An interview with Issac Carachure, from Gay Guide Vallarta   Listen to the Podcast Below! Subscribe to The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show on iTunes   Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be to introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. The La Palapa, The El Dorado Restaurant, and now, at night for dinner The El Dorado transforms into The Vista Grill. The Vista Grill that used to be up on the hill now has a new vista and that is right on the beach where You get the same Vista Grill Menu, and the fantastic Vista Grill service but it’s right there on the beach! It’s so romantic, it’s so Puerto Vallarta my friends! You can enjoy dinner under the stars, toes in the sand right at the water’s edge. So come on down to Puerto Vallarta and see what I’m talking about mis amigos. Today I have a very special guest but first, what’s happening in Puerto Vallarta this week, the 22nd of May, 2017.   Puerto Vallarta Restaurant Week 2017,  Continues It’s week two of Restaurant Week, 2017  here in Puerto Vallarta. Restaurant Weeks, not week like they like to call it here lasts till the end of the month of May and as I said [caption id="attachment_518" align="alignright" width="228"] Restaurant Week in Puerto Vallarta 2017[/caption] before, if you are in town this is a great time for you to enjoy a full coursed menu at some of the more pricey establishments for like $20 US excluding tips and booze. It’s a great value folks so if you are in town through the end of the month, check to see if your favorite restaurant is participating and make a reservation. Puerto Vallarta Celebrates her 99 Year Anniversary I was reading an article in the Banderas News by Marie Callan, about Puerto Vallarta getting ready to celebrate her 99th birthday. The article reads as follows…  Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - From May 26-31, 2017, Puerto Vallarta will commemorate its 99th anniversary of its induction as municipality and 49th of its elevation to the category of city. In celebration of this historical milestone, the municipal government and members of the private sector have organized a series of events that are free and open to the public. But first, a little history... During the first part of the 1800s, this beautiful piece of Mexican geography remained isolated from the rest of the world. The hubs of economic activity were up in the mountains, in the towns of Cuale, San Sebastián and Mascota, where silver mines abounded but where salt, an essential element for processing the metal, was not to be found. The village which was to become Puerto Vallarta was founded in 1851 by Guadalupe Sanchez, an enterprising boatman from Cihuatlán, who established a trading post on the banks of the Cuale River to supply salt to the mountain gold and silver mines, whose minerals were transported to this coast for shipping. Sanchez originally called Puerto Vallarta "Las Peñas de Santa María de Guadalupe" to commemorate his arrival on December 12, the day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. In 1911, the people of Las Peñas asked the government of the state for the status of municipality, and finally on the 31 of May, 1918, the State Congress decreed to the formation of the municipality, changing the name to Puerto Vallarta to honor an important governor of the State of Jalisco, Don Ignacio Luis Vallarta. Since then, every year in May, the people of Puerto Vallarta have gathered together in El Centro to celebrate the city's anniversary. This year's celebration, called "Mayo Fest 2017," will run from May 26-31 and includes free cultural and sporting events, as well as live music performances. For more info and a list of planned events I have a link to this article in my shownotes at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com. Link to The Band