Yes I too wish it would have been longer, but four days was all we could schedule at this time, and I HAD to be in PV on the day of my 40th!Our first day was wonderful. We decided to rent a villa instead of staying in a resort, and I must tell you that I would do it again in a second! We chose Villa Katalina which is on a STEEP hill just about a block east of Hwy 200. If anyone if familiar with Casa Isabel, we were right next door. If you were on the beach near CyC's looking directly east up the hill you would have a straight line to our Villa. The views were amazing, and we had a perfect location to watch the sunsets.
We got the first flight out of Minneapolis and got into PV before Noon. We all packed in carry-ons, and honestly we were the only ones on that flight that did. It was awesome to shock all the timeshare guys who were watching the people through the window waiting at baggage claim, as we came walking out and blew right past them!
Got to the villa and they had margaritias and fresh guacamole that was the best we had ever had. My wife has NEVER enjoyed guacamole, but she could not stop eating this stuff! The staff was the so very helpful and just great to have around. They were only there when they needed to be, so you really felt like you had the 8000 sq ft place to yourself.
The beverage fridge was fully stocked with Pacifico and Dos XX. So we were so set that we didn't mind just spending the afternoon around our pool and sitting at the table taking it all in. But alas, the city called us and we headed down Mt. Party (we had to call it something) and into the city to explore.
We got somewhat turned around after we crossed Hwy 200, and instead of heading west to the water, we headed north. But that wasn't all bad thanks to all the little 10 peso beer stores!!!
When we finally figured we were headed wrong (took awhile because the wives were checking out all the shops, and damn if those little 10 peso beer stores aren't just about everywhere) we turned and ended up hitting the beach right at Burro's Bar. (Tough spot to come upon I know). Well it being happy hour and all, we hung out there for a few rounds (six people, so you do the math regarding rounds). We then began to head south to go to CyC's because we had promised our kids back home that we would stop and wave. Guess what, another happy hour, and the table that the camara was facing was open, so we sat there and watched the sunset, while our kids sat in Minnesota having there supper and watching Mom and Dad on the computer! Thought some fish tacos sounded good, so that was supper for our first night.Now that we were in the "mood" it was off to Andales for some fun! Yes the donkey was there!! No Tom we all kept our clothes on!
Had a blast, and a few LARGE margaritas. Since we had to get up to leave that morning at 3AM, we thought that maybe we should head back up Mt. Party so that we could rest a bit for the next day. We were starting to approach the up for 24hr point 
. Well the liquid encouragement was working well, because we all thought we could easily climb back up this mountain, WRONG! Let me just say here, that if you need to quick way to sober up, just try walking up a really steep set of steps and then up a really steep cobblestone street! By the time we got back to the Villa, we not only need a few cold ones to cool down, but to also get back the wonderful mexico buzz that we were enjoying!My last day as a 39 year old was a good one, but I needed to prepare myself for the next day and the start of another decade of life!......to be continued......
