>> HOLA!

I'M RUDY MAXA, IN THE CITY THAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE CITY OF ROSES, THE SILICON VALLEY OF THE SOUTH, AND THE MOST MEXICAN OF MEXICAN CITIES.

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>> WE'RE VISITING THE SECOND CITY OF MEXICO.

A CENTER OF POLITICS, ART AND INDUSTRY SINCE THE 16th CENTURY, GUADALAJARA REPRESENTS THE HEART AND SOUL OF MODERN MEXICO.

COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE, DRAMATIC MURALS, MARIACHI AND THE VIBRANT FOLK ART OF MEXICO ARE ALL PART OF GUADALAJARA.

THEN WE'RE OFF TO THE PACIFIC COAST AND PUERTO VALLARTA, A POPULAR GETAWAY FOR TOURISTS, ARTISTS AND MOVIE STARS.

UNLIKE MANY TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN MEXICO, GUADALAJARA ISN'T A RESORT.

AS MEXICO'S "SECOND CITY," IT IS A CENTER FOR COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT.

THIS HARD WORKING CITY IS ALSO AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER WITH PLENTY TO SEE AND DO.

GUADALAJARA IS NESTLED IN THE VALLEY OF ATEMAJAC IN THE FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN MEXICO'S SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL MOUNTAINS IN THE STATE OF JALISCO.

A SHORT PLANE RIDE WILL BRING US TO THE PACIFIC COAST AND PUERTO VALLARTA.

WITH ITS GREATER METROPOLITAN POPULATION OF MORE THAN 6 MILLION, GUADALAJARA IS MEXICO'S SECOND MOST POPULOUS CITY.

ATTRACTED BY ITS MILD CLIMATE AND SKILLED WORK FORCE, FOREIGN COMPANIES AND INVESTORS HAVE MADE THE CITY A PLAYER IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

AT THE SAME TIME, ITS RICH TRADITIONS, LONG HISTORY AND VIBRANT ART HAVE EARNED GUADALAJARA A PLACE IN THE HEART OF ALL MEXICANS.

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF MEXICO'S VIBRANT MODERNITY IS OUR HOTEL, THE PRESIDENTE INTERCONTINENTAL.

THE HOTEL'S CENTRAL LOCATION MAKES IT EASY TO GET TO THE BUSY HIGH-TECH BUSINESS CENTER OR TO SEE THE CHARM OF OLD DOWNTOWN.

GUADALAJARA IS THE SECOND OLDEST EUROPEAN CITY IN NORTH AMERICA, AND THE MAJOR LANDMARKS OF THE OLD DOWNTOWN ARE WITHIN EASY WALKING DISTANCE OF EACH OTHER.

THIS WAS THE CENTER OF SPANISH COLONIAL RULE OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, AND A GREAT PLACE TO START IS BEHIND THE TEATRO DEGOLLADO AND THE MONUMENT THAT COMMEMORATES THE FOUNDING OF GUADALAJARA.

AFTER SPANISH CONQUISTADOR HERNANDO CORTES CONQUERED THE AZTECS IN MEXICO CITY, HIS LIEUTENANTS KNEW IF THEY WANTED TO MAKE A FORTUNE THEY NEEDED TO DO A LITTLE CONQUERING OF THEIR OWN.

THE TROUBLE WAS, THE LOCAL INDIANS HEARD WHAT THE SPANIARDS HAD DONE TO THE AZTECS AND WOULD HAVE NONE IT.

FINALLY, THE SPANISH KING ARRESTED THE TROUBLEMAKERS, BUT THE REMAINING SETTLERS HAD TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.

AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A SETTLEMENT, THE WOMEN IN THE GROUP, LED BY BEATRICE HERNANDEZ, SAID, "I'M STAYING HERE AND GUADALAJARA TOO!"

THE DATE: FEBRUARY 14, 1542.

BY 1560, THE CITY BECAME THE CAPITOL OF NUEVA GALICIA AND THE SETTLERS SOON BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THIS CATHEDRAL.

IT BECAME A SYMBOL OF SPANISH COLONIAL RULE AND IS NOW THE CENTER OF THE OLD DOWNTOWN.

JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CATHEDRAL YOU'LL FIND THE ROTONDA DE LOS HOMBRES ILUSTRES.

BUILT IN 1952, THE ROTONDA HONORS ILLUSTRIOUS MEN AND WOMEN OF GUADALAJARA.

THERE ARE NO CONQUISTADORS, BUT YOU'LL FIND PLENTY OF POLITICIANS, SCIENTISTS, AND THE PAINTER JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO.

OROZCO BELIEVED HIS WORK SHOULD BE FREE TO THE PEOPLE, AND ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO SEE HIS WORK FOR THE PEOPLE IS AT THE INSTITUTO CULTURAL CABANAS.

INSIDE YOU WILL FIND THE "SISTINE CHAPEL OF MEXICO," AN OROZCO MASTERPIECE COMPLETED IN 1939.

OUR GUIDE ERUBY RODRIGUEZ GAVE US AN ART LESSON.

>> MANY ART CRITICS SUGGEST THAT OROZCO HERE PAINTED A GREAT SYMPHONY.

IN PAINTING OF COURSE.

BEGINS WITH THE WALLS.

THE BASIC THEME HERE IS THE SPANISH CONQUEST, BUT ALSO SHOWS A BIT ABOUT SOCIETY AND HIS OWN PHILOSOPHY.

THE CLIMAX IS ON TOP.

THAT'S HIS MASTERPIECE, IT'S CALLED "THE MAN ON FIRE."

THE MOST FAMOUS INTERPRETATION WOULD BE THE 4 BASIC ELEMENTS OF LIFE ACCORDING TO THE GREEK.

FIRE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE THE MAN IN THE CENTER.

WIND IS THE MAN WHO HAS THE WHITE FACE BECAUSE HIS HAIR IS PAINTED ASIDE.

WATER IS THE MAN THAT HAS A BEARD AND A MUSTACHE.

IF YOU OBSERVE CAREFULLY ON HIS FACE, YOU CAN FIND LINES OF BLUE.

NOW, UNDERNEATH HIM YOU CAN FIND A MAN THAT LIES DOWN.

HIS ARMS ARE CROSSED.

HE IS CLOSER TO EARTH, FOR THAT REASON REPRESENTING IT.

>> A U.N. WORLD HERITAGE SITE, THE CABANAS WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED AS A HOME FOR THE SICK AND HELPLESS.

NOW IT'S DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND ADVANCING THE CULTURE OF MEXICAN ART, FILM, MUSIC AND DANCE.

AT THE PALACIO DE GOBIERNO, OR THE GOVERNMENT PALACE, YOU'LL FIND MORE MURALS BY OROZCO, WHO, ALONG WITH DIEGO RIVERA, WAS A LEADER IN THE MEXICAN ART RENAISSANCE.

DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY THE POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE 1920s, AND INSPIRED BY THE SYMBOLISM OF GAUGUIN, HE SOUGHT TO CREATE A TRULY MEXICAN NATIONAL STYLE THAT INCORPORATED PRE-COLUMBIAN ART.

WHILE OROZCO'S MURALS REFLECTED THE SOCIAL REALISM OF HIS DAY, HE MANAGED TO AVOID FACTIONAL POLITICS.

RATHER, HE SHOWED A DEEP SYMPATHY FOR MEXICO'S POOR.

HERE YOU'LL FIND HIS MASTERPIECE, THE IMPOSING PAINTING OF FATHER MIGUEL HIDALGO, FATHER OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC.

FROM THE PULPIT OF HIS CHURCH ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1810, HE CRIED, "LONG LIVE THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE, AND DEATH TO THE SPANIARDS!"

SOON, GENERALISSIMO HIDALGO WAS LEADING AN ARMY--SOME SAY A MOB--OF 20,000 ON A MURDEROUS CAMPAIGN ACROSS CENTRAL MEXICO.

WHEN HIDALGO ENTERED GUADALAJARA IN NOVEMBER, HE WAS GREETED AS A LIBERATOR.

BUT HIDALGO'S RAGTAG ARMY WAS NO MATCH FOR ROYALIST FORCES.

HE WAS CAPTURED AND EXECUTED IN JULY OF 1811.

EVEN THOUGH MIGUEL HIDALGO'S REVOLT HAD FAILED, IT STARTED THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT THAT EVENTUALLY FREED MEXICO FROM SPANISH RULE 10 YEARS LATER.

GUADALAJARA PROSPERED AS THE CAPITAL OF THE NEWLY FORMED STATE OF JALISCO IN AN INDEPENDENT MEXICO.

ONE SYMBOL OF ITS POLITICAL AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE IS THE TEATRO DEGOLLADO.

DEDICATED IN 1866, THE THEATER SEATS MORE THAN 1,300 PEOPLE IN TRUE NEOCLASSICAL SPLENDOR.

THE THEATER IS NOW HOME OF THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF JALISCO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA'S BALLET FOLKLORICO.

>> [APPLAUSE] >> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> FOR THE WILDEST SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, YOU'VE GOT TO VISIT THE MERCADO LIBERTAD, THE LARGEST MARKET IN MEXICO.

>> [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> THIS MARKET WAS BUILT IN 1958, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A TIANGUIS, OR OPEN-AIR MARKET, ON THIS SPOT SINCE PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES.

MARKETS LIKE THIS GIVE US A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT DAILY LIFE IN MEXICO WHERE THERE IS PLENTY TO SEE AND EAT.

DOS TACOS CARNITAS, POR FAVOR.

>> SI, SI.

>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF GREAT RESTAURANTS IN GUADALAJARA BUT THE LOCALS LIKE THEIR FONDAS, OR PERMANENT FOOD STALLS.

THE FOOD IS BEST AND SAFEST IF IT'S PIPING HOT.

AHH, EXCELENTE, GRACIAS.

IF YOU WOULD RATHER EAT AT A RESTAURANT, IT'S HARD TO GO WRONG IN GUADALAJARA.

JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE CATHEDRAL MY SON ALEXANDER, HIS FRIEND MANDY, AND I FOUND A RESTAURANT SERVING TRADITIONAL MEXICAN CUISINE AT LA CHATA.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT SAID ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MEXICAN FOOD AND WATER.

TRAVELERS ANYWHERE CAN HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN THEY DRINK THE LOCAL WATER.

BUT TO STAY ON THE SAFE SIDE, AVOID TAP WATER AND STICK TO BOTTLED WATER, JUICES, SOFT DRINKS, BEER AND WINE.

COOKED FOODS, AS WELL AS PEELED VEGETABLES AND FRUITS, ARE USUALLY JUST FINE.

AVOID SALADS AND UNPEELED FRUITS.

WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN, BUT DON'T BECOME OBSESSED.

JUST DON'T EAT ANYTHING RAW THAT YOU CAN'T PEEL.

TO THE BEAUTY OF GUADALAJARA AND THE GENTLENESS AND THE GENUINENESS OF THE PEOPLE.

TO THAT I DRINK.

>> CHEERS.

>> CHEERS.

>> ON THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS, I LIKE TO GO TO THE HANDICRAFTS MARKET IN TONALA, A SUBURB OF GUADALAJARA.

JUST OFF THE MAIN MARKET IS THE CASA DE ARTESANOS WHERE YOU CAN FIND TRADITIONAL CERAMICS ON DISPLAY AND FOR SALE.

IN PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES, TONALA WAS KNOWN AS A RELIGIOUS CENTER AND SPANISH MISSIONARIES CALLED IT A FACTORY FOR PAGANISM BECAUSE OF THE MANY WORKSHOPS MAKING POTTERY WITH IMAGES OF PRE-CHRISTIAN GODS.

THROUGHOUT TONALA, ARTISANS WORKING ON CERAMICS, IRON, AND GLASS CARRY ON THIS STRONG ARTISTIC TRADITION.

SMALL WORKSHOPS AND FACTORY STORES SUCH AS THIS GLASS BLOWING SHOP, STILL TURN OUT HANDMADE GOODS FOR LOCALS AND TOURISTS ALIKE.

ABOUT 5 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN GUADALAJARA IS THE CHARMING SUBURB OF TLAQUEPAQUE.

COME HERE FOR FURNITURE, ANTIQUES, ART AND ARTISTS.

IN FACT, YOU MIGHT EVEN MEET A FEW ARTISTS.

ONCE A QUIET COUNTRY GET AWAY FOR GUADALAJARA'S UPPER CRUST, THE TOWN, NOW SURROUNDED BY THE CITY'S SPRAWLING SUBURBS, HAS REMADE ITSELF INTO A CENTER FOR GALLERIES, SHOPS, TRENDY RESTAURANTS, AND THE HOME OF ARTISANS SUCH AS PACO PADILLA.

PACO, HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN CERAMIC WORK?

>> WELL, MY FATHER HAD THIS WORKSHOP IN '51, '52, AROUND THESE YEARS.

SO ALL MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS, WE HAD TO LEARN.

WE WERE THE WORKERS FOR MY FATHER.

>> MM-HMM.

>> WHEN I WAS 6 YEARS OLD, I BEGAN TO PAINT HERE WITH HIM.

>> CAN WE WORK WITH YOU ON DESIGN?

>> THIS IS MY BETTER WORK TO MAKE SPECIAL ORDERS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER DAY CAME A VERY OLD LADY, "I WANT A CUP WITH THE FACE OF MY HUSBAND WHEN HE IS ANGRY."

>> [LAUGHS] >> "AND TELL: DON'T BE ANGRY VERY OFTEN," OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO YOU HAVE SOMETIMES VERY FUNNY.

PACO IS ALSO A WELL-KNOWN FOLKSINGER WHO SINGS OF BEAUTY, LOVE AND LIFE IN TLAQUEPAQUE.

>> [SINGING IN SPANISH] >> PACO'S BROTHER RODO HAS HIS OWN WORKSHOP WHERE ARTISANS PREPARE WAX MODELS FOR BRONZE AND CERAMIC STATUES.

OTHERS WORK IN A CERAMIC ASSEMBLY LINE PREPARING ORIGINAL WORKS FOR LOCAL SHOPS.

TRADITIONAL METHODS OF SHAPING IRON STILL PREVAIL IN RICARDO PRECIADO'S WORKSHOP.

HIS WROUGHT IRON FURNITURE, CHANDELIERS AND GAZEBOS ARE SOLD WORLDWIDE, YET, QUALITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP DEMAND THAT EACH PIECE STILL BE SHAPED BY HAND.

ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS SUCH AS SCULPTOR CARLOS BUSTOS FIND JUST THE RIGHT CREATIVE ATMOSPHERE HERE IN TLAQUEPAQUE.

ART, COLOR AND CULTURE FILLS THE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY STREETS.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT BEAUTY YOU WILL SEE, OR WHAT EXCITING MUSIC YOU'LL HEAR.

[TRUMPETS PLAY] AT THE HEART OF MEXICAN CULTURE IS THE MUSIC OF THE MARIACHI.

THE ORIGIN OF MARIACHI MUSIC, AS WELL AS ITS NAME, IS HOTLY DEBATED AND SHROUDED IN MYTH.

WHAT SCHOLARS DO KNOW IS THE MUSIC WAS FIRST PLAYED IN THE SMALL TOWNS SOUTH OF GUADALAJARA IN THE EARLY 19th CENTURY.

>> [SINGING IN SPANISH] >> AT FIRST, THE BANDS CONSISTED OF VIOLINS AND VARIOUS SIZED GUITARS AND A HARP.

>> [SINGING IN SPANISH] >> TRUMPETS WERE ADDED IN THE 1930s TO HELP CARRY THEIR SOUND OVER EARLY RADIOS.

BUT THE LEAD SINGER STILL ATTRACTS THE PRETTY GIRLS.

DURING AND AFTER THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION OF THE 1920s, THE MARIACHI, DRESSED IN THE TRADITIONAL COSTUME OF THE MEXICAN COWBOY OR CHARRO, BECAME THE STANDARD IMAGE OF MEXICAN FOLK CULTURE--INDEED, THE NATIONAL SYMBOL OF MEXICO ITSELF.

WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO ALSO CATCH A PERFORMANCE OF TLAQUEPAQUE'S BALLET FOLKLORICO AND THEIR SPIRITED DEMONSTRATION OF THE TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCES AND COSTUMES OF OLD MEXICO.

MARIACHI IS THE MUSIC OF MEXICO, SO ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE.

IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT THEY ARE SINGING ABOUT, WELL, IT'S THE STANDARD TYPE OF FOLK SONG.

YOU KNOW: REVOLUTIONARY HEROES, LOVE, FARMING, LOVE, THE HARDSHIPS OF LIFE, LOVE, WOMEN, LOVE, MEN AND THE UNIVERSAL SUBJECT OF MUSIC--LOVE.

>> [APPLAUSE] >> A 30-MINUTE DRIVE NORTH OF GUADALAJARA BRINGS US TO THE TOWN OF TEQUILA AND ANOTHER FAMOUS PRODUCT OF MEXICO.

THERE YOU WILL FIND LA ROJENA, THE OLDEST DISTILLERY IN MEXICO, OWNED BY JOSE CUERVO.

WHEN THE CONQUISTADORS ARRIVED IN THE 16th CENTURY, THE LOCAL TICUILAS INDIANS WERE ALREADY FERMENTING AND DRINKING THE JUICE OF THE AGAVE PLANT.

BY THE LATE 18th CENTURY, JOSE ANTONIO CUERVO WAS DISTILLING THIS JUICE TO MAKE WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS TEQUILA.

TODAY, TRUE TEQUILA IS MADE FROM THE JUICE OF THE BLUE AGAVE PLANT IN THE REGION TO THE NORTH OF GUADALAJARA.

THE AGAVE IS NOT A CACTUS, BUT A SUCCULENT PLANT RELATED TO THE LILY.

IT TAKES 8 YEARS UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF THE JIMADOR FOR THE PLANT TO MATURE.

WHEN HARVESTED, THE SPINY LEAVES ARE CUT OFF LEAVING THE SUCCULENT PINA.

THIS IS SLOWLY STEAMED OR BAKED, CRUSHED TO EXTRACT THE SWEET JUICES, WHICH ARE FERMENTED AND THEN DISTILLED.

THE DISTILLED TEQUILA IS CLEAR.

SOME OF THE TEQUILA IS THEN AGED IN OAK BARRELS FROM A FEW MONTHS TO MORE THAN A YEAR AND ACQUIRES A DISTINCTIVE FLAVOR AND GOLDEN COLOR.

>> I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THE LIQUID.

HOLD YOUR GLASS UP AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN HUE.

WE FIND THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW MUCH MORE EDUCATED ABOUT TEQUILA.

THEY'RE ENJOYING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE CATEGORY.

THEREFORE THEY ARE TAKING THEIR TIME TO PICK THE TEQUILA THAT BEST SUITES THEIR PALATE.

>> BUT WE'RE REALLY DRINKING THIS AS WE WOULD A SINGLE MALT SCOTCH OR A BOURDEAUX OR BURGUNDY, OR ANY WINE FOR THAT MATTER.

LOOKING AT THE COLOR, LOOKING AT THE LEGS.

NOSING IT.

TASTING IT.

>> THAT'S THE WAY TEQUILA SHOULD BE ENJOYED.

VERY SWEET AND SMOOTH, ISN'T IT?

>> SALUD.

>> SALUD.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT WAY TO END OUR DAY, BUT OUR TRIP'S NOT OVER YET.

TOMORROW, PUERTO VALLARTA.

JUST A SHORT PLANE TRIP OR HALF A DAY'S DRIVE FROM GUADALAJARA, PUERTO VALLARTA IS ON MEXICO'S PACIFIC COAST.

HERE YOU'LL FIND SANDY BEACHES, WARM BREEZES, AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

LOCAL LEGEND HOLDS THAT BANDERAS BAY WAS A REFUGE FOR THE PIRATES WHO PLIED THE PACIFIC COST UP UNTIL THE 19th CENTURY.

NO ONE SAW MUCH USE FOR THIS REMOTE BAY, AND THE SLEEPING LITTLE FISHING VILLAGE ON ITS SHORE DIDN'T EVEN GET NAMED UNTIL 1918.

IT WAS AN AMERICAN MOVIE DIRECTOR AND AN ADULTEROUS LOVE AFFAIR THAT FINALLY PUT PUERTO VALLARTA ON THE TOURIST MAP.

IN 1963, A LOCAL PROMOTER SOLD DIRECTOR JOHN HUSTON ON THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF BANDERAS BAY.

THE CHARMING VILLAGE QUICKLY WON OVER THE FILM CREW AS WELL AS THE HOLLYWOOD STARS THAT JOHN HUSTON BROUGHT TO SHOOT HIS FILM, "NIGHT OF THE IGUANA:" SUE LYON, AVA GARDNER, DEBORAH KERR, AND RICHARD BURTON.

THE TAG LINE OF THE MOVIE READ, "1 MAN, 3 WOMEN, 1 NIGHT."

OF COURSE, IT WAS THE FOURTH WOMAN, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, WHO CAUSED ALL THE TROUBLE.

LIZ MET DICK WHEN THEY SHOT "CLEOPATRA" TOGETHER, AND THEY FELL IN LOVE.

SHE JUST WANTED TO BE WITH HIM.

THE TROUBLE WAS DICK AND LIZ WERE MARRIED--TO OTHER PEOPLE.

THE POPE WAS OUTRAGED, CONGRESS TRIED TO REVOKE BURTON'S VISA, THE TOWN FILLED WITH PAPARAZZI AND THE WORLD FELL IN LOVE WITH PUERTO VALLARTA.

WELL, EVEN THOUGH RICHARD WAS MARRIED TO SYBIL WILLIAMS WHILE FILMING "NIGHT OF THE IGUANA," HE BOUGHT A HOUSE OVERLOOKING THE VILLAGE SO LIZ WOULD HAVE SOMEPLACE TO STAY.

CASA KIMBERLEY IS NOW A BED AND BREAKFAST AND OPEN FOR TOURS.

DICK'S LOVE OF PUERTO VALLARTA OUTLASTED HIS LOVE FOR ELIZABETH TAYLOR, BECAUSE IN 1977 HE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE FOR HIS FOURTH WIFE, SUSAN HUNT.

THE HOUSE HAS BEEN RESTORED AND IS NOW PART OF THE LUXURY HOTEL HACIENDA SAN ANGEL.

THE LUSH GREEN MOUNTAINS, THE BLUE WATERS, AND THE MAGICAL LIGHT THAT ATTRACTED JOHN HUSTON AND A LEAGUE OF FILM DIRECTORS AFTER HIM HAS ALSO ATTRACTED A SMALL ARMY OF ARTISTS AND A COLONY OF ART GALLERIES.

IF YOU NEED A BRIGHT, COLORFUL ADDITION TO YOUR ART COLLECTION OR YOU JUST LIKE TO BROWSE, THERE'S SOMETHING JUST FOR YOU.

THE REAL ATTRACTION OF PUERTO VALLARTA IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO NOTHING.

EXPLORE THE OLD VILLAGE, AND ENJOY THE MUSIC.

AFTER A BITE AT AN OPEN-AIR RESTAURANT, TAKE A LEISURELY STROLL ALONG THE MALECON, THE SEASIDE PROMENADE-- IT'S THE PLACE TO BE SEEN.

YOU CAN ALWAYS RELAX ON THE BEACH OR GO FOR A SWIM.

IF IT'S TOO CROWDED FOR YOU IN TOWN, THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER BEACHES NOT FAR AWAY.

PUERTO VALLARTA IS THE PERFECT ENDING TO OUR STAY IN MEXICO.

THE SUN, THE SEA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF THE PACIFIC COAST BRING US BACK TO A MEXICO THAT'S A LITTLE MORE RELAXED, A LITTLE MORE LAID BACK, AND VERY MUCH A PART OF THE SOUL OF MEXICO.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO, BUT SINCE I'M HERE AND SINCE I HAVE A FILM CREW, I THOUGHT I'D DO A REMAKE OF "NIGHT OF THE IGUANA."

NOW IF I COULD ONLY FIND SOMEONE TO PLAY MY AVA GARDNER.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'M RUDY MAXA.

BUENOS DIAS, AMIGOS.

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