Puerto Vallarta Travel Show Podcast

Muralist Adrian Takano Talks Murals, Street Art and Art Classes in  Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Listen to the Podcast! Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes   [caption id="attachment_530" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Rio Cuale Island Mural -Adrian Takano[/caption] Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants,  La Palapa The Eldorado Restaurant and at [caption id="attachment_194" align="alignright" width="300"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] night, The El  Dorado transforms into The Vista Grill. The Vista Grill that used to be up on the hill now has a new vista and that is right on the beach, You get the same Vista Grill Menu, and the fantastic Vista Grill service right the

JR Tells us about Raicilla, Moonshine Made in the Jungles of Puerto Vallarta. Then I have a Conversation with Edwin of Una Familia Restaurant in Puerto Vallarta. Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes Listen to the Podcast       [caption id="attachment_918" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Edwin Garcia of Una Familia Restaurants in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa and the Vista Grill and The El [caption id="attachment_195" align="alignright" width="300"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta Mexico[/caption] Dorado Restaurant are on the Southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta. And for those who are looking for a little

There are so many things to do in Puerto Vallarta. Within minutes you can be having an adventure. Brad and Tami Salzwedel from Wisconsin join me on the show and share with us their Puerto Vallarta Travel Tips.   Listen to The Podcast! Hello fellow travelers and welcome to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am so happy to be introducing you to my favorite place on the planet, I sure would like to make it your favorite vacation destination and that is Puerto Vallarta Mexico! I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, every episode I look forward to doing this podcast just so I can listen to Alberto Perez sing The Somba de Puerto Vallarta. Really!  Alberto is the owner of the La Palapa [caption id="attachment_196" align="alignright" width="300"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Group of restaurants in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. You will find La Palapa, the Vista Grill and the El Dorado restaurants on the Southside of the Rio Cuale, right on the beach just south of the

 When I first came to Puerto Vallarta 30 some odd years ago, my dad told me, never eat the vegetables, don’t eat any salads, you will get sick. Well, you didn’t have to tell me that more than once. I hated the thought of getting the Montezuma’s revenge almost as much as eating vegetables so no biggie right? But, You can only imagine the difficulties non meat eaters would have in a place where, cleaning and washing vegetables could actually make it dangerous to consume vegetables..... Listen to the Podcast Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. Listen!     Hello fellow travelers and welcome to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am so happy to be introducing you to my favorite place on the planet, I sure would like to make it your favorite vacation destination and that is Puerto Vallarta Mexico! Each and every episode I look forward to doing this podcast just so I can listen to Alberto Perez sing The Somba de Puerto Vallarta. Really!  Alberto is the owner of the La Palap

  El Arrayan Restaurant in Puerto Vallarta Mexico An interview with Carmen Porras, Co Owner. We Talk Her concept, menu, and Cooking Classes  Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes Listen to the Podcast Below!       Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants,  La Palapa and The Eldorado Restaurant on [caption id="attachment_196" align="alignright" width="300"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] the Southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta La Palapa is one of Vallarta’s oldest and most loved restaurants with that toes in the sand experience right at the water’s edge. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, a great location and a great time awaits you. It’s so romantic,

The Rock and Roll Scene in Puerto Vallarta and Great Day Trip Ideas Inside and Outside of Puerto Vallarta. Musician and Drummer for Tequila Rush, Steven Tenney Joins the show today. Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes Listen to the Podcast    Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa and The on the [caption id="attachment_195" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta Mexico[/caption] Southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta La Palapa is one of Vallarta’s oldest and most loved restaurants with that toes in the sand experience right at the water’s edge. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, a great location and a great time awaits you. It’s

The Photographer for The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show, Eduardo Solorzano Talks Photography, Food and Fun Places to Visit in and Outside Puerto Vallarta Mexico.  Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes Listen to the Podcast in the Player Below! Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of Restaurants,  La Palapa and The Eldorado [caption id="attachment_308" align="alignleft" width="300"] Puerto Vallarta by Eduardo Solorzano[/caption] Restaurant on the Southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta and if you play your cards right you can catch Alberto Perez singing and playing the Somba de Puerto Vallarta just like I did the other night, while enjoying dinner under the stars, toes in the

Download Episode! Finding Your Happy Home in Puerto Vallarta Mexico Also Updates on Safety in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. How to Stay Safe and Not be a Statistic. Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa and The Eldorado Restaurant on the Southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta and if you play your cards right you can catch Alberto Perez singing and playing the Somba de Puerto Vallarta just like I did the other night, while enjoying dinner under the stars, toes in the sand at the waters [caption id="attachment_890" align="alignright" width="150"] Rhonda Zarate, Find Your Happy Home[/caption] edge. So romantic, so Puerto Vallarta. I Just love Puerto Vallarta folks. Toda

Download Episode! The Free Walking Tour of the Malecon Sculptures is Led by Gary Thompson of Galeria Pacifico in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa and The El Dorado [caption id="attachment_858" align="alignright" width="300"] "La Rotunda del Mar" by Alejandro Colunga[/caption] Restaurant on the Southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta and if you play your cards right you can catch Alberto Perez singing and playing the Somba de Puerto Vallarta just like I did the other night, while enjoying dinner under the stars, toes in the sand at the waters edge. It was so romantic, so Puerto Vallarta. You have to go! Trust me on this one guys. Watch The Video of the Puerto Vallarta Airport Now today I have a very special episode for you, I’m going to take you on a walk down the Malecon in Puerto Vallarta with Gary Thompson of the [caption id="attachment_841" align="alignlef

Download Episode! Today we are going to be talking with our buddy JR in PV, and I have an interview with the owners of a new restaurant in the Emilio Zapata Colonia [caption id="attachment_818" align="alignright" width="239"] New ATM Installation in Progress at the Puerto Vallarta Airport 03/17[/caption] of Puerto Vallarta. But first, let’s do a little housekeeping. First, last week,  February 26, 2017,  I mentioned that the bank ATM machines had been removed from the lobby where you buy your taxi cab transfers. Word from those on the ground, thanks to John A. for sending a picture of a new platform in the same place they were before in the lobby of the airport where you buy your taxi or van transfer to your destination, lodging. So it is just a matter of time before they will be back for your use. Remember to check out episode 2 and 3 for information on currency exchange and what to expect when you arrive at the Puerto Vallarta Airport. And speaking about what to expect, I made a video about what to expe

Download Episode! A Stolen Paradise, The True Story About the Making of the Night of the Iguana. An Interview with Author Howard Johns Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to [caption id="attachment_754" align="alignright" width="199"] A Stolen Paradise by Howard Johns[/caption] introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa and The Eldorado Restaurant on the Southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta and if you play your cards right you can catch Alberto Perez singing and playing the Samba de Puerto Vallarta and more lovely tunes while enjoying dinner under the stars, toes in the sand at the waters edge. So romantic, so Puerto Vallarta. [caption id="attachment_399" align="alignright" width="300"] ATM Machines in

Download Episode! Today we are going to be talking with JR in PV about local the people of Puerto Vallarta and some funny quirks you find down here in Mexico. I’m pretty sure that the locals can say a few things about all of the gringos who have moved here and call this place home, if not permanently, maybe half of the year when most of their homes are under 10 feet of snow.  But we are going to be talking about the wonderful people of Puerto Vallarta. As have said before, it’s the friendly people of Puerto Vallarta that keep me coming back year after year. That and the food and the beauty and the..never mind. You know what I’m talking about. It was nice to meet with JR at his place instead of over the phone. His roommate was there doing dishes during the interview and I didn’t have the heart to interrupt her so sorry in advance for some of the background noise. It’s not too bad and it has the campy sound of being on location right? So let’s get to the conversation with JR in PV. JR agrees that the people

Download Episode! An Interview with Bob Price, Founder and Director of the Vallarta Botanical Garden, Hillary Abrams, Wedding and Event Coordinator and Neil Gerlowski, Executive Director of the Vallarta Botanical Garden and the dedication of  Cheryl L. Wheeler International Peace Garden. This interview was sparked by Hillary Abrams, she is the wedding coordinator of the Vallarta Botanical Gardens and she answered a call I put out for wedding coordinators here in Puerto Vallarta. Remember, in the first episode I promised to interview wedding planners and photographers, and caterers and bakers? Well, she invited me to come out to the Vallarta Botanical Gardens to show me what they have to offer to the bride and groom. Of course I leapt at the chance to have an opportunity to see the gardens and possibly do two interviews at the same time. Sweet! Little did I realize at the time what a wonderful opportunity this would turn out to be. Donate to The  Vallarta Botanical Garden I had an appointment to meet Hillary

  An interview with Gary Beck, Author of The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show I have Gary Beck here in Puerto Vallarta Today. Gary is the author of The Puerto Vallarta Restaurant Guide. His book supplies information of around 380 out of 700+ restaurants in Puerto Vallarta. You can find information such as name, address, phone number, expected price range, what type of food, schedule, etc. Gary first came to Puerto Vallarta in the year 1979, since then he can’t get enough of Puerto Vallarta. Bought a condo here in 2005 and became a full time resident since 2010.Puerto Vallarta is Home to Over 700 Restaurants. Eateries of all types reaching far beyond the traditional Mexican Cuisine. Don’t get me wrong but there is plenty of the traditional. Looking around at the culinary landscape of Puerto Vallarta nowadays you would think Italian is all the rage. Well, it is here and we will get to some of those places as we make our way through Puerto Vallarta one podcast at a time.

Download Episode! Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes An Interview With David Ostlund, Chef's Pass Food Tours, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico To Book a Chef's Pass Puerto Vallarta Tour, Click Here! Hello fellow travelers, welcome to this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show, I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be  to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa Restaurant is on the southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta. It’s so romantic, the view of the Los Muerto Pier all lit up toes in the sand right at the oceans edge. And if you play your cards right, you can hear Alberto play his beautiful music and enjoy songs like Samba de Puerto Vallarta when you enjoy dinner at La Palapa. Just saying an added bonus to a great romantic meal on the beach. Today I’m going to be t

Download Episode! Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes What do you need to know about taking a public bus in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico? Hello fellow travelers, welcome to this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show, all about buses in Puerto Vallarta.  I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be  to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa Restaurant is on the southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta. La Palapa, and El Dorado Restaurants. And if you play your cards right, you can hear Alberto play his beautiful music and enjoy songs like Samba de Puerto Vallarta when you enjoy dinner at La Palapa. Just saying an added bonus to a great romantic meal on the beach. Now before we get to buses in Puerto Vallarta I want to thank a listener, Brett from Seattle Washington who r

  Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes Download Episode! Today we are going to be discussing more about what to bring and what to expect when you get to Puerto Vallarta, namely the airport and transportation to your hotel, resort, condo, timeshare…must I go on?   Well…yes. February 24, 2017 JUST IN! Bank ATM Machines Have Been Temporarily Removed From the Puerto Vallarta Airport Lobby  And if you missed the last episode, we discussed some of the basics. What to pack, the very important issue of exchanging money, cell phone and data plans and so forth so if you missed any of that, I suggest you give it a listen or read the blog at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com. That was very important information so I suggest you go back and do a little catching up. In the old days, well, it was not too long ago, you didn’t need a passport to enter Mexico from the USA, but times have changed and all of you foreigners will need passports when visiting Mexico.  So if you don’t have yours or it isn’t up t

Download Episode! Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes  Puerto Vallarta, What to pack, we’ll discuss the very important issue of exchanging money, cell phone and data plans that you will need to address before you leave the country for Mexico. February 24, 2017 JUST IN! Bank ATM Machines Have Been Temporarily Removed From the Puerto Vallarta Airport Lobby...Stay Tuned for Updates    What Are The Best Times To Come To Puerto Vallarta Mexico? So what are the best times of the year to come to Puerto Vallarta? I have a discussion with JR about that in the next episode of the show, but in short…November 15th through mid April are the best months to visit. June 15th till the end of October are the hottest and rainiest times of the year. I actually really like coming to PV in mid October. They call it the shoulder season and flights are always really reasonable and room rates are still at off season lows. You will need to be ready for a little rain, but when it rains, it’s just for a short time,

Download Episode! Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes Hello fellow travelers, welcome to the very first episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be  to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa group of restaurants,  La Palapa Restaurant is on the southside of town, right down on the beach in Puerto Vallarta. La Palapa, and El Dorado Restaurants as well as Vista Grill on the Hill. For those who are looking for a little romance under the stars, El Dorado has this Romantic Dining experience package you can call ahead and ask for.  Imagine following a candle lit walkway to a private table at the ocean’s edge and you are surrounded by tiki torches. You’re seated at a  candlelit table on the beach with your toes in the sand and dining on a 5-course gourmet menu created especially for you