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Started October 6, 2008 · 12,212 views · 3 posts
Trash
By \"smaller than we are use to\", I am referring to the room size.
Another thing I forgot to mention in my trip report was the amount of trash we saw. Not only around the city, on the roads, etc, but also floating out in the ocean. During our fishing trip, we saw lots of trash floating in the water. From lots and lots of empty water bottles to trash cans to an empty styrofoam insert from a refridgerator. During one of our \"down\" days we walked the entire length of the beach from the river to just north of GCP. We saw a refridgerator laying on the beach without a door, then about 50 feet away, half buried in the sand, we saw the door. On our third day in PV, while we were eating dinner, we saw something floating in the water, near the beach. After dinner we took a walk along the beach to find that it was another refridgerator floating in the water. It was funny to see, but also sad to see that people let their trash wash out to sea.
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Re: Trash
By \"smaller than we are use to\", I am referring to the room size.
Another thing I forgot to mention in my trip report was the amount of trash we saw. Not only around the city, on the roads, etc, but also floating out in the ocean. During our fishing trip, we saw lots of trash floating in the water. From lots and lots of empty water bottles to trash cans to an empty styrofoam insert from a refridgerator. During one of our \"down\" days we walked the entire length of the beach from the river to just north of GCP. We saw a refridgerator laying on the beach without a door, then about 50 feet away, half buried in the sand, we saw the door. On our third day in PV, while we were eating dinner, we saw something floating in the water, near the beach. After dinner we took a walk along the beach to find that it was another refridgerator floating in the water. It was funny to see, but also sad to see that people let their trash wash out to sea.
thank you for the clarification and the updates... unfortunately i think with the expansion of Vallarta that she has outgrown some of her infrastructure as trash and waste disposal... extreme growing pains right now with all the new condos going up, and the price of money and easy credit that is now available to the people, we may see more of this before we see it fixed and corrected... but that is just my opinion..... thanks again...
Thanks for the trip report. Beach vendors are a constant on the beaches of PV. They are people just trying to make a living. Some are more aggressive than others but most respond well to a polite \"no thank you\".

We too like the other side of Mexico. It is certainly different from the Pacific side. Both are beautiful and fun to visit.