Mexico! The Middle . . .

Our next day in Mexico took us on an adventure into downtown Puerto Vallarta (we stayed in Nuevo Vallarta, about 40 min via taxi from Puerto Vallarta). I have heard mixed reviews about Puerto Vallarta in the past, but we found it to be charming and very "old-world." I wouldn't stay in downtown, but it was a fun place to spend the day! They have a fabulous "beach walk" with cobblestone streets, shops, restaurants, and bars. All sorts of weird statues lined the street, and on the beach, elaborate sand sculptures. Pretty cool!

We grabbed lunch at Pipi's (yummy!), then cruised the town. We even met some mormon missionairies and took pictures with them. Funny!! Too bad they weren't from Utah.

Before heading back to our resort, we spent some time in the local "tequila" bar. We got to ride the bull, wear sombreros, take shots of tequila, and have a caricature drawn of us three girls. A true Mexican pastime for sure!!

The whole gang at Pipi's!



Best Margarita's Ever!!





Hola Senoritas!



Tuesday brought us back to the pool for a few more cocktails and more poolside antics. Us gals once again competed in the "Crazy Games" thought up by "Animacion." Today was the Island Girl Competition. This fabulous competition required us to take a "sexy walk" across the pool deck, pose, sexy walk back, dive in the pool, swim to the other side, take a shot of tequila, do five squats, then jump back into the pool and save a "drowning" man. I know, seriously! Well, alas, we did it, and we had a ton of fun! Except for when that crazy old lady pulled off Cortney's top during her "sexy walk." Yeah, that wasn't really funny at all. Lo and behold the crazy (drunk) old lady got kicked out of the resort later that day for mooning people. Serves her right!

Amber rocked it!



I didn't!



Here's Cortney, pre-molestation. And yes, that's the crazy old lady, trying to molest the "animacion" director!



Cortney may have gone to bed at 4 o'clock that afternoon. I can't really remember . . .  :0)

The rest of us had a fabulous Mexican dinner, and tucked in early for our snorkeling tour the next day.

Despite our early bedtime, the snorkel tour started out a little rough for some of us . . . Fortunately, sun and water are enough to perk up anybody, and we had a great day. We got to do some whale watching on our way out to the snorkel site. A pod of dolphins even joined us for awhile! Unfortunately, when we arrived at our snorkeling destination, it was windy and cool, and frankly, pretty unappealing. We sucked it up and dove in "just for the experience." I think we are all glad we did, because although the snorkeling left a lot to be desired, we were able to snorkel into the "Marietas Hidden Beach." Accessible only by swimming through a small cave, I wasn't able to take any photos, but hopefully I will eventually get to add some photos to my blog that Jeron snagged with his GoPro! It was pretty spectacular, and worth the creepy claustrophobic swim! 

We enjoyed a nice lunch on the catamaran and of course (you guessed it) beer and cocktails! We sloooowly made our way back to the marina while being entertained by our friendly boat crew.  Unbeknownst to us, and despite our sunscreen applications, we were getting baked all along the way. This made for a couple of painful days for everyone. I suffered with a sunburnt lip, which swelled up to twice it's normal size! Some might believe that it was a botched Mexican botox job, but I stick to my sunburn story! 

We ended the day with more dancing in the lounge. By this time the animacion team knew we were up for a good time, and were pulling Cortney out onto the dance floor within minutes of her arrival! She's got the moves for sure!



Somebody even talked Kent into bustin' a move! And yes, he is dancing with the male entertainment dancer! They were attempting to re-create a Johnny and Baby move from "Dirty Dancing." It didn't quite turn out that well, but it was pretty darn funny!