As many of you know, I went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico over
spring break. That is right up there as one of the best vacations I have ever
been on! The weather, people, adventures, activities, food, and atmosphere were
all unbelievable. We left Iowa a cold morning where the thermometer in the car
read 10 degrees. We touched down in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (after a stop in
Dallas) six hours later where that thermometer read 85 degrees! A 75 degree
change…I’ll take it!
I want you to picture paradise. Shut your eyes (after this
sentence of course) and imagine what paradise feels like and looks like. Now
that they are open…that’s where I was! Everything about it was like paradise.
The view from our suite was of mountains, palm trees, sand, and the ocean. The
sand on the beach was smooth, and the water was a comfortable spot to cool off.
We could not get over the fact that we are there, in real life, the definition
of paradise.
On this vacation we did an activity a day, as well as a lot
of beach time in the sun. Each night we had a fantastic dinner, and then would
lay on the beach again at night. The first full day in Mexico we went zip
lining. There were 14 different lines and one was 300 meters long suspended 700
feet over a canyon river. I went upside down on that one! That was a fantastic activity
for the whole family. The next day we
went on a large speed boat out to deep sea, and went whale watching. All of us
were very unoptimistic, and right as we began to doubt we’d see a whale…one
jumped out of the ocean right in front of our boat! The third full day everyone
but my mom went parasailing off the beach at our resort. That was super
relaxing and cool to see the whole city. The last full day there we went into town
to do some shopping, site seeing, and then ate some authentic Mexican Topas!
The only set back of the trip was the fact we always had to
drink bottled water. Other than that the trip was one to remember. I would go
back in a heartbeat. We met so many people with such heartfelt stories that we didn’t
want to leave. They might have convinced us to go back next year! One guy in
particular named Rueben was awesome. He was our waiter at dinner the second
night we were there and we got to talking with him. He works so hard, and is
one of the sweetest guys. He always does whatever you ask of him, and is always
willing to talk about his culture. We ended up having him as our wait a few
more times. The last night we had another exceptional guy, Tomas, as a waiter.
He asked us when we were leaving, we replied, “Tomorrow.” He told us to hold on
one moment. He walked inside and came out a minute later with Rueben. Rueben
had written us a little note and wanted a picture with us before we left. This
sealed the deal, and made this vacation, the best ever. (WC 540)
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