December 4, 2009. Mexico. Expedition.

It was a good thing we were all by ourselves. Innocently, our plan for the day was to take the trolley over to the newer hotels, then walk for an hour before returning home via bus or taxi. What we ended up doing was walk the whole time, leaving home just after nine and returning at four. Fortunately we had applied sun screen and fortunately our legs stayed steady, but we really did not intend to walk the whole time.

But it was an interesting day. Always a new decision, leading to more walking. The trolley only starts at 11:30, so instead we took the Riu bus right to the end of the new fancy hotels. We discovered that the fence had been removed and a path opened to walk over to Bucerias, so we did, then walked from one end of town to the other. On the path we saw an extended family of small creature that I must look up, also wild orchids. And we discovered a wonderful market of hand crafted goods, some of high quality in addition to the normal tourist stuff. Two new restaurants are now on our list to visit, along with with three lunch spots. Luna was where we ate lunch.

By now we are ready for home, so we walk up to the main road and caught a very crowed bus, getting off at the road down to Nuevo Vallarta. Ken is convinced that if we walk a quarter mile, we will arrive at the spot where we can meet the trolley. I am equally convinced that the distance is closer to three miles than a quarter mile, but I lost, and in the full sun, at the end of a long walk, we walked that two miles down to the gate of Paradise Village to board the Trolley. It was fun and funny, but the best part was that we had no trouble with our feet or legs. And it was a very interesting expedition. It was just fortunate that we were by ourselves!!