SETTING - Puerto Vallarta - Nightlife

The board walk comes alive at night, especially on weekends. Although there are a lot of older people walking about, it is mainly a younger crowd that you see. About half are local kids, and the other half are from Canada, America, Europe, and South America.

Pictured at right is a jam session on the beach. Within an hour there were over a hundred people drumming and dancing and singing. Close by an airbrush artist held a crowd of 30 spectators watching her create yet another wonderful surreal landscape. Further down the beach, a series of stone arches form the back drop for a large stage facing an amphitheater. Children play here during the day, and at night it hosts bands, dances, magicians, jugglers, and much much more.

At right, Tierno sits comfortably in the lap of a Cyclops, while a group of musicians begin warming up behind him. Below left is yet another sculpture, one of the few that you cannot sit on.

Across from the board walk is a string of art galleries, glass shops, leather shops, restaurants, and night clubs. This scene does not lack for energy in the evenings.

Pictured below left is Karen relaxing on one of the many unusual benches to be found along the boardwalk.