Monday November 16, 2009
We were up before 1:00am to catch our ride to the airport. Dave was to pick us up at 1:30 but he was at the door just after 1. We gave him $20.00 for taking us to Portland
I had paid the fees for our baggage the day before on-line as the US Airways web page said it would be $5.00 cheaper a bag to do it that way. When we checked in the lady tried to tell me I had not paid for one of the bags. I stood my ground and she finally said oh yes you did pay for both bags. So far the flight has cost us $698.70; I will still have to pay for the bags return trip. I wish they could make it easier for the check in, the new kiosk check in is not just a scan of your receipt or passport like they say it is.
Our flight left Portland on time at 5:30am. We arrived in Phoenix at 8:57am and departed at 10:00am. We had about 15 minutes to wait at the gate before getting on. We could have had something to eat on this flight but for a meal it was $7.00 and for a snack it was $3.00. That includes the peanuts they gave free before.
We arrived in Puerto Vallarta on time at 1:42pm. We had to wait in customs while they took photo copies of Larry’s passport and tourist form. He never gave any reason as to why he did it.
Then it was getting out of the airport, walking up over the street and catching the city bus to the bus depot. We had to get there before 3:00pm in order to catch the bus to San Blas. This is where the heat really hit us. It was hard going up the ramp to cross the street; the air seemed to be thick and hard to breath. By the time we made it to the bus station we were sweating.
The bus that goes to San Blas did not have its own station; it is now run by another bus line. We were able to get our tickets ($236 pesos, or about $20.00 US) with 20 minutes to spare.
We arrived in San Blas at 6:00pm. It was a four hour ride from PV to San Blas. They are in different time zones.
Tuesday November 17 2009
As tired as we were we were up early getting things put away and seeing what we needed to get or replace.
This year Tony has a set of shelf’s that was in the bedroom but we moved them in the front room. We asked for two more tables, one for the computer in the bedroom and one for the patio. We also had to get two more chairs.
We went shopping at the Minisuper Kane for juice (gallon of orange and quart of pina), salt, pepper, candy, peanuts and sugar, for $110 pesos or about $11:00 US.
Larry also bought a papaya and 10 limes for $14 pesos or about $.14.
We were really excited when we discovered that the Social Club still had steak night on Tuesday nights, $75.00 each with drinks we spent $175 pesos or about $17.50 US.
Wednesday November 18 2009
I walked to the market to buy some grapefruit, two for $8 pesos or about $.80.
We now have the computer hooked up to the internet so most of the have to get done “now” things are done.
Larry worked on getting our bikes road ready so we could go to the beach.
Larry had a beer I had a lime aide and we shared an order of onion rings for $80 pesos or about $8.00 US. He went swimming twice while at the beach. I am just not ready to go in yet.
For dinner we had left over steak from last night. We walked down to the plaza but there wasn’t much going on so we didn’t stay long.
We are still getting accustomed to the heat and having not ridden the bikes in a while could feel the pain of muscles not used like that in a while.
We were up before 1:00am to catch our ride to the airport. Dave was to pick us up at 1:30 but he was at the door just after 1. We gave him $20.00 for taking us to Portland
I had paid the fees for our baggage the day before on-line as the US Airways web page said it would be $5.00 cheaper a bag to do it that way. When we checked in the lady tried to tell me I had not paid for one of the bags. I stood my ground and she finally said oh yes you did pay for both bags. So far the flight has cost us $698.70; I will still have to pay for the bags return trip. I wish they could make it easier for the check in, the new kiosk check in is not just a scan of your receipt or passport like they say it is.
Our flight left Portland on time at 5:30am. We arrived in Phoenix at 8:57am and departed at 10:00am. We had about 15 minutes to wait at the gate before getting on. We could have had something to eat on this flight but for a meal it was $7.00 and for a snack it was $3.00. That includes the peanuts they gave free before.
We arrived in Puerto Vallarta on time at 1:42pm. We had to wait in customs while they took photo copies of Larry’s passport and tourist form. He never gave any reason as to why he did it.
Then it was getting out of the airport, walking up over the street and catching the city bus to the bus depot. We had to get there before 3:00pm in order to catch the bus to San Blas. This is where the heat really hit us. It was hard going up the ramp to cross the street; the air seemed to be thick and hard to breath. By the time we made it to the bus station we were sweating.
The bus that goes to San Blas did not have its own station; it is now run by another bus line. We were able to get our tickets ($236 pesos, or about $20.00 US) with 20 minutes to spare.
We arrived in San Blas at 6:00pm. It was a four hour ride from PV to San Blas. They are in different time zones.
Tuesday November 17 2009
As tired as we were we were up early getting things put away and seeing what we needed to get or replace.
This year Tony has a set of shelf’s that was in the bedroom but we moved them in the front room. We asked for two more tables, one for the computer in the bedroom and one for the patio. We also had to get two more chairs.
We went shopping at the Minisuper Kane for juice (gallon of orange and quart of pina), salt, pepper, candy, peanuts and sugar, for $110 pesos or about $11:00 US.
Larry also bought a papaya and 10 limes for $14 pesos or about $.14.
We were really excited when we discovered that the Social Club still had steak night on Tuesday nights, $75.00 each with drinks we spent $175 pesos or about $17.50 US.
Wednesday November 18 2009
I walked to the market to buy some grapefruit, two for $8 pesos or about $.80.
We now have the computer hooked up to the internet so most of the have to get done “now” things are done.
Larry worked on getting our bikes road ready so we could go to the beach.
Larry had a beer I had a lime aide and we shared an order of onion rings for $80 pesos or about $8.00 US. He went swimming twice while at the beach. I am just not ready to go in yet.
For dinner we had left over steak from last night. We walked down to the plaza but there wasn’t much going on so we didn’t stay long.
We are still getting accustomed to the heat and having not ridden the bikes in a while could feel the pain of muscles not used like that in a while.
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