Dia Seis En Puerto Vallarta

The sound of the ocean is the most welcomed alarm clock I have ever known.

Awake at 6:00 when on a tropical paradise vacation would normally not be on the agenda, but when it’s your last morning at Puerto Vallarta's Villa Balboa you want to take advantage of every last second to soak in as much of the home as possible...

My goal at this moment is to absorb the essence of this home so that in weeks and months and years from now, I can close my eyes, and be transported back here.

Right here, on the terrace of the Sea Shell Room, the 4th floor master suite, standing on the cool glassy marble looking out onto a pre-sunrise ocean and sky that blur together pale shades of blue with subtle strokes of cherry blossom and lavender. The ocean rolling over rocks, a few pelicans down the beach, the sea breeze across my face and the deep relaxing breaths make up the quartet serenading me this morning. A single fishing boat is silently making its way out of the bay.

These moments, and so many others, are now indelibly etched in my memory.

Villa Balboa will do this for you as well.

Only perhaps your forever moment will be when your lover catches your gaze in the rooftop garden. Or when you’re holding hands on your room’s private terrace as you watch the sun set before your eyes. Or when you touch wine glasses after you are escorted to a private candlelit dinner for two in Balboa’s hidden sanctuary. Or when you, your children, and grand children are all on vacation together and all 20 of you have just sat down around the dining room table and each face is turned toward you, anticipating the loving words of an elder so proud of the family all being together at Christmas. Or the moment when the world stands still, the golden glowing sun hanging just above the horizon, in the breathless moment just before you say, “I do”.

Such is the power of Villa Balboa…

It creates the moments that change your life forever.

(To Be Continued…)