Guadalajara-Tapalpa for foreigners

Juan Carlos is renting a van in Guadalajara for 12 people. You are sharing the expenses. Juan Carlos will give you all the detail$. One price will be on the way to Tapalpa and another for the way back to Guadalajara, this because on the way back there will be less and different people (e. i. Peggy, Adam and Ian are going back to Puerto Vallarta, and a different person will be added o the group: Jana)... it is complicated, but it will work.

The idea is that you all meet at 4pm on the 20th at the hostal where a bounch of people are staying the night before (Address: Andador peatonal del Templo Expiatorio, en Escorza 195, entre Lopez Cotilla y Francisco I. Madero, en la colonia Americana, Centro, Guadalajara). Here is the web page of the hostal: http://casaabrilmexico.blogspot.com/

Summary:

12 people on the van
Meeting point: Hostal Casa Abril (Escorza 195, entre Lopez Cotilla y Francisco I. Madero)
Meeting time: 4pm (GDL time) March 20th
Juan Caros will give you all the details when you meet him at the hostal.

Hotel in Tapalpa: MEX$160/night, CDN$14/night
(booked and ready for you gorgeous women and musky men)

The numbers are in:

Puerto Vallarta -> Tapalpa: MEX$375, CDN$33
(bus leaves Friday, 9:00am, at the Malecon McDonald's)

Tapalpa -> Puerto Vallarta -> MEX$322, CDN$28
(bus leaves Sunday after brunch, at 1-2:00pm from your hotel...)

Hotel in Tapalpa: MEX$160/night, CDN$14/night
(booked and ready for you gorgeous women and musky men)

Puerto Vallarta - Tapalpa for foreigners

Canadians flying to Puerto Vallarta will be picked up there and taken to Tapalpa. There is only 14 seats available on the van. There are 12 people confirmed for the way to Tapalpa and 14 for the way back to Puerto Vallarta. Please travel light (no big bags) because the van will be full. Try to bring small bags that fit under the seats (seats are high). The van has a very small trunk.
You could leave your bags wherever you are staying in Puerto Vallarta and bring what you are using in Tapalpa, and any valuables of course.

Friday 20th
9 am
Meeting point: Outside McDonald's from The Malecon of Puerto Vallarta
Address: Paseo Díaz Ordáz esq. con 31 de Octubre Downtown 48300 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
1 pm
Stoping over at Tequila's town (where the tequila is from).
1-1.45 pm
Lunch in Tequila
2-3 pm
Tour in Casa Herradura (they show the process of the tequila, agave plantations and tequila tasting). Less than CND$10 each.
3 pm
Way to Tapalpa
7.30 pm
Tapalpa, accommodation at the hotel that we booked for you and free night (no plans), maybe if you feel like exploring Tapalpa you can go out for dinner and to a real "cantina".

Clima/Weather

Here are the temperatures for Tapalpa:

12 pm = 22 Cº
3 pm = 25 Cº
5 pm = 22 Cº
7 pm = 15 Cº
10 pm = 6 Cº

Remember the wedding will be outdoors, so make sure you bring something to cover yourselves at night.

a word to the wise

A good friend recently counseled me regarding an official travel advisory that the U.S. recently posted. Canada doesn't have an official warning, however it is worth noting what "exercise high degree of caution" means according to the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs. In inviting all of you intrepid explorers down to Jalisco, I do feel the need to make people aware that the violence plaguing the distant North of the country has recently reared its ugly head in Jalisco.

Now... with that out of the way: don't forget to pack your long underwear along with your sunglasses... it's cool in the evenings up there in them hills of Tapalpa and we plan on staying up all night.