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>>> RE-PUBLISHED: Five Reasons You Have to Experience the Rainy Season in Puerto Vallarta


From here: http://www.simplyvallarta.com/5-reasons-rainy-season-in-puerto-vallarta/ .


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 – Sure it rains everywhere. But if you haven’t spent time in a tropical location during its rainy season, you don’t know rain. Spending a summer in Puerto Vallarta during the rainy season is true travel experience not to be missed, and here are five reasons why:


1. It’s Just Impressive – The summer months are like clockwork; the mornings/early afternoons are beautiful and sunny and then around 5 o’clock, the clouds roll in, the sky opens up, and it pours all night. And I mean pours. It rains so hard you can’t see, and the streets literally become rivers. No lie, I’ve seen cars floating down my street, which, as I said, is pretty freaking impressive.


2. It’s Like a Snow Day!!! – Anyone who lives in a city that gets snowy winters can attest to the awesomeness of a snow day. Businesses shut down, cars get snowed in, and everyone bundles up and heads to the bar to hunker down for the storm. The same happens here in PV, minus the bundling up.


I was at Blake’s Sports Bar last night when the rain started and this old man who had just asked for his tab took a look outside, turned to the bartender, and said with a grin, “Better keep that baby open.” Needless to say, we became fast of friends as the rain fell, which brings me to reason number three…


3. It Creates Instant Camaraderie – Also like a snow day, the monsoon-like summer rains of Puerto Vallarta bring people together in a sort of “us against the storm” kind of way. You can’t help but to smile and laugh with the person next to you who also forgot their umbrella. When you finally arrive at your destination after getting caught in the rain, you always arrive to open arms (and often free tequila ) as everyone inside appreciates the aquatic beating you just survived. ;-)


4. It’s Good Fun – Who doesn’t love that feeling of release that comes when you realize it’s futile to fight to stay dry and you just say: “Fuck it, let’s get soaked.” You feel like that Singing in the Rain guy as you splash your way through the streets. It’s pure joy, like a baby in a bathtub.


The other night my girlfriend and I bought two pairs of big rubber boots and stomped our way through the rain to a local cantina where we drank Tecates amidst the thunder and the lightening. It was just… awesome!!!


5. It Builds Appreciation – I must admit, as fun and impressive as the rainy season can be, by the end of those three of four months, you’re over it. But then just as you begin to turn crabby, the weather breaks, the humidity lifts, and you look around and go Holy crap, everything is so bright and lush!


The rainy season not only quenches the thirst of the dried up Mexican earth, it also prepares you mentally to really appreciate the ridiculously perfect weather of Fall and Winter in Puerto Vallarta.


To those readers who have braved a rainy season in Puerto Vallarta, what do you think? What would you add to this list of reasons to experience the summer months of PV?

photo courtesy of Mattock Photography


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