Puerto Vallarta Day 4

Day 4

and our last day

We planned on spending our last day just relaxing. That's pretty much what we had done most of our trip but for sure this day was just R and R time.

We started our morning off with a 10 AM massage on the beach. That was wonderful. I had what was called The Fiesta Americana (same name as our hotel) which was a combination of a Swedish and deep tissue massage. Tammy tried something new. It was called The Four Hands...and that's what it was...she had 2 people working on her at the same time. She said it was very good. We had rented a Cabana for the day. The cost...20 dollars for the day...Can't beat that. So we had a very comfortable day out by the pool. We read, we napped, we ate, we drank ...we just relaxed.

This is what a vacation is all about

At 5 PM we decided it was time to head back to the room. It had been a hot day and we had enough. We ordered room service for dinner and started to pack...we headed home the next day. Our trip was good....the best part...The Dolphins...the second was just relaxing.

Thanks for letting me share our adventures with you and pictures. Hope you enjoyed. Until the next time....Robin

Puerto Vallarta Day 3

Day 3

We started the day with breakfast and decided that we go into town and get our shopping out of the way. We started early so we would have plenty of time. There is what is called a boardwalk along the water and across the street shops and restaurants. Here is a picture of sand art along the water (the boardwalk). There are tons of these. It's pretty awesome to see these huge pieces of art made of sand.Here is a picture of what the street kind of looks like.

This is our view from the restaurant we ate lunch at.
After lunch we shopped a little more and as soon as we couldn't carry anymore we hailed a cab and headed back to the hotel for some more relaxing time.

As we layed out by the pool and relaxed we saw this man carrying around this huge Iguana. He would let you take pictures with it for 70 pesos which is 7 dollars US money. It's a lot but something that is out of the ordinary so we got several pictures of Tammy with the monster. Brave girl! The man kept trying to get me to take one but I didn't think so...a girl can only step out of her comfort zone so many times.

After relaxing by the pool we asked our drink waiter where was a good place to go and have some Mexican food. After all we were in Mexico and Tammy really wanted some real Mexican food. You would be surprised how different the menu is over there. Mostly seafood dishes. So, he suggested "PiPi's". It was a cool little place and excellent food. The picture below is what it looks like from the street. We decided to have Margarita's...after all we were in Mexico...So we ordered our Margarita's and this is what we got....Can you say " a bowl of Margarita"...this is the only size. And yes there was plenty of Tequila!

There was a sign on the wall that said....
"Don't Drink The Water...Drink The Margarita"

After a wonderful meal we headed back to the hotel and called it a night.

Puerto Vallarta Day 2

Day Two

Today is the day that we went swimming with the dolphins. We were really excited about going and doing this. Especially me... who felt a little out of her comfort zone but was also eager to try something new and different and something out of my comfort zone.

As soon as we were boated over to the pool area the dolphins were at I could start to feel the nerves in my stomach. Tammy felt them a little too. We were in a group of 6. The other 4 people were also from Texas...small world.

Now it was time to get in the water and get a little familiar with the dolphin. Our dolphin was female. She's the youngest of the group. Her name is Nouba. She swam around us a lot while we got to rub her. She danced in circles and so did we. Now it was time one on one.

Here I am giving Nouba a hug

and Tammy giving Nouba a hug

Kisses from Nouba for me

and for Tammy

Tammy and Nouba going for their swim

and now it's my turn

Now it's time for the belly swim

This was the coolest swim of them all and then it was over. It was really the most coolest thing. If you ever go some where and this activity is offered...by all means...DO IT!!!

After the dolphin swim was over there was a Sea Lion waiting for us as we all got out of the water. Though the pictures were expensive...when do you get the chance to not only swim with dolphins but have a Sea Lion greet you with a kiss. Very cool!

SMOOCH!!!!!!

After the dolphin swim we ordered our pictures...well actually we just bought the CD of all our pictures and then headed back to the hotel. We headed to the beach. Man was it hot. We were going to head to the pool and then Tammy decided to get her hair beaded by Lucy. She was a lady vendor that beaded hair and sold jewelry. Of course I bought a baby necklace for my grand daughter that will be here in December.

After Tammy's hair beading we headed to the pool to cool off and just relax. We ended up just sitting in the pool and having a few drinks. Before we knew it 3 hours had passed. We decided to call it a night.

Tomorrow I will post day 3 and 4...Until then...

Puerto Vallarta

Yesterday I returned back from my mini vacation to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I went with my daughter Tammy who is my middle child, my second daughter and the mother of my grandson Colton. It was a well deserved vacation for Tammy. We had a good time and I'm gonna try and share it with you in what will hopefully be a small recap version as to not bore you. I will also share a few photos as well. But because the way this blog thing downloads photos I think I will post each day in a separate blog post as to make it easier for "ME". I most likely will not be able to complete all days tonight so if I don't I hope you'll come back tomorrow and check out the rest.

Day One

After arriving in Puerto Vallarta we made our way through the airport and on to our hotel The Fiesta Americana. We checked in, went to our room and headed straight to the beach. We ordered our drink that was delivered to us while we relaxed on the beach and had a fun time laughing at the vendors on the beach.

There is a rope on the beach that blocks the vendors from coming up to you unless you call them over. But the rope doesn't keep them from yelling out to you to buy their goods.

This is a vendor selling hammocks. Now I ask...how do you get a hammock home?

But even more so...how do you get a rug home? Ha! Tammy and I just laughed and laughed. A rug vendor on the beach.


After a relaxing couple hours on the beach we decided to go to our room and order room service and head off to bed. We were tired. And after we were on vacation and Tammy really needed to catch up on some sleep. Plus we had a date with dolphins the next morning. The picture above and below is the view from the balcony of our room.

Beach House

Here's a better picture of the beach house. The last one was taken from the beach and was a little hazy...this one you can see so much better. This place has definitely been a sanctuary for me.

Pictures of Dolly

Here are pictures of what the water at the beach looked liked as Dolly was approaching the Texas Gulf Coast near South Padre Island.

These pictures were taken about 20 hours before she made land fall and approx. 300 miles away.

Most of the beach was covered in water. We have a drive on beach and the beach was closed off because you couldn't drive on it with the water. The water never left the beach.

We usually don't have a lot of wave action, especially like this so it was pretty cool to see.

The smallness of these pictures doesn't do it justice. If your able to click on the picture to enlarge it do so...you can see so much better.

Hopefully this will be the closest I get to a hurricane but I'm not holding my breath...we still have 4 months of hurricane season left.

Dolly and Puerto Vallarta

Went to the beach house yesterday just to keep an eye on things with the hurricane...I knew we were far enough away for things to be okay but still wanted to see what the water and such would be like. It was cool and different. You could tell something was brewing out in The Gulf. I have pictures to share of the water but I took them on a new camera that has a memory card that doesn't fit my printer...wish I would of known that when I bought this one. So, I have to load from the camera to the computer and I'm having a hard time figuring it out. So...I may have to post them later when one of my kids can show me how. Sorry.

Also...I'm getting ready to leave for Puerto Vallarta in the morning so I still have things to do to get ready. I'm taking that new camera as well so I don't have to carry along the bigger one so hopefully when I get back I can post those as well.

Enjoy your weekend and I'll be thinking of you all while I'm laying in my cabana on the beach with my drink in one hand and my guacamole in the other...NOT...ha! Robin