SB 2010: Puerto Vallarta

I think it's about time I finished up the recap of Spring Break 2010, since it's now almost Summer Break 2010...

Our last port was Puerto Vallarta. We took the city bus to a beach where we knew there would be parasailing, since some of the braver members of our family wanted to try it.

Reed was the first to go. Here he is receiving his pre-flight instructions.

JJ really wanted to do it, but when she got all hooked up, she looked a little unsure about the whole thing. But she insisted on going ahead with it.

And she loved it!

Here she is pulling on the strings in order to make the parasail go in the right direction

Here is Reed enjoying his ride

Hank got a little carried away with swinging his legs around

and he kind of fell out of his seat.

He ended up "hanging" instead of sitting for his ride.

Then we were off on our next adventure.

We took the bus to Playa Mismaloya

for some swimming and snorkeling.

We got off the bus and then walked down

this little alley all the way down to the beach

We met this little boy "Lafa"

He was 4 years old and was hanging out at the beach

while his dad was off selling things.

He hung out with us for quite a while.

He didn't speak any English,

but Hank was able

to communicate with him in Spanish.

He was a friendly little guy.

We never did meet his Dad and thought it was

kind of strange for him to be on the beach

without any supervision...

The girls sharing a limeade

This little girl LOVES being in the water and hardly ever came out!

Here we are waiting for the bus to pick us up

and take us back to the pier.

Reed on the bus