Sunsets and Sculptures

The sun is setting behind the mountains surrounding Banderas Bay. The light spreads out behind the clouds in a constantly shifting canopy of colour and shade.

Each night people congregate at the shore to watch the sun's splendorous fall into the sea. Below are photos of sculptures along the malecon.

These larger than life-size figures celebrate a traditional dance of Mexico, a hybrid of Spanish and local colour and movement. These dances are exhibited by various local groups each Friday evening at a small open-air theatre close to our place. 

A closer look at the dancers' expressions.

This photo unfortunately will not allow itself to be repositioned upright. The boy on the seahorse is an iconic representation of Puerto Vallarta.

Stone sculptures of a sort

This momma is screaming for her two daughters to come down from a ladder pointed up to the sky from which they are gleefully hanging. I will include a picture of her daughters, recognizable by heads shaped like their mother's, in another post.

A dance of Neptune and a mermaid

The loveliness of the mermaid in close-up.

A family of dolphins cavorting above a fountain. There are other sculptures along the malecon that I will showcase in another post.