Arrived in the evening and since it was rainy season, the rains came, and boy did they come that night! Finding the hotel was a little tricky as I had forgotten to bring along the address and name! Little hard to find a place when you forget the name! Decided to grab a bite to eat on the main street while I worked on my memory bank to remember what it was called.
Anyway, found it after a few searches around as there is really only the main entrance street and a parallel street along the ocean. Check-in was simple even in the torrential rains and we were escorted to a simple room near the front entrance with a King size bed, bathroom, ceiling fan, AC, etc.....just right for a 1 night stay. The rains let up a bit, so we decided to venture out and explore the property and ended up in the hot tub for a few minutes before they closed the area.
The next day with clear sunny skies, we went back out to main street and found a place for breakfast and a tour operator asked us about a bay cruise to show all the beaches and the island we could see from shore. Why not? I like to do a tour the first time I am at a new place as it gives you the real feel for the area. The main street of Rincon de Guayamitos seemed to just be loaded with shops and restaurants like many Mexican tourist towns.
About 2 hours later we were met on the beach and took the small ponga to the main boat out in the bay as there is not dock in this small bay. It was a bit of a "party" cruise with some Mexican entertainment onboard, loud music, and a free drink....but indeed it took us to at least 6 private beaches in the area and it was very interesting. Unfortunately for me, about 1/2 way through the cruise, I discovered I had misplaced my car key and was worried about where it was and therefore did not enjoy the whole cruise, because I had no idea where the key was!
Upon return to the beach area my panic continued as the key was not any where I thought it could have been; beach, boat, ponga, room, car, grounds, etc. It must have come out of my pocket while on the Bay cruise into the ocean. Now what to do? I know I had a spare at home that maybe my neighbor could bring...but so far away? I remember I had an emergency one in the car glovebox, but how do I get it? Only solution was to break the smallest window I could to get inside and open the door....but guess what? No way to open the door from inside....damm BMW security systems!
Then I remembered that I had seen a Mexican boy who was very skinny and could probably crawl in through that small vent window and get the spare key out of the glovebox for me? A search on the beach and we located him. In he went, located the key, and was able to start the car to allow us to unlock it from inside. Found some plastic to cover the broken window as I knew the rains were going to be a for sure occurence and we were on our way back to PV.
While I knew we had major rains in Rincon de Guayabitos, it was the night that the main bridge washed out between Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta! So the drive back to PV found us detoured not only at the bridge through Neuvo Vallarta.......we had to detour the back way from Sayulito to Punta de Mita to Puerto Vallarta too! The bridge to San Pancho had also dissappeared that last night!
Rincon de Guayabitos seemed to be a popular Mexican weekend destination and vacation spot as I did not see many Gringos, but I thoroughly enjoyed the town, the beach, and area and recommend it for a short getaway!!
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