I loved PV when I was there. It does have a nice laid back feel to it, tons of Mexico autentico to go poke your nose around in. At least it did twenty years ago when I was there. Bus ride to Mismaloya for a buck. Stayed most nights on my uncle's sailboat in the marina and then checked into a "locals" hotel near downtown beaches for the modest rates and actual showers for the last two nights.

One of my favorite memories was when my wife was attending mass at that huge old church in mid-town Sunday morning, I went walking around in the steep residential foothills for the ocean views, with most of the open windows in the modest but tidy homes revealing TV sets tuned in to a NY Giants vs Oakland Raiders contest going on at the time.