The South Riding RV Travels

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09th May 2009 - Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México Nayarit

We moved on, stuck behind this for 20 miles, along with the n cars behind us. Few of them even tried to get past.
They do seem to like the garish colours. I don't think I'd paint my house like this, or even my business!
And even with a gym would I want a 16ft lookalike model of Marilyn Monroe outside flaunting my wares? There's no accounting for taste....
We passed through Puerto Vallarta. This is another big tourist resort full of condos etc with nowhere to park an RV and no signs showing you the way through.
No, its not a sports stadium, but is in fact a shopping mall. We nearly had a disaster because we mistook the entrance to their underground carpark for the one we wanted to Walmart next door. Fortunately a quick witted policeman blew his whistle and redirected us. We look for Walmarts because they usually have car parks big enough for us to get into.
The side of tourist cities that we are not really interested in. Sales in these will be targetted at Americans who will buy despite what most of them think about Mexico. Sales of properties like these is big business worth billions of dollars each year.
A chain of clubs and restaurants known as the Senor Frog's. We have seen them in several places now. Started by restaurateur Carlos Anderson.
A typical load for a pickup truck. They even have bars up at waist level for them to hang on to.
Then the road surface changes. What we should have realised is that this is where we missed the turn. However we followed the flow and got lost. In a 30ft RV, back streets can be a problem!
But we did end up alongside the promenade with its collection of sculptures which seem so popular in Mexico.
All sorts of things, some quite comical. I would need some serious research to work out what this is.
Not all art is permanent. These sand sculptures are only transitory. There were almost two dozen on display. Jan did well to get these between palm trees from a moving RV.
Modern art! And I never did understand such things. I wonder if they are actually comfortable to sit on?
At least this is recognisable as a sea horse....
They do like their porpoises to have fun.

We moved on down the coast.