- Oct 26, 2004
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Don Jose,
You bring back memories when you mentioned "It was a different world then, no roads on the west coast, only foot and mule travel........."
I recall.....in 1964 Burton and Taylor filmed "Night of the Iguana" in PV (Mismaloya); and the airport had just been opened the previous year. That was enough incentive for me to travel there in the same year ('64). At that time, there were no 5-star hotels or restaurants in town-not even 4-star or 3-star facilities--but for a kid in his 20s, I could care less. I booked a room at (what I think was called) the Playa Hotel; on the waterfront. Close by, was a restaurant called "La Bota" where I met a Continental airlines stewardess. After dinner we went back to the Playa but the room was too hot so I carried my mattress to the rooftop where we enjoyed the rest of the evening. In the AM, I recall being awakened by the sounds in the street (cobblestone, perhaps) and seeing fishermen riding donkey's towing their open carts filled with fish. I went back to PV a few years later; everything had changed (for the worse-IMO) and I vowed I would not come back--for 'fear' of tainting the memories of my first visit--and I haven't.
Don.....
You bring back memories when you mentioned "It was a different world then, no roads on the west coast, only foot and mule travel........."
I recall.....in 1964 Burton and Taylor filmed "Night of the Iguana" in PV (Mismaloya); and the airport had just been opened the previous year. That was enough incentive for me to travel there in the same year ('64). At that time, there were no 5-star hotels or restaurants in town-not even 4-star or 3-star facilities--but for a kid in his 20s, I could care less. I booked a room at (what I think was called) the Playa Hotel; on the waterfront. Close by, was a restaurant called "La Bota" where I met a Continental airlines stewardess. After dinner we went back to the Playa but the room was too hot so I carried my mattress to the rooftop where we enjoyed the rest of the evening. In the AM, I recall being awakened by the sounds in the street (cobblestone, perhaps) and seeing fishermen riding donkey's towing their open carts filled with fish. I went back to PV a few years later; everything had changed (for the worse-IMO) and I vowed I would not come back--for 'fear' of tainting the memories of my first visit--and I haven't.
Don.....
Out of necessity I have worked / explored in the rain many times and I agreee as to it's comfort at times. However at the end it is always good to have a campfire and 
