Zac and I just got back from our honeymoon. It was so much fun we almost did not want to come back, which I contribute mostly to the fact that school starts TOMORROW.
So here are the top 20 highlights of the trip.
20. Zac's Dad dropped us off at the airport and we talked about being careful since we were going to Mexico and to look directly for the people in the green shirts who were set up to meet us at the airport. As we walked off the plain and through customs things got crazy and we got snagged by a man named Alfonso. We thought we were being conned into signing up for a free breakfast and business presentation for time-shares....He gave us some pointers on where to go in town and how to get there. We totally thought he was just fooling us and trying to get our money since he asked us to make a fully refundable deposit of 20 bucks as collateral for attending his free breakfast and time share offer. We gave him the 20 simply because we just wanted to get to our hotel...more of this later.
19. Our room was amazing. It was 1,200 square feet of luxury goodness. We had a huge california king, jacuzzi, patio, hammock, an amazing view and a huge T.V. (this was a plus since there were rentals at the concierge desk). It really was beautiful.
18. Even though we thought it was all-inclusive and it turned out we only had 100 dollars in credit for food, the services we did choose from were great. The first night we chowed down burgers and fries. (I know, I know that was what we had at our reception the night before, but we didn't even get to try them!).
17. So Alfonso was no con after all. He came to our hotel at 8:00 in the morning as we "agreed" to take us to our breakfast and presentation. Unfortunately, we were not ever planning on seeing him or our 20 dollars again so didn't go for breakfast or the presentation. Instead, we booked the same deal with our hotel concierge and got our free papas frances, frutas y jugo de naranja at 11:00 am instead. Oh, and a timeshare presenter tried really hard to convince us that we should invest 300 dollars a month for next few years so that we could have timeshares in Puerto Vallarta. Painfully, we said no.
16. That afternoon we went to the city of Malecon. It was amazing. We had tacos at this shack and loved it. (We actually had breakfast there the next day too...) After that dinner we walked the board walk and got caricature artist to draw us for 150 pesos. While we were being drawn a very clever salesman tried to sell me bracelets. HE even figured out that we were mormon and told us how much he liked his mormon friends. But no, I did not buy a bracelet.
14. When our 100.00 credit started running dry we went back to town to find a grocery store. We decided that breakfast and lunch would have to be off of cornflakes, bread, butter, jam and cheese. It was the cheapest things we could find.
13. I had a cold at the beginning of the trip and passed it on to Zac. He spent plenty of hours sleeping to get better. It worked really well!
12. One of the days we went to the city and bought some souvenirs. Zac got a sweet chess set. It was 85 bucks, but according to him it was worth it since the original price was 200 dollars. I got a purple dress.
11. Our bargaining skills were increased 10 fold.
10. We walked through a TORRENTIAL rain storm. It was crazy. I haven't seen it rain like that since the Philippines.
9. We ate at the restaurant in our hotel it was pretty good but not as good as...
8. El Senor. That place was amazing. Zac got carnitas and I got the carne asada. The flan, was, according to Zac the best flan he had ever tasted in his life.
7. We went to "Rhythm of the Night." Everyone recommended it. It was a night that started with a boat ride to a place were they had a show about a Mexican love story. Then there was a buffet dinner.
5. We went zip lining. I was so nervous! I thought we were going to die for sure. But it was so much fu and worth every minute.
4. We watched a bunch of movies...for some reason the only one I can remember is entrapment. It was nice to just relax and not have to be stressed about anything.
3. On our flight home we stopped by some souvenir shops at the airport. We decided we would buy a bowl from every place we visited and started our tradition by purchasing a clay bowl with ancient writings on it.
2. I got me some real Mexican vanilla :)
1. We got home safe and... real life began.
