January 31, 2010. Mexico. New Restaurants.

Two new restaurants, side by side, have opened on the other side of the canal. We have been watching this new building for the past year so we were delighted to discover these two new restaurants, and especially pleased to find two excellent restaurants, right over-looking the canal. A free trolley ride took us for dinner tonight. The setting is lovely. We sat outside on the deck overlooking the canal and watched a picture unfold of pelicans diving for fish and young men trying to catch the same fishes. I did not know much about pelicans but it turns out they perch in trees when they are not flying or fishing or floating. Who knew that these huge birds perch on trees.

Just below us on the rocks the iguanas sit and sun themselves, and put on a show for the diners. One large male assembles several smaller creatures around him and keeps these lady iguanas in line with much hissing and nodding of heads. In addition to the animal show, the food was excellent too. We are so pleased to have excellent restaurants here in Nuevo Vallarta. The best restaurants were always in Puerto Vallarta which is a ten dollar cab ride away, so the trolley and a five minute ride is a pleasure.

One restaurant is a steak house and the other Italian and we have dined at both this week, the Bella Donna for lunch on Thursday and the Steak 158 tonight. Both excellent restaurants.