Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Experience Life Outside of Puerto Vallarta, USA

Two events happened this week that inspired me to write this week’s column about the opportunities wasted by many living in Puerto Vallarta, but I will start with my own wasted experiences.

I moved to Puerto Vallarta nearly a decade ago. I relocated here without any prior visits and I had never even been to Mexico. My Spanish was limited to hola, adios, sí, and burrito. Other than that I switched to Spanglish which is simply adding the letter “O” to every word. Youo understando.

I found an apartment on craigslist before taking the drive to Puerto Vallarta. When . . .

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