One of the places that you can visit on with the "Vallarta Adventures" group is a little mountain town called El Tuito. We prefer to do things on our own for the most part, but if it's a place they take people for the day, we thought it might be worth seeing.
So we took the bus that goes to the Botanic Gardens, and then just stayed on to the end of the route, and ended up in the town of El Tuito.
There were three stops in the town of El Tuito. We stayed on till the very last stop, which went to the town square and all of the city buildings. It is a pretty area of town.
What we quickly discovered is that El Tuito is NOT a tourist town. It is a very quaint, true Mexican town. No one speaks English, there are no vendors trying to sell you things, and most of all nothing is American style. It is a beautiful mountain town, where everyone is living life the way they do every day, and they don't care if you are there or not.
On the edge of town, there was a farm nestled into the jungle. And just beyond the farm was this building. We're not sure what it was, but it was very pretty.
A corn field.
We enjoyed our walk through the town, just taking in the sights.
We needed some produce, we we stopped into the little grocery store. The lady down the street actually called it the Tienda Grande, but I think that's because it actually carried everything.
This is the mix that they use at Cocina Economica in La Cuz to make their tortillas. We saw the lady dump it out of one of the bags while we were eating lunch there. I really hope we can find some in Arizona to try, because it makes great tortillas. I'm sure there is something to do with the technique as well, but I'd love to figure it out. This mix is also gluten free, so that's great news too!
They even carry bulk animal food in this store.
We bought our avocados and tomatoes and started looking for a place to eat lunch. This little restaurant was back by the municipal buildings so we decided to give it a try.
They had a beautiful indoor courtyard.
Steve ordered the machaca (shredded beef with egg).
I had the chili rellano.
Both were very good.
After lunch it was time to head back. We caught the bus at the same place that it dropped us off. This bus was a little more "used and loved" than the bus we rode to get here, but that was fine. As we were choosing our seats Steve noticed four very large tires in the back of the bus, but didn't know why they were back there.
But at our last stop before the bus left town, it stopped at the automotive store on the highway and dropped off their tires. We thought that was hilarious!
The fare for the trip home was not quite as much as the fare to get to El Tuito (35 pesos going and 32 coming back to Vallarta; $2 US). Go figure! We have no idea why but seems to happen regularly. It is always an adventure riding the buses. You never know what you are going to get, or what it is going to cost you! But it's always cheap, and it always gets you where you are going!
Today I decided that the less they charge, the faster they drive. It's definitely more of an adventure that way. The drive to El Tuito was about 30 miles from Puerto Vallarta, and took about an hour and a half, and believe me, he was hauling. It is a very windy, jungle road the entire way.
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