Puerto Vallarta Trip Part 3

Sidenote: I am really sad that all the La Shish restaurants closed. I thought they were going to close slowly, since they've been closing since 2005, but they all immediately closed on Saturday. This was most disheartening when we called them for carryout today only to have the other end ring forever with no one answering. R.I.P. La Shish, I will miss the mjadra, falafel, chicken schwarma, fatoosh feta salad and garlic sauce!

Wednesday: We met our ziplining group around 10:45am right across the street from the Sheraton. We took a bus all the way to the top of the nearby mountains. The bus had windows that were permanently open. The result was a ton of dust kicked up into our faces pretty much the whole half hour ride. Ziplining was an incredible, exhilarating experience. The guides were very friendly and the equipment was extremely safe. There were 10 ziplines, and each view was breathtaking to see while zipping through mountains and over the Cuale River. I was really nervous on the first one, but after a few it was a piece of cake. I wouldn't recommend this if you are afraid of heights, otherwise it is definitely something to look into.

PICTURES COMING SOON- WE ARE GETTING THEM DEVELOPED SINCE WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A DIGITAL CAMERA FOR THIS TOUR

After lunch, the ziplining tour gave us a tequila tasting since their primary business is to raise agave plants and make tequila. We learned that the "worm" is unnecessary if the tequila is made with 100% agave. Puerto Vallarta is the only place where 100% agave tequila is made. There are no added sugars/coloring. We tasted this kind of tequila along with flavored tequilas like pina colada, jaca, coffee and tasted almond (obviously I didn't try this one). We had a dusty ride back and were back at the Sheraton by 2pm.

We went swimming for a little bit and then walked downtown again.

Matt sitting in front of the Opal Mine on the Malecon. The Opal Mine was one of the neatest places to see because the inside of the shop was set up as a mine and the coal carts were actually displays of the opals and other jewels. It was also air-conditioned, yes!



This time we went further to Old Town, which is past the Malecon. This is the area where there are 4/5-star restaurants. We went to an Asian restaurant called Archie's Wok that we researched earlier. Matt had yummy mahi mahi that was wrapped in banana leaves while it was cooked. I had a Filipino dish called Pancit, it was pretty good. On the way home, we walked on the Malecon and saw the amphitheater was packed with a Mexican kid's skit. We went home and called it a day.