The towns of Paso Ancho and Paso Del Guayabo are just minutes up the Rio Cuale by Bus or Taxi from Downtown Puerto Vallarta. We visit two restaurants,  El Rio BBQ and Bar, and  Moro Paraiso, Restaurant and Bar Listen to The Podcast [caption id="attachment_2876" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] El Rio BBQ and Bar, Paso Ancho, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption]   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 introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico.   [caption id="attachment_2889" align="alignnone" width="300"] Moro Paraíso, El Paso Del Guayabo[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2891" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kurt Sinner and Hollis Harris of El Rio BBQ[/caption] That music you were just listening to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. Those are La Palapa, [caption id="attachment_2017" align="alignright" width="300"] Vista Grill on The Beach Romantic Dinner[/caption] The El Dorado Restaurant, and at night for dinner The El Dorado transforms into the ever so romantic Vista Grill with those dramatic views of the Los Muertos Pier all lit up at night in beautiful colors. Of course, at La Palapa you can enjoy that same view of the Los Muertos Pier all day long for breakfast, lunch or dinner, seated with your toes in the sand right at the water’s edge. It’s so romantic, it’s so Puerto Vallarta my friends! This week we are going up the Rio Cuale in Puerto Vallarta, to the town of Paso Ancho to visit two restaurants. One El Rio BBQ, and the second, a restaurant called Moro Paraiso, but first, let’s see what’s happening this week in Puerto Vallarta the 18th of April 2018. The Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden has been nominated for the USA Today's top 10 best in North America! I have a news flash from Bob Price at the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden and it reads…. [caption id="attachment_2872" align="aligncenter" width="625"] USA Today's Top 10 Botanical Gardens of North America[/caption] We've been nominated! Vote for Vallarta Botanical Garden in USA Today's 10 Best Botanical Gardens in North American contest. You can vote every day through April 30 using the link below. We are currently in 3rd place! Please Vote! We are the only Botanical Garden in Mexico to have been nominated! Please Share and help us win! ? https://bit.ly/21zLykF So, I have the link in the show notes. You all know what to do. I also have a link on the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show Facebook Page so go there and find it, and click it, and get to nominating. Subscribe On iTunes & Leave a Good Review Subscribe on Android With Spreaker Celebrate Earth Day at Lazaro Cardenas Park El Parque de Los Azulejos This Sunday the 22nd of April, Come join in the fun and  celebrate Earth Day at El Parque de los Azulejos. [caption id="attachment_2873" align="aligncenter" width="628"] Earth Day in Lazaro Cardenas Park[/caption] A great way to meet new and old, real old friends and of course support the beautification of Lazaro Cardenas Park. Come on down at 10 in the morning, there is a 50-peso suggested donation which of course will go to the park. Uh…bring more okay? There will be bags, and gloves, and coffee and fun in the sun. That’s this Sunday the 22nd and if that date sort of rings a bell for you, it’s because it’s...... JR,s Birthday Bash If you are going to be in town, you need to go to Que Pasa, get rocked and rolled by Sylvie and The Zippers, and help JR celebrate his 78th birthday. The fun starts at 5 in the late afternoon, some would call it evening, but with sunset coming in at 8:20, you can start your day at the park, have lunch and party at the beach during the day, at 5 catch a great party at Que Pasa with JR and Sylvie, and even have time to catch a Puerto Vallarta Sunset, from your favorite spot. Sounds like a great day. [caption id="attachment_2773" align="aligncenter" wi