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The Unofficial “Symbol” of Puerto Vallarta — “Caballito de Mar” (Seahorse), Rafael Zamarripa

As beautiful as the shoreline is along the Malecón of Puerto Vallarto, it’s the statuary that steal the show here.  Alas, that doesn’t mean that the statues are immune from vandalism.  Carlos Espino’s statue of Triton once possessed a trident and a right arm.  First to go was the trident, and on our latest trip even the right arm was missing.

“Triton and the Mermaid”, Carlos Espino — Triton’s arm and trident now missing

Fortunately such shenanigans appear to be the exception, and the only wear evident on most of the statues here are from the tail end of those who would rest their feet.

“Roundabout of the Sea”, Alejandro Colunga

Which is perfectly all right with the locals.  Many of these statues were meant to double as seats and benches.

“Roundabout of the Sea”, Alejandro Colunga

Although some of these seats can border on the bizarre and frightening.

“Roundabout of the Sea”, Alejandro Colunga

While Alejandro Colunga’s Roundabout of the Sea appears to be a tourist favorite, I also rather enjoyed the “Origen y Destino” (Origin and Destiny) collection by Pedro Tello.

“Origen y Destino” (Origin and Destiny), Pedro Tello

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“El Unicornio de la Buena Fortuna” (Unicorn of Great Fortune), Aníbal Riebeling

This week we’re concentrating on one of the most interesting photographic opportunities along Puerto Vallarta’s Malecón — The fascinating surreal bronze statuary of Alejandro Colunga and works from several other artists.

I’m All Ears — A bench located in Alejandro Colunga’s “Roundabout of the Sea”

Many of these sculptures appear to step right out of a screening of a Star Wars movie.

A chair located in Channeling H.P. Lovecraft and Star Wars — From Alejandro Colunga’s “Roundabout of the Sea”

Other “statues” double as seats for the weary walker.

A Chair Pair — A chair located in Alejandro Colunga’s “Roundabout of the Sea”

Still others defy all attempts to define them.

“En Busca de la Razón” (In Pursuit of Reason), Sergio Bustamante

While some statues take a more traditional approach to art.

“Los Milenios” (The Millennia), Mathis Lidice

By the way, if you’re reading this and other material authored by me on The Destinary website, this post was not “Posted on (fill in the date) | By destinary” as they’ve been erroneously claiming; this material was in fact reposted. The Destinary have also been claiming the right to do so, without links back to the original and without full attribution (“by RDoug” and a nonworking link is not proper attribution) with a rather bizarre interpretation of U.S. copyright law in which they claim I’m responsible for changing my RSS feed settings so that they cannot skim my material for commercial purposes. That would make reading my blog less convenient for you, which I’m not willing to do. As such, I’ll be running this little diatribe on all travel related posts until they cease and desist, along with this:

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All right reserved — that includes you, Destinary

Final note: Considering The Destinary is a site listed as owned by Sonia Bosquez-Platt of Indianapolis Tour & Travel, you may want to rethink doing business with either her or her company.