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A Week in Paradise Village Marina

1/4/11  After checking out of the condo we moved back to the boat in Nuevo Vallarta. It was actually good to get “home”.  While still in PV we went to the dermatologist, got new prescription glasses, had a mammography, re-provisioned, and applied for our FM3 tourist visa  which will allow us to stay in Mexico for longer than 180 days. We need to wait 2 weeks for it so on 1/11/11 we moved to La Cruz and are anchored out. We’ll continue to explore Banderas Bay from here.


A few pictures while we were at Paradise Village Marina:
View from the cockpit
A baby iguana and giant iguana

View from the top of our mast (taken by Drew)
Our internet cafe - right up the dock
At home at the dock
The Vallarta Yacht Club has wifi, food and drinks




There is a "zoo" at Paradise Village - they have a very successful Bengal Tiger breeding program



Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    Muy bueno!!!!!

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  2. Beth and JohnJanuary 14, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    Pretty nice to have a Starbucks with wifi at the marina! The tiger photo is terrific. Miss you!

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