View looking towards downtown from the Sapphire Princess of Puerto Vallarta's beachfront high rises. Victor, our tour guide, and a lifelong resident of Puerto Vallarta, lamented the intrusion of this new kind of architecture, which he referred to as "Miamification".
Fountain in the median of a broad avenue.
Plentiful statues along Puerto Vallarta's boardwalk (El Malecon).
Beaded vest featuring Our lady of Guadalupe on this Papantla Flyer.
Papantla Flyers on Puerto Vallarta's Malecon.
Statues.
Bahia de las Banderas.
Left: A statue of Jalisco's noted governor (and PV's namesake), Ignacio Luis Vallarta.Below: The cathedral (dating from a surprisingly-recent 1916).
Tiled staircase (Mundo de Azulejos).
Making new pieces (Mundo de Azulejos).
Painting a piece to be fired (Mundo de Azulejos).
Conejo Grande (Mundo de Azulejos).
Street scene (Mundo de Azulejos).
'El Tio Sam' - A store in Puerto Vallarta capitalizing on the imagery of Uncle Sam. Particularly since the modern symbol came into use in World War I, Uncle Sam has become a patriotic symbol in the United States, but in Mexico it has no such status and thus has apparently become a commercial symbol.
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