Meet Your Neighbor

Meet your neighbor and learn more about some of our wonderful people that live full time here in Puerto Vallarta. From the locals (pata salada). to temporary and permanent residents, we’ve got great stories about your neighbors.

Monica Miller: PV’s Zest for Life Fuels My Soul

My love affair with Puerto Vallarta began over 15 years ago. On my very first trip I knew someday I would live here. In fact, I have a photo from my first time in Vallarta from the hillside I live on today. 

Louis Whitaker: I’m not in Kansas anymore

Louis Whitaker
Louis Whitaker says he "was 21 and just looking for fun, but I found a city with a diverse community who accepted me with open arms." 

Don Lewis Shares Why ‘I Chose Paradise’

PV resident Don Lewis shares why he loves living in Puerto Vallarta, his paradise.

Edy’s Cakes Rises from COVID-19 Closures

Edy Sandoval
Edy Sandoval is one of the many LGBTQ community members in Puerto Vallarta that lost his job due to the pandemic. He was working...

Mercurio Swim: A Bathing Suit For Everyone

Paul Crist is well known throughout Puerto Vallarta as the gracious owner of Hotel Mercurio, which he has now operated for 18 years (since...

Alberto Cuevas “El Diamante” Delighting The Audience For More Than 10 Years

Alberto Cuevas "El Diamante"
The artistic events of Puerto Vallarta have been a great push for the talent, such is the case of Alberto Cuevas, a local artist who began his career in the spectacles that were held in the delegations of the municipality such as Las Juntas, Las Palmas, Ixtapa and El Pitillal to name a few

Beers, boys and burgers @ Mercurio Hotel

Beers boys and burgers at Hotel Mercurio in 2019

Roberto Ortiz de Montellano: practicing law in one of today’s gay meccas

Roberto Ortiz de Montellano
Having lived in three of Mexico’s largest cities (Monterrey, Mexico City and Puebla),  Roberto Ortiz de Montellano found himself in search of a location...

Meet Your Neighbor: Dr. Edgar Hernández

dr hernadez
Known as Dr. Edgar to patients and friends, Edgar Hernández is a medical surgeon in private practice here in Vallarta. A true pata salada,...

Meet Your Neighbor: Chrystal Treneer

My name is Chrystal Treneer, and I originally moved to this Pacific paradise back in 2011.  I was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale,...

Meet Your Neighbor: Joshua Rappaport

Joshua Rappaport
Joshua Rappaport is originally from Toronto, Canada, and has been living in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico since 2003.  Joshua founded Cross Border Investment in 2011...

Meet your neighbor: Henry Ho

Henry is a native of Los Angeles who moved to Puerto Vallarta in the fall of 2016.  He works remotely doing marketing consulting and...