Puerto Vallarta Recap

Saturday

We had an early morning flight out of Columbia (7:00) with a layover in Atlanta. We arrived in Puerto Vallarta 1:30 local time. We took a hotel shuttle onto our resort. Next time we will just grab a taxi on our own. We stayed at the Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta. While my parents worked on getting us checked in we grabbed a quick lunch at Blue Fish. My parents got us upgraded to Grand Luxxe Tower 2 which was amazing. I cannot say enough nice things about the resort. We had our own little pool on our balcony which was perfect for Campbell. Mama and I took a trip to Walmart. You haven’t lived until you’ve been to a Mexican Walmart ha. It was about a 15 minutes cab ride and totally worth it. We ordered room service and called it a night as we had a long travel day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday

We woke up and made breakfast for Austin and let him sleep in a little considering it was father’s day. We encouraged him to golf but he wanted to spend the day with us. We found ourselves a pool (there was 27 to choose from!) and relaxed for most of the day. We had dinner at Costa Arena and it was fabulous.

 

Monday

Campbell’s thing that she was most excited about for this trip was zip lining. After a little pool time We taxed over to meet our travel guides to head to Cabo Corrientes. It was about an hour and a half car ride. We had a wonderful time. There were several lines that Campbell was able to do by herself and she was super pumped about that. The other lines she was able to go with our guide. She is fearless and rocked zip lining. She hung upside down several times which you couldn’t convince me to do. After zip lining we had a tequila tasting which was okay if tequila is your thing and Austin insisted on bringing three bottles home with us. We grabbed a late lunch/early dinner and make the ride back to Jalisco.

 

Tuesday

We had more pool time and just overall relaxation. We decided at this point it the trip it would be helpful if Campbell would take a nap so we could enjoy the nighttime activities. We grabbed some tacos at Taco Break and headed over to Sanctuario for the night time show. We had also heard that there was a nightly laser show so we headed over to La Cantina to enjoy that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wednesday

Austin was able to golf at one of the courses on site and had an early morning tee time. There was a Jack Nicklaus course as well as the Jack Nicklaus golf academy. From what I understand Austin had a wonderful time and really enjoyed his lesson at the golf academy. While Austin played Campbell and I did a little playing on our own. We ordered room service for breakfast and then had a little pool time. We ventured out to swim with the dolphins. We had to taxi there and back on our own. I wasn’t quite sure why Campbell wanted to do this again as we had previously done this in the Bahamas at Atlantis. We had a great time. We had dinner at Gong which is a hibachi restaurant. We then met up with my parents to enjoy the nightly show at Santuario.

 

 

Thursday

Mama and I enjoyed a trip to the spa. We were both super happy with our treatments. Austin, Campbell and Daddy had planned to go ride ATVs however that didn’t pan out. There seemed to be a bit of a price difference based on who you talked to and Austin wasn’t going to play that game. This wasn’t an issue with the hotel but the travel company that was located inside the hotel to book services. Austin and Campbell did ride jet skis and from what I understand they had a blast. I had decided earlier in the week that I wanted to do something special for Mama and we agreed on getting family pictures done. Y’all! This was the best decision I made. The photographer made it super fun for the entire family and we couldn’t be more pleased with how the pictures turned out. Mama & Daddy kept Campbell for us and we snuck off for a little date night. We had dinner it Azur and it was wonderful. This may actually have been my favorite meal.

 

 

 

 

Friday

Austin was able to sneak off to golf again. Campbell had waited so patiently to parasail as it was too windy on Thursday for her to go solo or even for me to go with her.  She was able to go by herself. Y’all this child is fearless. She was all smiles the entire time and this is without a doubt her favorite part of the trip. We spent the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying our last full day in paradise. We grabbed a late dinner at Tramonto after doing a little shopping. This place was a little fancy for kids but I was beginning to get hangry. Luckily we were able to grab a table outside. Campbell’s favorite part of dinner was dessert per usual.

 

 

Saturday

The day I had dreaded all week. We were up and packing as we had a 1:30 flight back home. We took a taxi to the airport and it was a breeze this go round.  The flight home was an absolute disaster. They had an ill passenger on the plane which led to an early landing in Mobile. We ended up sitting on the tarmac  for 2 ½ hours. Campbell was very patient but I was totally over it. We of course missed our connection. Our flight was rebooked and we missed that flight was well. Customs in Atlanta is a joke. It’s crazy how hard it is to get back into your own country. We agreed next time we fly out of the country we will pay the extra $100 each for the expedited service. Fortunately for us the last flight out of Atlanta was delayed. We were supposed to be home at 9:00pm and we got home 1:00am. We were exhausted. The icing on the cake was that our bags didn’t make it home.

 

Honestly I was not that excited about Puerto Vallarta but it was much different than I expected. Here’s a little more information about the resort. Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Madre Mountains, Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta is a tropical beach paradise. Miles of wooden pathways connect five resort hotels to an endless array of amenities: a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course; luxury spas, salons, and fitness centers; high-end boutique shopping; nightly entertainment; over 20 world-class restaurants; stunning pools; an Aqua Park with a Lazy River, and activities for the whole family. It’s over 2500 acres so it is massive but there are golf carts to take you desire. The service was top notch. I found the prices to be comparable to what we would pay in Columbia, maybe a little less. Every day was happy hour from 10:00 – 3:00, who doesn’t like a good BOGO. Until next time Mexico!!!!!  Also this is where Carly and Evan from Bachelor in Paradise had their wedding rand where a lot of dates from Bachelor in Paradise happened. How crazy that we were there the same time as the wedding but totally missed it!