Well, It Does Say Walmart
More bus adventures in Puerto Vallarta!
Once we'd finished doing the tourist thing down on the Malecón we decided to head back to the ship. We figured since we got here on the bus we assumed we'd get back by the bus. Well, you know what they say about assuming...
We saw this bus had Walmart listed as a stop so we paid our 10 pesos and settled in for the ride. The Walmart Super Center and Sam's Club are right across the street from the cruise terminal so we had a good landmark to go off of.
The driver takes off, goes around the corner, up the street for about a half mile then stops at a bus stop. Everyone gets off the bus but us and the driver is looking at us like Hey, you need to get off the bus. I asked him in Spanish ¿Vas a walmart? (Do you go to Walmart) and he says (in Spanish) "No, No, esta es la última parada de autobús.",(No, this is the last bus stop). Since my Spanish is limited and he wasn't looking too friendly we got off the bus.
We waited at the stop for another bus and several finally showed up. We went to get on one when we realized we didn't have any more pesos, only US dollars and they don't take US dollars on the bus. OK, now what do we do?
There were taxis all around but we weren't ready to pay the price for one so we came up with a different solution. We wandered a bit till we found a convenience store and bought a large bottled water, the cheapest thing we could think of. The store accepted greenbacks and as is usual gave us our change back in Pesos! We went back to the bus stop, found a bus that was going to Walmart and made our way back to the safety of the ship.
It's the little side trips like this that make memories for us.
Well, It Does Say Walmart
More bus adventures in Puerto Vallarta!
Once we'd finished doing the tourist thing down on the Malecón we decided to head back to the ship. We figured since we got here on the bus we assumed we'd get back by the bus. Well, you know what they say about assuming...
We saw this bus had Walmart listed as a stop so we paid our 10 pesos and settled in for the ride. The Walmart Super Center and Sam's Club are right across the street from the cruise terminal so we had a good landmark to go off of.
The driver takes off, goes around the corner, up the street for about a half mile then stops at a bus stop. Everyone gets off the bus but us and the driver is looking at us like Hey, you need to get off the bus. I asked him in Spanish ¿Vas a walmart? (Do you go to Walmart) and he says (in Spanish) "No, No, esta es la última parada de autobús.",(No, this is the last bus stop). Since my Spanish is limited and he wasn't looking too friendly we got off the bus.
We waited at the stop for another bus and several finally showed up. We went to get on one when we realized we didn't have any more pesos, only US dollars and they don't take US dollars on the bus. OK, now what do we do?
There were taxis all around but we weren't ready to pay the price for one so we came up with a different solution. We wandered a bit till we found a convenience store and bought a large bottled water, the cheapest thing we could think of. The store accepted greenbacks and as is usual gave us our change back in Pesos! We went back to the bus stop, found a bus that was going to Walmart and made our way back to the safety of the ship.
It's the little side trips like this that make memories for us.