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Here are some photos from my January trip to Puerto Vallarta with my boss & the girls. Enjoy!

http://www.pbase.com/thegripps/puerto_vallarta

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Those are great shots Margo. The Jan 22 sunset is beautiful. Question....I've never been to Mexico. How is the water temp on the Pacific side? I don't see anyone in the water in your photos.

Although they take snorkeling cruises out, we didn't go on one. And you wouldn't want to go into the water at the Westin beach because all kinds of trash was floating up on to the beach...plastic bottles, cigarette butts, whole onions and all kinds of stuff! (not to mention Portuguese Man O' War, which are probably just seasonal). Needless to say, other than the cold pools at the Westin, we didn't go in the water.

Pretty to look at but why go if you can't swim...Hi Margo!!! Miss you....

I agree Bev. I'd like to go back sometime without Sandy... we would have gone snorkeling & done some other things if the situation had been different.

Margo, I stayed at this property in 2000 with a few of my friends from Girl Scouts. It's a beautiful resort, we went at the end of Feb. The ocean was very cold, but the pool wasn't too bad. It's funny, because we also ate at the Brasil, I still tell people about that place, it was soo much fun! The prices were more than reasonable and the food was yummy (as long as you like meat!) Thanks for bringing back the memories.

...am always happy to see your photos and these do not disappoint...thanks for taking me there.

We stayed at the timeshare side of the Westin in June of 2001. It was a gift from a timeshare owner....for our honeymoon. Overall very nice resort, but there was no beach at all. From your pics it looks as if they brought sand in. It used to be just rocks, no sand....well maybe a couple feet of it, but no beach like you would think of. But, yeah the pools were amazing. Great resort compound in general. I remember going to a little taco place in a strip mall area just before you get to the westin. Awesome little taco joint....we must of ate there everyday for lunch. My wife and I still crave their tacos when we talk about it!

We did a snorkeling trip to some island about an hour ride west. Some bird island....actually had really good snorkeling, but the smell from all the birds on the island was gross. Needless to say we did not pop our head out of water much. Still remember jumping in and seeing dozens of king angelfish swimming all around us....it was a good snorkel.

Thanks for posting your pics, brought it back for me.