Eileen Likes To Eat

There weren’t any two-people table available when we went to dinner. We didn’t really feel like waiting and opted to share table other other guests. We met some new friends and had really interesting conversation over dinner.

Seafood Ceviche - Los Cabos

I can’t really remember what kind of seafood was in the ceviche.  It was soaked in a tomato broth that tasted like gazpacho, which I didn’t like.  So I didn’t really eat this dish.

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Rancho Palma Real
Las Palmas
Carretera Vallarta, Tepic 4766
(322) 221-2120

Our guide took us to Rancho Palma Real for lunch, which was included in the tour.

Besides a restaurant, you can also book a tequila tour or a horseback riding tour here.  They also have fiesta dinner at night time.

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We decided to go on the Puerto Vallarta Jeep Touras our shore excursion.  The all day tour was booked online for $76.50 per person.  Our Jeep guide picked us up at the bus stop right by the marina.  We were one hour late because NCL did not tell us there was a one hour difference in time at Puerto Vallarta.  Luckily we were the only tourists on that day.  Otherwise our guide wouldn’t wait for us.

The city part of Puerto Vallarta is just like any other developed city.  We actually found the small villages more fascinating.  Our guide took us into the mountain and stopped by a few small towns.  Every town has a town center.  The size varies, but the color and the shape of the buildings are all the same.

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Day 5 we arrived at Puerto Vallarta. After we got off the ship and went out the marina area, we immediately saw Wal-Mart. Yes, they had a Wal-Mart there, as well as Costco and bunch of American retailer stores. The city was just like an American city full of shops, restaurants and malls. But on our tour we went into the mountain. It was a completely different world there. (Will write about the tour in my next post.) First let’s look at some pictures and read about the history of Puerto Vallarta.

Tarascans, Chapalas, Huicholes and members of the Aztec confederation of tribes originally inhabited the area around Puerto Vallarta.  The first European visitor was Francisco Hernandez de San Buenaventura, a nephew of conqueror Heman Cortes.

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We really like the food at Blue Lagoon.  On day 5 we came back for breakfast before we went to Puerto Vallarta.

Blue Lagoon Full House

Dr. P had omelet.  I didn’t take picture of that.  I got the Blue Lagoon Full House.  It came with two plates.  The first plate had fried eggs and crispy bacon.  The egg was cooked perfectly, but a bit too oily.

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After dinner, Dr. P went to the cigar lounge to have some man fun. I stayed in the room to relax… by playing some computer games. Yes, I brought my laptop so I can play games and watch DVDs. Yes, I am a nerd and proud of it. After Dr. P came back to the room, we weren’t exactly hungry. But we just wanted to go get some food from Blue Lagoon only because it was available. We decided to bring some food back to the room and watch a DVD before going to bed.

Artichoke Dip

I thought the artichoke dip with chips would be a good snack to watch a DVD with.  But the artichoke dip wasn’t that good.  It was like water down cheesy soupy dip.  We didn’t really like it.

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We took a nap after coming back to the cruise since we woke up at 6am that day. I love traveling on the cruise because you can play, sleep, wake up, walk out of your room and eat (and eat some more).

Mojito  ($7.48)

Dr. P was in the mood for mojito.  This was a terrible mojito.  It tasted like very little lime and mint in club soda water.  This was not how mojito should taste like.  Yuck!

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After the horseback riding tour, we went back to the cruise to clean up and have lunch at Versailles.

Seafood Cocktail

We started the meal with seafood cocktail.  It had shrimp and imitation crab meat. 

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Victor’s Restaurant
Third restaurant on Stone Island Beach
Mazatlan, Mexico

As part of the tour, Randi took us to Victor’s Restaurant on the beach for a drink.  I went to use the restroom in the back.  And there was no door and no light!  Oh well, if nobody minds, I didn’t mind either.

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After reading tons of great reviews about Randi’s Happy Horses in Mazatlan on CruiseCritic.com, I booked the excursion right away.  The horseback riding tour was about 3 hours long for $45/person.  It also included a cold drink or beer at a local Mexican restaurant on the beach.  We met with Randi after getting off the cruise.  She was an American woman who moved to Mazatlan from Arizona about 18 years ago.  She was very friendly and gave us a lot of information about the town during our ride to the ranch.

There were 6 of us on this tour that day.  They assigned horses to us according ot our riding experience.  My horse was very mellow.  He likes to walk slow.  But when I told him “andale”, he would start running.  Very smart horse.  Dr. P got a horse that thought he was in the Kentucky Derby race.  That horse had to lead.  Every time I caught up to Dr. P, his Blanco started racing again.  The first part of the ride was through the coconut and mango grove.

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