Viva La Mexico!

PLAYING CATCH UP!

We went on the Mexican Rivera Cruise over Spring Break and it was a blast. We went with two of our friends, Kelli and Brett Christensen, and enjoyed spending time with friends and one another.


The first stop on the trip was Cabo San Lucas. The first day we walked around the shops and went ziplinning. We should have waited on the Zipline until Puerto Vallarta but we did not know this. The scenery was horrible, just dry desert land with extreme heat. I didn't dare drink the water they provided so I was so thirsty the entire time. The company we went with banned photographs so we couldn't bring anything cool back from there but we did snap a few before and afters...

We wore these cool scrub caps on our heads under the helmets...not sure why we took a picture with them and  not the helmet. 

The company we went with also had a Tequilla factory on site. They were obsessed with their Agave, it drove us crazy.

some of the not so beautiful scenery.

On the ride back from the zipline we asked the driver if he knew of any local restaurants that we should try...he recommended Mango Deck saying it was right on the beach with great food and a fun atmosphere. As soon as we were dropped off we heard the music thumping...we walked around to the back of the building only to see Spring Break gone wild in front of our eyes. I guess he thought we were there to party just like everyone else and this would be a fun place to go. We sat down and were amazed at what was going on. Girls dancing on tables (luckily their tops hadn't come off yet), multiple individuals passed out on tables,and drunk people EVERYWHERE! It really was just like a movie. We ordered some nachos, ate real fast and decided to head back to the boat. We walked down to the beach to head back to the boat and noticed the party was still going down on the sand, once again drunk people everywhere. One guy actually grabbed Jordan and said "Why the ?#%@ are you wearing a shirt, it's like you're married", when Jord responded that he was married pure shock arose and the guy just walked away. Haha this still makes me laugh.

Mango Deck, you can kinda see the party behind us but this picture does not do justice.

The second day in Cabo we decided a lazy beach day was in need and lovers beach would be perfect. All I wanted to do was lay around and swim in the ocean but little did we know this was not the beach for that.  You have to take a water taxi to get to the beach and as soon as we got there you could tell the water here was very powerful. You basically had to jump from the boat and hope the tide would go down in enough time to jump on the sand. Women lost hats, sunglasses flew into the ocean, and even little kids got ripped into the ocean (we'll explain later).

Taking the water taxi to the beach. He's so sexy!

The waves were INCREDIBLY huge! Signs were posted everywhere saying "swim at own risk". Needless to say I'm not the greatest swimmer despite my mothers attempt of changing this with swimming lessons at the age of 16. You would simply wade in the water and could fill the rip tide pulling you so strongly. The beach is a on a peninsula so you can be on either side, we tried the side closer to the boat and found the tide wasn't as strong but it was still powerful. One little boy, about 8 years old, was playing in the water but not being careful, his parents were up on the beach drinking their bear not paying attention at all. He was laying on his stomach about 7 feet from me and Kelli when all the sudden a wave crashed at our feet followed immediately by another wave and pulled the little guy out to the ocean faster than you would ever imagine.he started screaming, Kelli being the lifeguard she is jumped into the water and started swimming as hard as she could. Luckily the little guy could tread and was able to keep his head above water, everyone on the beach was in panic, the dad was trying to swim out there but was struggling and the mom was standing on the shore   SCREAMING in pure terror (I do not blame her). Kelli made it to him and a water taxi was signaled to go out and get them. I was shaking. It was definitely an experience you will never forget.

After Kelli saved a life. She had sand in her swimsuit like crazy!

Spending time on Lovers Beach

Once we got back on the boat we enjoyed the sunset and just relaxed.

The third day we were in Puerto Vallarta where we went cliff diving. We rented a taxi for 6 hours and had our private chauffeur named Rene, he was awesome.  He took us to all the cool spots.

Cliff Diving

This natural rock slide was SOOOOO fun!

Pure terror. I hate birds.

Puerto Vallarta

SHARKY's!

These home's were beautiful!

Such an amazing view!

Jordan handled that parrot like a champ. kinda disgusting.

We had such a fun time in Puerta Vallarta! 

When we weren't on land we loved partying on the boat. Jordan surprised me with the spa package that allowed us to use the aroma therapy rooms, steam rooms, mineral pool ect and it was probably one of our favorite places on the boat. It was so fun just spending time together. We went here almost every day and loved relaxing. We will never ever go on a cruise without the spa :)

We played mini golf, and cornhole multiple times...watched a few movies under the stars. Played card games. And of course ate.

We had so much fun playing Cornhole that we made one of our own once we got home!

We did get a little motion sick so I took dramamine like crazy and wondered why I felt so tired all the time, I should have read about the side effects. One night we came back to our cabin at about 8 pm, I was exhausted and asked Jordan if he would care if we took a "nap", of course he said it was fine, he turned on the tv and I crashed. Next thing I knew I woke up and it was 2 AM. I have such a good husband to stay with his boring wife. Brett and Kelli actually did the exact same thing this night, we had a good laugh about it in the morning. 

When I had the energy to stay up we usually went out and ate, listened to kareokee, saw a few of the shows, saw the comedians, and slept. I really couldn't stay awake like I should have. It was fun being able to dress up on the formal nights though! 

First Formal Night

Second Formal Night 

The other Christensen's

Dinner was always one of our favorite times, especially with our waiter. I can't remember his name now but he was hilarious. From dancing, to singing us songs with Jordan as his air guitar, we always laughed our heads off! 

 Overall our cruise was a great success and we will definitely be going on one again.