Monday November 30 2009
I woke up early this morning to the sound of rain. I rushed out to the patio to find everything wet. Larry had left his books on the table. I brought them in but one lost the front cover. He had made a map of the town we were planning on going to today but it was ruined.
We had to make the decision of going on the trip we had been planning, as the town was in the mountains it could be raining there as well. We decided to chance it and go.
We caught the first bus to Puerto Vallarta at 7:30am for 216 pesos for both of us or less than $21.60. It’s a 4 hour ride to Puerto Vallarta. We arrived at 12:00 noon. This gave us 2 hours to find the ATM bus station.
We walked by the ATM bus station the first time as it is small there were only 3 busses.





We rode in the middle bus to Mascota. The cost for both of us was 220 pesos or less than $20.20 US.
Before leaving PV at 2:30 we ate at Subway, our lunch was 105 pesos, less than $10.00.
The ride up into the mountains was on a narrow road with steep drop-offs and no shoulder. You could see where someone had gone over the drop-offs. We could also see where there had been slides both onto the road and the road into the drop-offs.
It started to rain. I didn’t think it was hard enough for a slide but it was hard not to think about it. Larry soon discovered that the bus had a leak where he was setting as he was getting drops on him and his seat. The bus was full so he had to stay in that seat.
We arrived at Mascota at 5:00 and found a hotel. Our room was 225 pesos. It had a bathroom with a shower with hot water. We also had a TV with a couple of channels that had English speaking movies on it.
We walked around some to look at the town. This is the largest town for this area, so most of the people that live in the country come here to get their supplies.
We bought some Tequila and V-8 Splash to drink for 35.43 pesos.