Domingo en Puerta Vallarte

This afternoon I picked up some photos from my weekend in Puerta Vallarte.  They were photos taken with a waterproof camera.  The pictures reminded me that I hadn't finished my story about my weekend in Puerta Vallarte.

 There was no chance of sleeping off our Saturday night with the Mexican Pirates as we decided to take boat trip to Los Arcos early on Sunday morning.  This trip included snorkelling at Los Arcos then we were taken to a quiet beach for lunch in one of the local restaurants.   As all my family knows, I am not the most capable person when it comes to snorkelling and this time it was made even more difficult because I had to hold my vest on as the waist strap was broken. Trying to hold on to my snorkle and vest, I attempted to take some photos with the disposable camera. Considering I just held the camera under the water, clicked and hoped for the best the pictures weren't too much of a disaster

Before lunch I went with the group on a horse ride up (and up) a very rough muddy track to a waterfall up in the hills.  So much fun.  We had to ride through a couple of small rivers.   When we arrived at the cascades, everyone had a much need cool off in the pools at the bottom of the cascades.

After lunch it was time to take the small local boat back to our boat.  The trip home turned into a fiesta, (drinks were included, and flowed freely). 

Yes, I had to indulge in more Margaritas!!!  The Boat captain was quite a keen dancer and had everyone up doing the Mexican version of Nutbush city limits.  Then we were entertained by various passengers with their versions of tango, samba and there was a couple of very amusing pole dancers.

A great day was had by all,  and considering the cost of the day was only $50 it was great value.  When we finally arrived back into the port we fell into a waiting taxi and headed back to our hotel for a light dinner and an early night.

Margaritas and Mexican Pirates

So excited!!! I was heading off for my first touristy trip in Mexico.  Myself and another girl from the spanish school caught a bus for the coastal tourist town of Puerto Vallarte.  The trip on the bus was around four and a half hours through the mountains and down to the Pacific Coast of Mexico.

The last part of the trip reminded me a lot of driving near Cairns.  Very tropical

After a short taxi ride we arrived at our hotel, El Pescador, an older mexican style hotel right on the beach.  We unpacked out bags, jumped into swimmers and sarong and headed to the pool for a margarita!! Well, that was out intention anyway. 

As we came down the stairs we got chatting with the lady at the front desk that organises day trips, and before we knew it we were in a taxi, making a made dash to a night trip on a pirate ship!!  I didn't even have time to change out of swimmers and sarong.  However, when we arrived it was all ok as the rest of the people on the trip were very casually dressed.

Well we were treated to a very entertaining evening with some very dashing Mexican Pirates.  Very touristy, but lots of fun.  And Bonus! Margaritas were flowing freely.  Even Better!! one of the dashing pirates made sure our glass was never empty.  The evening included a cruise, some fun and games with the people on the boat, dancing, dinner and drinks and a couple of shows, one was a traditional indigenous dance and then the pirates danced, sang, and ran havoc.  Lots of fun. 

Fin de Semana en Puerto Vallarta