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I get that too, Tom - the "why do you keep going back" question. The truth is that we have traveled alot - last count for me was 22 countries, so I know which one I love the best. I'm just like a "born again" preacher - I want everyone to know the good news and come around to my way of thinking. Gotta cut that out!We all come here for the atmosphere that we have found for ourselves. Yesterday i met up with some old friends of the family for lunch, they came to Puerto Vallarta and HATED it
Tom, I had a similar experience a couple of years ago. We had dinner with a cousin and her husband, the conversation inevitably turned to PV and she said they had been there and were never so bored in their whole lives! I was almost speechless.
Ellen, Lorrie and I have met a lot of people with the same reactions, or the next kicker is "why do you keep going back year after year, don't you get bored"... not with all the friends we have met over the years, as well as from here, the resort, our local communities etc... how can you get bored in Vallarta? Like we all have said over and over, you make life what you want it to be, and you make your vacation what you want it to be... it is all up to you... i wish i could make everybodies vacation be the perfect dream vacation each and everytime ... but i can't... heck there are times my idea of a perfect vacation, and Lorrie's perfect vacation are in the same book, but in different chapters some days...
but it is all about relaxation, having fun, and meeting new people.
talk to you soon ellen....
WHY!?!?!?! I know what you mean there. We haven't been to that many countries, but Lorrie and I have been on cruises, both sides of Mexico, Jamaica, Caymans as well as Hawaii (Granted it is the USA, but it is like going to another country somedays)... but that too is what makes life go forward right....
Statistics:Posted by tojol57 — Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:07 pm
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We all come here for the atmosphere that we have found for ourselves. Yesterday i met up with some old friends of the family for lunch, they came to Puerto Vallarta and HATED it
Tom, I had a similar experience a couple of years ago. We had dinner with a cousin and her husband, the conversation inevitably turned to PV and she said they had been there and were never so bored in their whole lives! I was almost speechless.
Ellen, Lorrie and I have met a lot of people with the same reactions, or the next kicker is "why do you keep going back year after year, don't you get bored"... not with all the friends we have met over the years, as well as from here, the resort, our local communities etc... how can you get bored in Vallarta? Like we all have said over and over, you make life what you want it to be, and you make your vacation what you want it to be... it is all up to you... i wish i could make everybodies vacation be the perfect dream vacation each and everytime ... but i can't... heck there are times my idea of a perfect vacation, and Lorrie's perfect vacation are in the same book, but in different chapters some days...
but it is all about relaxation, having fun, and meeting new people.
talk to you soon ellen....
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Our CFO and his wife, who are fairly experienced travelers (DINKs), went to Vallarta - once - and he said they were so bored they went home early. Then again, they go to Vancouver repeatedly (I very much liked Vancouver the one time I was there, but not enough to make it my primary vacation spot), and can't get enough of it.We had dinner with a cousin and her husband, the conversation inevitably turned to PV and she said they had been there and were never so bored in their whole lives! I was almost speechless.
Some of us may be more comfortable visiting cultures a bit more similar to our own, or where our ancestors are from, than other ones. For me, the first time I ventured over the Calif border to Ensenada, I was hooked, and knew I'd be coming back. Interestingly, over dinner with my wife last night (coincidentally tex-mex), we spoke about, and agreed to, planning a driving trip again over the border for next spring, in addition to our stay in PV this October. Whatever it may be that disinterests some ppl about Mexico is like catnip to us, we can't ever have too much of it.
Ross
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We had dinner with a cousin and her husband, the conversation inevitably turned to PV and she said they had been there and were never so bored in their whole lives! I was almost speechless.
Some of us may be more comfortable visiting cultures a bit more similar to our own, or where our ancestors are from, than other ones. For me, the first time I ventured over the Calif border to Ensenada, I was hooked, and knew I'd be coming back. Interestingly, over dinner with my wife last night (coincidentally tex-mex), we spoke about, and agreed to, planning a driving trip again over the border for next spring, in addition to our stay in PV this October. Whatever it may be that disinterests some ppl about Mexico is like catnip to us, we can't ever have too much of it.
Ross
Statistics:Posted by rossk — Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:33 pm
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Anyway, to get bored in Vallarta, the only option would be to go to and AI and be too scared to wander out of the resort (people think they are in Republica Dominicana or someplace like that).
I remember once, meeting people that had gone to Nuevo Vallarta, they thought THAT was Puerto Vallarta (!) and commented it was a bit boring... but that was before the WWW, so now nobody has an excuse to travel without being at least a bit informed.
Greetings
Mogens
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We all come here for the atmosphere that we have found for ourselves. Yesterday i met up with some old friends of the family for lunch, they came to Puerto Vallarta and HATED it
Tom, I had a similar experience a couple of years ago. We had dinner with a cousin and her husband, the conversation inevitably turned to PV and she said they had been there and were never so bored in their whole lives! I was almost speechless.
Tom, I had a similar experience a couple of years ago. We had dinner with a cousin and her husband, the conversation inevitably turned to PV and she said they had been there and were never so bored in their whole lives! I was almost speechless.
Ellen, Lorrie and I have met a lot of people with the same reactions, or the next kicker is "why do you keep going back year after year, don't you get bored"... not with all the friends we have met over the years, as well as from here, the resort, our local communities etc... how can you get bored in Vallarta? Like we all have said over and over, you make life what you want it to be, and you make your vacation what you want it to be... it is all up to you... i wish i could make everybodies vacation be the perfect dream vacation each and everytime ... but i can't... heck there are times my idea of a perfect vacation, and Lorrie's perfect vacation are in the same book, but in different chapters some days...
but it is all about relaxation, having fun, and meeting new people.
talk to you soon ellen....
Statistics:Posted by tojol57 — Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:56 pm
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We all come here for the atmosphere that we have found for ourselves. Yesterday i met up with some old friends of the family for lunch, they came to Puerto Vallarta and HATED it
Tom, I had a similar experience a couple of years ago. We had dinner with a cousin and her husband, the conversation inevitably turned to PV and she said they had been there and were never so bored in their whole lives! I was almost speechless.Statistics:Posted by ellen — Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:19 pm
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...so very true...only in PV can you actually find the the true essence of PV...makes sense...however, only north of PV can you ever hope to find the true essence of small villages such as Bucerias, Punta Mita, Sayulita, etc. Everyone travels for different reasons and everyone has different ideas of the best accomodations...for many and especially for Canadians, it is often less expensive to buy an AI package and then venture out using the resort as a sort of home base...even with the off resort expenses it is often cheaper...personally I find PV proper to be a little touristy and somewhat homogenized...Mexico Light if you will...but still I recognize that it is very suitable for some, if not most...I just think that there is no need to judge what other travellers choose over others...I applaud the GCP group for their loyalty and am certain that this loyalty is sincere...to each his own...sonofdob.
Statistics:Posted by sonofdob — Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:35 am
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By the way I have not yet had the chance to stay at GCP but I respect my fellow posters who have and will make a visit in November to meet the staff
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Tom, one of the best tag lines I have ever seen is:
"just because a donkey brays doesn't mean it needs to be answered"
and now that there has been such controversy over GCP, I will make a point of checking it out in Oct. Who knows, there may be a new convert!
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Good one Mogens. Excellent point of view.
Statistics:Posted by tojol57 — Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:50 pm
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