Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

So we did it... We booked our last minute trip on Thursday April 8th at 6pm and our flight took off on Friday April 9th @ 4:35pm. With our carry on bags that consisted of the bare essentials and our e-ticket we took off for a week of what we planned to be nothing but lying in the sand and throwing our hair to the wind.. we can both do that now that Tony's hair is longer lol ;)

What can I say about our trip to Puerto Vallerta...
Well we got hustled before we got out of the airport, yup HUSTLED. We were ushered over to a counter in the airport which we thought was where we were suppose to check in for our escort to our hotel. Nope it wasn't we walked out with a 2x 1 hr massage at a 5 star hotel and a snorkeling trip all for $80 and a "90 min" hotel tour.

When we got to the hotel we soon found out that we had arrived on the end of the Mexican Spring Break (thank goodness it was only busy for a day and then we had the run of the hotel)

So for 2 days we laid, sun tanned and just veg'ed out.

Monday came and it was time for our "90 min" hotel tour ending with our massages. Ok so lets talk about this hotel tour... you would think that a hotel tour would mean an escorted trip around the hotel to check out their rooms, and amenities wouldn't you. Well what they didn't mention was that the hotel tour was actually a "Timeshare" Scam. They spent 3hrs trying to convince Tony and I to buy timeshares for the hotel. Their first offer was $28,000 then $8,900 with a final offer of $2,200. I guess our message and snorkeling trip deal started feeling like less of a deal and more like a mistake. Throwing your hair in the wind I guess has it's up and downs ;)

We ended our Monday at the flea market and a beautiful walk back to our hotel on the beach. Our Tuesday was spent in town as well checking out the local activities and capturing a beautiful sunset.

Wednesday was our snorkel trip and private beach adventure, the only good things that came from this trip was the schools of Dolphins that our under water camera hopefully captured and the private beach. The whole day was mostly spent getting shuttled on and off the boat every 1-2 hours via fishing boats. What an ordeal! To top it off on the way home from the marina we took a local bus and an old man tried to pick pocket Tony.. until I kneed him and yelled EXCUSE ME!

Thursday the best day of our entire trip, we heard about this beach "Sayulita" on the other side of the island that was suppose to be worth the 1hr local bus trip. And that 2 days ago there was a Surfing Competition there, and the sand was so much nicer. So we thought what could we really have to lose, it couldn't get much worse then the TIme Share experience, or the hundred times being shuttled on and off a boat... This place was amazing, Tony and I got surf lessons and surf our afternoon away. We have enjoyed over 11 years of sharing experiences and new learnings together and this is one I would totally repeat.

Who would have thought the girl with fears of open water would willingly go and spend an entire afternoon splashing in an ocean on a surf board. I guess I will let you all know now before Tony writes a comment because god forbid I should forget to mention that in the school of surfing yes Tony is far better then I am. With him being the first one up on the board and the most time getting up on the board, sadly I have to admit most of my time was knee boarding or bailing. (Happy honey bunny the whole world is now aware you are better then me at surfing ;))

Overall, Tony and I like always walk away with amazing memories (good and bad) and this trip was just what we both needed. Time away from the rest of the world, our house, our work, our daily routines and most of all CHEAP.























The first video is me feeding the Iguana because Tony was too chicken to let him take the flower out of his hand, well.. until he saw me do it first. lol The second is of Tony feeding the Iguana and the last video is local entertainment in town that we just happened to see while we were window shopping.