We got up and packed up all the gear - had a nice breakfast at the hotel then got a cab to the bus depot in Zopopan (there are 3 of them). The concierge at the hotel gave EXPLICIT instructions to which station we were to be taken - see where I'm going with this? The cab driver spoke not a word of english and I speak spanglish - I finally understood that he was asking me which bus line we were taking - Vallarta Plus! We arrive at station #1 and we go in to pay as the concierge had made us reservations. No, no they say across the street - so we drag our 2 suitcases and carryons and purchases to the next depot - no, no, across the street - so now I'm getting pissed off as we don't really have any idea what the time is and I thought it was getting near the time the bus was to leave. So we haul our s--t across another street that is 3 lanes of traffic each was - Tom says to me F It - just go! So we off we went and third time lucky and further luck was there was someone there who spoke great english and we were in lots of time for the bus.
Again we get the complimentary white bread ham and cheese sandwich, cookie and bottled water. The trip itself only took about 4 hours - which was faster than expected. Comfortable ride and again spanish movies and the bus was completely full - we of course the only gringos. It seems lots of people are travelling to see families for Christmas.
We covered some lovely terrain - rolling hills, fields of agave, jungle areas and quite a bit of farmland. Didn't take any pictures on this portion of the trip.
We arrived in La Penita and made a quick beer, vodka, juice & water stop before jumping into a cab to Lo de Marcos. Will post pictures of this cute little place next time.
Our cab ride was good until we came to some road work - during the storms in September 5 bridges were washed out between here and Puerto Vallarta. The locals are used to the construction and you can wait 15 - 30 minutes. The driver turned the car off so Tom went a grabbed a couple of cold cervezas from the trunk and we just waited it out.
Our friend Sheri, has kindly let us hang out at her small house for the next few days until we head to Guayabitos to get ready for Christmas.
Looking forward to the kids arrival and going with Molly to pick out a pinata and watching her give the little local kids small presents - will be a Christmas to remember.
Leugo for now - will put pics up tomorrow.
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