Past

[jevans]

Here are some of my favorite spots on the Pacific side. I'll try and remember when and where they were. Some of these were when I lived in Guanajuato and traveled, some were when my wife and I got married and moved to Mazatlan, and some are when we went back for a trip. I'm still trying to locate the remainder of the pix from our road trip from Oregon to Mazatlan. When I find them and scan them I'll post them.

Puerto Vallarta, 1989--We spent alot of time here soaking up the sun and drinking beer. It has changed alot since then. This is the southern part of town.







The Road from Guadalajara to P.V.





We always had to pass through the town of Tequila, Jalisco on the way to P.V. Alot of the distilleries are there and they give you free tours with free samples. Here's a church in the town of Tequila.



These next photos are a little newer. they're from around 2000 or so.

These are of a little town south of P.V. called Yelapa. You can only get there by boat. When we were there we were the only two on the beach watching these sunsets. We have some friends who own a house here.







Yelapa during the day.







Up until a few years ago, Yelapa didn't have any electricity. You had to carry a flashlight with you, if you remembered, to find your way back to your bungalow. During the rainy season, the toads and the crabs would litter the sidewalks and you had to kick them out of your way to walk.

Our bungalow.





chico's paradise is a little place back in the jungle east of boca de tomatlan. they have a great restaurant back there.






Sayulita-great little surf town





Punta de Mita-not a whole lot here



La Jolla de Mismaloya-my wife's favorite place--especially after "roughing it" with no electricity in Yelapa.





If I find more I'll post later. I have a whole road trip from Oregon to Mazatlan that took about three months.

[BonnyW]

Very nice pics!

[Rissask]

Thanks for these!


The pink top made me giggle a bit...my husband has a bunch of photos of the PV area from a similar time frame when he made a couple trips with some guy friends....and he had on similar eighties pink and neon orange shorts and muscle shirts and a porn stache too.

[jx2]

Very cool pic's . Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more.

I do recognize a few of the locations around Puerto Vallarta, and there has been some major changes since then.

[jevans]

Originally Posted by Rissask

Thanks for these!


The pink top made me giggle a bit...my husband has a bunch of photos of the PV area from a similar time frame when he made a couple trips with some guy friends....and he had on similar eighties pink and neon orange shorts and muscle shirts and a porn stache too.

I had the lime green, neon orange, hot pink, and baby blue shirts and shorts.
I'd prefer to think of it as my fake I.D. stache but porn stache makes me kind of ron jeremyesque.

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by jevans

I had the lime green, neon orange, hot pink, and baby blue shirts and shorts.
I'd prefer to think of it as my fake I.D. stache but porn stache makes me kind of ron jeremyesque.

But much cuter than Ron Jeremy! At least how he looks today, I am FAR too young to recall him in his heyday.

[jevans]

Originally Posted by BonnyW

Very nice pics!

thanks. they turned out pretty good for scanning them in.

Originally Posted by jx2

Very cool pic's . Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more.

I do recognize a few of the locations around Puerto Vallarta, and there has been some major changes since then.

the area that has really changed is the northern area around nuevo vallarta. back in the day, "christine's" (the dance club), used to be the only place out there. Now it's surrounded.

[jevans]

Originally Posted by Rissask

But much cuter than Ron Jeremy! At least how he looks today, I am FAR too young to recall him in his heyday.

why thank you, i think. i...uh...have never actually seen one of his movies. just heard about them and saw his picture...you know

[jevans]

Here's a couple more.

Yelapa



the power lines had been put up but had not been connected



Sayulita



P.V.



a postcard from Rincon de Guayabitos, Nayarit, North of P.V.

[Rissask]

Cool, thanks.
Sayulita sure has grown since that picture was taken (we were there for ten days last August). And we were going to go to Rincon but decided on Cabo instead (less humid). Did you like Rincon?

[Rissask]

hey have ever looked at this interactive map of Mexico with all the panoramic pictures?

Map of Mexico Directory - 4,000+ pages of mexico maps with 2,500+ still, ipix and panoramic mexico pictures including mexico weather!

They have quite a few 'views' of the PV area.

puerto vallarta mexico map-pictures of puerto vallarta mexico-mapa de puerto vallarta

And here is the Playa del Carmen area page.

playa del carmen mexico map-pictures of playa del carmen mexico-mapa de playa del carmen

It's pretty neat.

[jevans]

Originally Posted by Rissask

hey have ever looked at this interactive map of Mexico with all the panoramic pictures?

Map of Mexico Directory - 4,000+ pages of mexico maps with 2,500+ still, ipix and panoramic mexico pictures including mexico weather!

They have quite a few 'views' of the PV area.

puerto vallarta mexico map-pictures of puerto vallarta mexico-mapa de puerto vallarta

And here is the Playa del Carmen area page.

playa del carmen mexico map-pictures of playa del carmen mexico-mapa de playa del carmen

It's pretty neat.

that's pretty cool. thanks. you know I've been to every state except chiapas and I caught just a corner of oaxaca. some of them have been just passing through on a bus, but we traveled everywhere.

[jevans]

Originally Posted by Rissask

Cool, thanks.
Sayulita sure has grown since that picture was taken (we were there for ten days last August). And we were going to go to Rincon but decided on Cabo instead (less humid). Did you like Rincon?

rincon was just another sleepy little village when i was there. most of the places i visited were like that. i tried to stay away from the larger cities. even the south part of p.v. used to have a small town feel. i suppose it still does.

[LeedsTyke]

Excellent pics thanks for sharing!

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by jevans

rincon was just another sleepy little village when i was there. most of the places i visited were like that. i tried to stay away from the larger cities. even the south part of p.v. used to have a small town feel. i suppose it still does.

Never been south of PV, but would love to stay at Mismaloya (the town) or Boca de Tomatlan one day. I think Rincon is quite large now, with quite a big ex pat community.
A friend of ours had xmas down in La Penita though and she said it was a great little town (Jaltemba Bay, same bay as Rincon).

One place we really didn't like was Bucerias. Just seemed like a concrete jungle, and extension of PV.