Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Mexico was a blast! We dropped off some extra baggage, aka "the kids" at Brandaan's parents house and hopped on a cruise ship to the Mexican Riviera.
The first stop was in Acapulco where we hung out at the beach. The guy's played a few games of football and the girls were more adventurous and rode jet skis. After the beach we made our way over to go bungee jumping. Brandaan and I didn't jump, but our friends did. We regretted not jumping later. We then ate some authentic Mexican food and then made our way over to see the cliff diving show. We ate some Mexican Pizzas and drank apple soda as we watched. MMMM! We were addicted to this apple soda the entire trip. We then made our way back to our ship to set sail to the next destination.
The next place was Ixtapa. We took a water taxi over to a beach. The guys went snorkeling, kayaking and rode the banana boat. The girls sunbathed, got massages and drank some fruity drinks. MMMM! We packed up and went to swim with the dolphins. This was the highlight of our entire trip. When we got there, they had already started their last show and didn't have room for us. Luckily, Ben spoke spanish and talked the guys into giving our group of five our own private showing. Those of you that have gone before know that you go in a large group and have to wait a long time to ride the dolphins just once. We were lucky that it was just us five. We got to skip the introduction and ride the dolphins the entire time. It was a blast! They have two dolphins put their noses on each one of your feet and then push you out of the water. The guys were attempting flips. Imagine that they are so strong as to push Brandaan out of the water! Wow!
Our last stop was Manzanilla. We got a taxi over to a beach where there was a sunken ship. The guys went snorkeling and the girls soaked up the sun. We then decided to ride ATV's through the jungle. We went to a place where there were jumps and of course the guys were crazy! Check out the pictures of them popping wheelies! When we went through the jungle, we went through a river. The guys were crashing into each other and pulling some serpentine evasive driving through the water...water was everywhere. We were all soaked and sooo dirty. It was so much fun!

1 comment:

Sandy said...

Yay! New pictures! We've been checking:) It looks like you guys had a BLAST in Mexico! I love the 4-wheeler helmets, heehee:) Did you get any pictures of the dolphin riding? That sounds so cool! Glad you guys made it back safe and sound!