I forgot to mention a couple things that were mentioned upthread.

Re: Zona Romántica, yes it's the GLBT zone, but no it's not "too much" unless you have a problem with gay people, in which case, please avoid it. To be honest, for me, I actually see it as a plus compared to a normal entertainment district. It's packed w/tons of fun bars, cabarets, and clubs, some gay-themed, others not. Lots of musical acts and tributes to GLBT-friendly artists like Queen and Lady Gaga, drag shows as well. Seems like there is always something fun going on in the area.

There are quite a few guys here, but I wouldn't say this part is packed with gay men. Also disagree that there are 0 hot females here. If you've been around Mexico, then you will know that it doesn't compare to Colombia/Brazil in terms of hot females, but I would say that PV is slightly above average for Mexico in terms of female attractiveness. Decent mix of cute Mexicans and foreign tourists. I'm in a relationship, so won't be able to comment further, but saying there are 0 attractive females is ridiculous.

Funny anecdote: In Cabo San Lucas, the t-shirts say "**** Biden" and in PV they say "**** Trump". So take from that what you will regarding which city would be better for you.

Nice post Fossil, hope you'll keep us updated. Funny & perhaps telling anecdote about Cabo vs PV t-shirt wars...presumably that has everything to with the political views of the gringos who visit those areas, and little to nothing to do with the views of the locals in either.

Hard to believe that PV has the best restaurants in Mexico, but whatever, sounds great. Not hard to believe that the food in the more local restaurants is better and half price as the restaurants catering to tourists just a few blocks away.

Pics of apt? Would be interesting to see what $1K/month gets you. Hope you're in a quiet location, not a ton of street noise, barking dogs, etc..

Hope you'll post a trip report about Sayulita before too long!

Haha yah, I'm sure the t-shirts had little to do with the locals. Cabo San Lucas did seem a lot more deplorable heavy, although PV does have their share of Boomers who I'm sure are more right-leaning. But ZR being a GLBT-friendly area, the general sentiment is more progressive.

Yah, I'm quite skeptical about the food claim as well, but we've tried 3 of their recs so far, and all have been excellent. Our landlord told us he thought one of the restaurants we tried was just "meh" and gave us a list of 8 places that are even better (in his opinion). So we're excited to try all these places out.

Today we ate brunch at a place called Mi Café. $7.50 for each plate, very filling, and quite good:



Yes, we're for sure planning to visit Sayulita soon. One of the big advantages of PV is the seemingly endless # of cool beaches nearby as well as some Pueblos Mágicos up in the mountains only an hour or 2 away to visit. That's one of the big negatives of Mazatlán is that it's super isolated from the rest of México, there isn't really an interesting city within about a 6 hour drive.

Re: the apartment. We negotiated it down to $1k/month b/c we're mostly staying here during low tourist season. If we were to stay in the Winter months, I think it would be $1300/month. We're very pleased with the place though, great location for us, 8 minute walk to the beach, 5 minute walk to the touristy zone, but relatively quiet and in an area w/slightly more locals and great restaurants. The apartment is 2BR, and about 750 sq. ft. I believe.

that apartment looks gorgeous.

I’m currenty in Vallarta as well also staying in the Zona Romantica (with my GF). We first visited here in December and came back about 2 weeks ago. The quality of food & service is really excellent (as is the value for money).

Weather is perfect and sunsets are gorgeous. Would be hard pressed to find a better place to ride things out while things are going badly at home (Canada).

Fosslkid - up for grabbing a beer on the beach any day in the next week? Would love to learn more about CDMX from you.

We're free pretty much any day, we'll probably go tomorrow or Tuesday. I'll send a PM.

Currently in San Pancho let me know when you guys are in Sayulita, propably hike over for a beer.

P.S. Fossil do you have CRO coins?

I'll hit you up. Hopefully we can visit San Pancho as well.

Nah, SafeMoon is my shitcoin of choice.

a friend of mine who is staying peurto vallarta says the casino is offering a promo, 5 hours play in the poker room and you get a free hotel room. not valid during the upcoming cash game festival

Which casino? I went to check out the one right at the end of the boardwalk (WinClub I think), and it looked like it only had 2 tables and people were smoking at the table, so doubt I'm gonna return. Is he talking about the Nuevo Vallarta Tour festival coming up or is at an actual cash game festival? Does he play PLO or PLO5 by chance?

winclub platinum by the airport it is new, not to be confused with winclub. think its all NLHE. but yah i think it is the Nuevo Vallarta Tour at least the dates are the same iirc

Been in Puerto Vallarta for a month now and love it here!

Currently looking for the best live games to play in and am trying to figure out how I can play online here (I'm a US citizen).

Any help would be appreciated!

hey people in mexico, can u pls someone give me some info about internet connection? i m planning to go to west coastal surf towns and i heard that internet is not very good there. do you have mobile internet as a back up?
thx

^^
internet varies man. Prob will be fine with some backups, but as you allude most surf spots in mexico are very much towns and villages and not cities. Puerto escondido from what I hear is fine, sayulita not so much (prob the 2 most popular surf locations in mainland mexi).

most one-horse towns with the best waves thruout nayarit, colima, guerrero, michoacan I wouldn't plan any long term stays if you have important work to do that requires reliable connections.

My solution was Mazatlan, where I live walking distance from multiple breaks. Population here is like 500k ppl and infrastructure is good/great.

puerto escondido is ~35k population and sayulita is less than 3k, to give you comparisons for infrastructure expectations

is there a paid service/agent to help foreigners with getting driver license there? someone who will do all the work and paperwork and everything

Hey guys ! Exploring the idea of PV and MX overall for the first time. What is the best approach for grinding online, purchase monitors and set up a station I suppose? Is there a poker community? Would love to hear more !

it's fine, just come over

Anybody in PV or Nayarit to grind the winter series?

Anyone have any information on the state of cash games in PV, will be heading there in about a month

nothing special i would say, standard 1/2 game running everyday

Do you know where the game is and what time it starts?

I don't really play live so I barely investigated when I lived there 6 months, but at the end of the malecón, there's a casino called Winclub. It has 2 poker tables, but right in the middle of the casino, plus there was smoking allowed at the table. So I noped out before looking into game type or stakes.

There was also a tournament series at Incanto Casino in Bucerias just up the road from PV. Not sure if they have regular cash games, but I would guess so.

Ah fair enough, do you know which Winclub it was? The one by the airport or the other one? And how long ago were you there?
Also, got any food recs? Staying in Zona Romántica as well

The Winclub near Zona Romántica

Yah, I have a ton of food recs. That neighborhood is absolutely incredible for food. I'll list some places later on when I'm back at my computer.

OK, so here are some of my fave places roughly ranked from best to good:

Pipis (get the coco shrimp and mixed fajitas. You'll also get some nachos and good handmade guac while waiting)
Marisma Fish Taco (all their tacos are really good, their breaded shrimp tacos are about as good as it gets)
Marisqueria Los Lirios (We liked their shrimp burgers or camarón al ajo (garlic shrimp))
Mi Cafe Restauraunt and Coffee Shop (Good breakfast place)
Hacienda Alemana (3 course meal for like 200-250 pesos if before 5PM. Great value, I liked the stroganoff best. Special menu changes daily)
Pancho's Tacos (great CDMX-style tacos al pastor, but usually long lines)
Merida Grill (for solid comida yucateca)
Joe Jack's Fish Shack
Tony's Please
Fredy's Tucan (another solid breakfast option)
La Dolce Vita (good pizza and lasagne)

For a really cool spot outside of PV in Boca de Tomatlán, try Le Kliff. It's more upscale and a bit pricier, but still decent value and has some epic views. Great date spot for a special occasion.