If Mexico throws a party can anybody come?
27 March 2012 | La Cruz
Ellen
This week there is a big Tourism conference going on in Puerto Vallarta. The opening night party was held in La Cruz right beside the marina on Sunday night. The set up for the event took over a week to complete as stages and big screen tv's and bars and whatnot were erected as well as the elaborate light displays and music. So when the big night came, Ian and I decided that we would hover in the shadows and watch the show as the entertainment was supposed to be top notch. Around 9pm we were standing about 60 feet away from the due in a place where we could see the main stage pretty good. As the evening progressed, we slowly got closer and closer. Eventually the waiters started offering us hor' derves. We got to the point where we just decided to find a place to sit amongst the 'invited' guests (the fact that we were in shorts and flip flops while everyone else was in semi formal wear didn't seem to faze anyone). Well all this good eating was making me thirsty and so I walked up to the bar and ordered a glass of wine and a rum and coke. They sure were pouring the booze generously as I'm sure I had almost a half a bottle of wine poured into my glass and Ian's rum had a splash of coke in it.
It was a fun night and we noticed other cruisers scattered about here and there throughout the party. I have to say that is one thing I love about the Mexican's. They just don't get uptight about stuff like that. It seemed to us that they were just as happy to serve us as the well as anybody else.
The entertainment went on until midnight and then ended with a 20 minute fireworks display. It was a beautiful event and we really enjoyed the hospitality - thank you Mexico.