Meagan Drillinger
Puerto Vallarta is known for its party-heavy New Year s Eve events that fill the streets with revelers from all over the world. This year, however, the city had officially canceled and banned New Year s Eve events and gatherings of any kind. But revelers would not be denied.
Despite the state of Jalisco s efforts to shut down New Year s Eve gatherings, the tourists of Puerto Vallarta still found ways to party. On Dec. 21, Jalisco s governor, Enrique Alfaro Ramirez, announced that the state would implement updates to its Covid-19 recovery plan, including the shuttering of all bars and nightclubs at 7 p.m. from Dec. 25 through Jan. 10. But skirting the rules, it turns out, was pretty easy to do, and skirt the rules revelers did.