Petatlan trip

Ditto! Love going to Valentin but certainly not everyone's cup of tea. But my sisters in law like to go there and look at the jewelry but the seldom buy anything. No really good places to eat.

We echo the prevailing thoughts on Petatlan, its "sticks-out-like-a-sore-thumb" church and over-priced gold shops. Some guidebooks, (Lonely Planet?) refer to Petatlan as "a colonial city". Maybe so, but if 'colonial city" brings to mind Patzcuaro or San Miguel de Allende, you'll be very disappointed. If there's anything remotely colonial-looking, we missed it.

But Playa Valentine sounds like it's worth a visit. How do we get there, by car, from Petatlan?

By the way, we do have one very fond memory of Petatlan. Fifteen years ago, Mrs. H and I were sitting in a nondescript restaurant, when four local oldtimers, each carrying their guitar, sat at the table next to us, ordered themselves a round of beer.....and proceeded to play beautiful Mexican folk songs for over half an hour; never asking for, nor expecting any compensation other than the appreciation of the rest of the patrons.
That's what we remember of Petatlan.