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A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 3: Even More Vidanta

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A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 2: More Vidanta

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Arriving in Lisbon

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A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 1: Arrival at Vidanta

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Charco El Pilón: River Hiking and Waterfall Swimming

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Up, Up and Away!

Messy Suitcase visits Buda Castle in Budapest. Check out the amazing city panorama!

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Lisbon: Boat Tour on the Tagus River

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Lisbon’s lovely Tagus River beckoned, so of course Bob hopped on a boat! He was a little underwhelmed. It was a fine tour, nothing spectacular. Bob enjoyed a relaxing couple of hours seeing Lisbon's main monuments, such as the 25th of April Bridge, Praça do Comércio, and the Tower of Belém, among many others. The one-and-a-half-hour round-trip tour cost 26 euros, or about $28 US. You can also c...

A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 3: Even More Vidanta

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A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 3: Even More Vidanta

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Want to feel like you’re rich and famous? Come with us on Part 3 of our tour of a Mexican mega-resort, the luxurious Vidanta Nayarit on the west coast of Mexico. We’ll tour more of enormous Vidanta, including La Cantina, Gong, and other restaurants; the Grand Bliss; the Mayan Palace; walking on the boardwalk pathways that connect the resort; the Plaza marketplace that carries everything you nee...

A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 2: More Vidanta

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A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 2: More Vidanta

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When we bought a fractional ownership at Vidanta Resort in Mexico, we had no idea the world of luxury we would soon encounter. We’re a middle-class family, not accustomed to the perks of the super-rich that we find at Vidanta. If you’re like us, you’ll enjoy taking me take a three-part tour of this Mexican mega-resort, and spend a few minutes feeling like one of the rich and famous. In this Par...

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Arriving in Lisbon

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It’s Messy Suitcase’s first visit to Portugal, and Bob is traveling alone! He plans to spend a few days in Lisbon courtesy of a layover opportunity through TAP Air Portugal. Because his flight landed at 530 AM, Bob stowed his luggage in Lisbon through an app called Bounce so he could explore the city before he checked into his Airbnb. He discovered amazing tilework in the cobblestones, plazas, ...

A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 1: Arrival at Vidanta

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A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 1: Arrival at Vidanta

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When we bought a fractional ownership at Vidanta Resort, we had no idea about the world of luxury we would soon find ourselves wrapped in. Two ordinary, middle-class people who allowed ourselves to get sucked into the timeshare game, we are not accustomed to valets transporting our luggage to our room, or giant soaking bathtubs in our bathrooms, or massive fitness centers, or luxury spas, incre...

Charco El Pilón: River Hiking and Waterfall Swimming

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Charco El Pilón: River Hiking and Waterfall Swimming

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The remarkable hike to and from Charco El Pilón in Puerto Rico’s Maricao State Forest is a challenging rocky, muddy 2 ½-mile scramble along and often through the "El Chorote” branch that arrives at the El Pilón stream. The forest is lush and shady, and the terrain is hilly and challenging. The payoff is a spectacular waterfall and swimming hole. You’ll find the trailhead at the end of Route 362...

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Ponce Art Museum: After the Earthquake

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Many have told us about the outstanding quality of the Ponce Art Museum (Museo de Arte), but two large earthquakes in January 2020 changed all that, when the main building was badly damaged and closed. They finally reopened a section this year, and we decided to check it out! After the earthquakes, the Museum displayed items at its gallery in San Juan, and took to the streets with workshops to ...

Stupid Drunk and Happy in Puerto Vallarta: Tasting Tequila at Oscar’s Destilería

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Stupid Drunk and Happy in Puerto Vallarta: Tasting Tequila at Oscar’s Destilería

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We stumbled upon a tequila micro-distillery right next to the Pacific Ocean, on the grounds of Restaurant Oscar’s, while we were just bopping around Puerto Vallarta. Blue agave plants and silver barrels beckoned us with the promise of a chance to try Jalisco’s specialty, tequila. This is how they describe it on their website: “Embark on a sensory adventure with our Mexican Distilled Spirits Tas...

Exploring Puerto Vallarta: Food, Booze, and Shopping on Mexico’s West Coast

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Exploring Puerto Vallarta: Food, Booze, and Shopping on Mexico’s West Coast

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From the bus ride in, to the airport out, we bop around Puerto Vallarta, a dynamic city on the west coast of Mexico. Highlights include enjoying lunch and beers at Los Muertos Brewery; wandering through Mundo de Cristal (House of Crystal), our favorite pottery/souvenir shop; shopping and more shopping, watching a cocinero make tacos de pastor, Bob eating ice cream made in a garafón (barrel), Li...

Vidanta Resort’s Heart of the House Tour

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Vidanta Resort’s Heart of the House Tour

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We donned dorky paper chef hats when Christan from the Joy Squad took us on a 90-minute tour behind the scenes of the massive Vidanta Resort in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. From housekeeping, to food service, to wine, to excruciatingly delicious gourmet chocolates, we had a chance to see how a large luxury resort is run. Vidanta has six resorts in Mexico, and Nuevo Vallarta, just north of Puerto Val...

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Sneak Preview of VidantaWorld Park

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Vidanta Nueva Vallarta is giving tours as it soft opens its long-promised "VidantaWorld Park" for a fee. Is it worth $100? Come along and see! Vidanta describes this theme park as “a space that defies all the rules of time, gravity, and even reality. A vacation taken to the limits of your imagination.” I don’t know if it’s all that, but we paid $100 for the opportunity to find out, which we cou...

Tasting Tacos and Tequilas in Puerto Vallarta

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Tasting Tacos and Tequilas in Puerto Vallarta

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Vallarta Food Tours’ “Experience Mexology” Food and Drink tour was one of the absolute best tours we have ever taken in all of our travels. Over the course of 4 mouthwatering hours, we wandered around Puerto Vallarta’s Romantic Zone with an incredibly knowledgeable, English fluent guide named Luis Alba, experiencing 6 handcrafted cocktails and enjoying 6 scrumptious food tastings. We met our to...

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Messy Suitcase New Intro

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Check out the new intro for the Messy Suitcase TH-cam channel! Doesn't it rock? Thanks to Hamburg, Germany-based musician Patrick Hamm for composing "The Messy Suitcase Theme!" (Copyright 2024 by Patrick Hamm, youtube.com/@pathamm) And kudos to Champlain College Filmmaking student Gavin Greenawalt for creating the awesome dynamic graphic! (www.linkedin.com/in/gavingreenawalt/) About Messy Suitc...

Dental Tourism in Mexico: A Great Excuse to Go on Vacation!

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Dental Tourism in Mexico: A Great Excuse to Go on Vacation!

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Bob needed major dental work done, so we took a Mexican vacation! Getting crowns and eating tacos may not go together in your mind, but here’s the dirt: Dental work is way cheaper in Mexico than in the United States. The dentists are just as qualified, often US-educated, and it’s easy to find one that speaks English. We discovered this when we were living in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 2019 and the ...