Yelapa, México is Another World
Jon has talked about spending a weekend in Yelapa for years.
So that’s what we did for his birthday. We loved it—what an adventure!
The food at Café Bahia was so fresh and delicious. I highly recommend it!
Jon’s favorite meal at Cafe Bahia was Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, and Avocado Sandwich,
made with amazingly fresh bread. He is looking happy and healthy at 73 years
old!
There are no cars in Yelapa. The streets are winding and
narrow—a maze of cobblestones. People use four-wheelers, mules, and wheelbarrows
to make deliveries.
While exploring on foot, we discovered beautiful murals
throughout the village. Many of the murals were memorials for fishermen.
I also enjoyed the colorful flowers. The trumpet vines were
unusual because they had several flower colors on one vine.
Paragliding is a popular sport in Yelapa. Boats pull the
person with their parasail high into the air. Then the parasailer disconnects and slowly
glides back to the beach. I was lucky to capture this paraglider, tree, and frigatebird
together.
We looked inside the Yelapa church, one of the prettiest
buildings in the village.
It was time to discover a new restaurant. We were impressed with how good and inexpensive the food was in the restaurants we visited.
I want to return to Taqueria Los Abuelos for chimichangas and quesadillas—if we
can find that restaurant again! Their address is Unnamed Road, Yelapa. We had to ask several locals to help us through
the maze. Everyone was friendly to us.
Jon is already talking about returning to Yelapa for a few days. An important lesson we learned: Rather than taking the hour-long water taxi from the Puerto Vallarta Muelle, we would take an Uber to Boca de Tomatlán and then take a much shorter water taxi ride from there. The water was rough on the return trip to Puerto Vallarta at 4:30 in the afternoon, and the super-panga moved fast—it was jarring for our backs.
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