Our Mexico vacation. 11 - 18 Jan 2002

	The main Decameron sign by the Tropicana complex. The complex has 3 sites, the Royal, the Tropical and the Tropicana.
	The main entrance to the complex. Situated between the Royal and the Tropical Decameron complexes.
	The  rooms on the Tropical side. Our room is the one with the t-shirt hanging from the air conditioner.
	The Beach just after sunrise. Quite deserted, most people are still sleeping.
	The Beach early in the morning. Where is everyone?
	Deserted beach chairs, first thing in the morning.
	Rosemerry looking at the ocean from the beach.
	Roger relaxing on the beach.
	View of the main Puerto Vallarta church from the city center plaza.
	The altar in the above mentioned Church.
	Scene in the Church, of Jesus working, I think.
	Jesus in a glass casket
	Status of Jesus.
	Nativity scene, inside of church.
	A view of the church from high up in the city.
	Most electricians would have a fit after seeing the wires in Mexico.
	Balcony of villa owned by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
	Another view of Liz and Richard's house. This one with the bridge (walkway) to the guest house and pool.
	Picture of Elizabeth Taylor behind the entrance gate of their old house. One can get a tour of the place for 70 Pesos ($12 Canadian).
	Walkway to Pool and guest house.
	A corner house with a fenced balcony.
	They still use their "ass" in Mexico :-)
	Rosemerry with an ass! Literally :-)
	The hills of Puerto Vallarta.
	The inside of a house in Puerto Vallarta. This family would be considered well to do.
	The water's edge on the Malecon (Boardwalk)
	Statue of a man riding a seahorse on the Malecon.
	Rock formation.
	Rosemerry and Roger enjoying a coconut drink. A drink served in a fresh coconut, that contained 5 different type of alcohol. Quite tasty. The restaurant owner said that if one can drink 2 of them, the third is on the house.
	An iguana keeping an eye on the dinners at a restaurant on the outskirt of Puerto Vallarta. Or was he keeping an eye on our coconut drink.
	Another dinner guest. This roster was loose in the restaurant mentioned above.
	A red flower!
	A closer view of the red flower.
	Site Map of the Decameron Complex.
	The Royal Decameron sign.
	The Royal Decameron complex
	The Royal Decameron Tropical Complex sign.
	Entrance to the Tropical Decameron Complex.
	The Tropical Lobby.
	The Beach Bar on the Tropical side of the Decameron complex. This is the one we used most of the time. The bartenders were superb as were the drinks.
	Enjoying a pre-dinner drink. Hey the price was right! :-)
	The Tropical restaurant. Where we ate most of our breakfasts and lunches.
	The Tropical beach bar and beach lounge chairs. View from the edge of the water. The towel are used to reserved the chairs. On this day I had reserved the 2 chairs with the folder towels on them.
	The Flea Market on the beach by the Tropical beach bar.
	The Tropical beach bar. The one we used most of the time, it was the closest to our room and where we sat on the beach.
	The Tropical Pool.
	The Tropical Pool. Rosemerry and Maisie heading to the wading pool to cool off.
	Another view of the Tropical pool. This one from the Tropical beach bar.
	Rosemerry getting something for breakfast.
	A breakfast guest. Since most of the restaurants are outdoors, birds didl try to get a free snack.
	Another breakfast guest. This one took a coffee creamer out of the garbage and poked a hole in it with his beak. Very clever.
	The Tropicana Lobby.
	The Tlahucalpantecuti bar in the Tropicana complex. I can imagine what the name would sound like after a few Tequila :-)
	The Tropicana beach Bar.
	The Tropicana beach.
	The Tropicana pool & restaurant.
	The Tropicana pool.
	Chess anyone?
	The main activity pool with the a beach bar in the background and the activity hut.
	A vendor on the beach.
	Rosemerry decided to take my picture, so I took hers at the same time.
	Hey, 1/2 a bug is better then no bug.
	Robin waiting for the bus.
	Maisie and Tess waiting for the bus.
	Claudia heading to the wading pool to cool off, while waiting for the bus to take us to the airport. This was taken on our last day on vacation.
	The girls cooling off, while waiting for the bus.
	Got to make sure that the dress doesn't get too wet :-)
	Still cooling off.
	Danielle waiting for the bus.
	How do you bring a Sombrero home on the plane?
	On your head of course!
	The sun goes down quite fast. The following 10 pictures where taken within about 1 minute.
	All gone, Good Night !

More pictures to come.

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Date this page was last edited 09/03/2002