Christine, Brandon, Sherry, Danny, Emily, Jeannie and I
Brandon and Sherry talked to a few people about the best beach for snorkeling and how to get there via public transportation. We got on the "blue line" bus for $0.50 a person and headed to our transfer.
Emily, Danny, Me and Christine
on the bus
on the bus
Our transfer stop was a little crazy. There was a circus in town and for advertising they put all the animals on trailers and pulled them all through the town. This caused quite a bit of extra traffic, but it was hilarious seeing lions, tigers, monkeys, camels and elephants drive by us. A funny thing about this picture is how sweaty we are...the bus was SO HOT!!! Another funny thing about the circus is that the next day we heard a few people on the cruise talk about how they went to the circus when we were in port and they got to hold the animals and stuff and one guy totally got bit by the bear....what the heck???
Here we are waiting at the bus stop with all the locals after the circus was finished driving by the bus stop was VERY crowded. Trent became buddies with the surfer dude and he helped us get to our stop.
The beach was BEAutiful and so warm. I called the kids from here to see how they were doing and how my parents were holding up. While I laid on the beach soaking up the sun my dad told me that they had just gotten 6 new inches of snow. When I told Luke I was laying out at the beach and it was really hot he was so surprised - it was so cute. Tayson told me he was trying hard to help out but Luke just wouldn't listen to him and Claire barely said 2 words to me. The last thing my dad said to me was "Sophie sure does have a lot of energy...."We were attacked by all the local vendors on the beach but ended up with a few cute things by the end.
Danny got bored and took off to swim to the scuba area (which everyone else took a boat out to since it was quite a swim). We couldn't see him and he was gone for a good 1 1/2 hours. Emily started to get worried since we had no idea where he was and called him a "flibbity jibbit" since he can't sit still for 2 minutes. It was so funny to me! This picture is of Danny when he finally came back into view.
Around 1:00 pm we decided to head back to town for lunch and to meet up with the scuba boys. The bus we took back was beat down. The back door didn't close, there was graffiti everywhere and there was a lone toddler shoe hanging from a pole in the front. It was hilarious. The bus driver drove soooooo fast and the ride back was VERY bumpy and I really had to pee. I thought a few times I might pee my pants - luckily I made it.
Danny was our best translator, he speaks some mean Spanglish, so he asked a local for a restaurant recommendation. We walked 3 blocks to the El Brujo. It was THE BEST food! Just thinking about it makes me hungry. I've never had pico de gallo as good as it was there.
The food.....soooooo yummy!
With a few phone calls and the walkie-talkie's we were able to meet up with the guys and found another beach to hang out at. The funniest was the first call when Todd called me. I picked up the phone and without even a hello he said "quick where are you? this is expensive". I'm not sure why but it was hilarious to me. Our entire conversation lasted less than a minute.
Christine, Steve, Todd, Mark, Danny, Emily and Timmy
Danny jumping in the ocean
(reminds me of when we were kids and he would always stand
in the waves flexing his muscles to show how tough he was)
(reminds me of when we were kids and he would always stand
in the waves flexing his muscles to show how tough he was)
This guy was on the beach with his coke, towel, speedo, hat, camera and tripod. He would spend 10-15 minutes setting up his towel and camera so it would be just right, then he would set his camera on auto and do a sexy pose. It was HILARIOUS and totally disturbing. Seriously I'm just waiting to see his pictures on Facebook.
At Steve's suggestion we decided to wait at the beach for the sunset before heading back to the boat to eat. I swear it was the slowest sunset ever. I guess we were just all antsy to get back to eat. When Schultz's are hungry it isn't pretty!
We took the bus back to the port and took quick showers then met on the Lido deck (by the pizza - our normal meeting spot) for dinner.
Mark with his daily pizza
This is where we always met and ate. We all managed to group back up and have some ice cream before the shows started.
The show that night was a local group from Puerto Vallarta who did traditional Mexican music and dancing. The announcer guy was hilarious and I usually couldn't tell if he was speaking English or Spanish. The last dance of the night they came out and got passengers to dance with them and since our whole group was pointing at Emily (in the pink shirt and shorts) she ended up on stage. It was awesome!
I loved Puerto Vallarta. It was beautiful and the food was the best.
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