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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

In Puerto Vallarta for the International Living Live and Prosper in Mexico Seminar recently, we tried a variety of great restaurants--there's an endless number to choose from. In fact, there are close to 1,000 restaurants that feature nearly every cuisine of the world.

But why try something you can get at home? Enough of the endless Italian pastas, humdrum steakhouses, and imitation Tex-Mex dishes--while dining in Puerto Vallarta, go to a restaurant that has the authentic Mexican cuisines and drinks you desire. Luckily for us--and you--we found that place.

If you are seeking the real thing and a genuine Mexican restaurant experience you won't forget, try El Arrayán. The food is savory, the staff is friendly, and the location is ideal--just four blocks east from the popular malecón (boardwalk). El Arrayán is at Allende #344 in El Centro--just close enough to all the action along the Pacific coast, but far enough from the malecón that you can eat in peace and quiet. With seminar attendees, we were fortunate enough to dine there during a brisk rain. In between conversations with my new friends, I could peer out the open wrought-iron windows and watch the rain fall into the cobblestone streets…very soothing. Read on…