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Better late than never, here are our pictures from our trip to Mexico! Be sure to click for the full album.

We had a really great time in Puerto Vallarta. We stayed at the the Dreams Resort, which was all-inclusive and had a private beach. I’m not much of a swimmer, but I really enjoyed going out into the ocean. The water was so warm that it might as well have been bath water!

One day we went out on a tour boat to see the Marietta Islands, where we got to go snorkeling to see tropical fish and coral. (Unfortunately we didn’t bring the camera that day.) It was crazy to see so many fish swimming right around me! The tour also took us to a “virgin” beach with great sand and big waves, and tide pools with a bunch of crabs. On the way back the crew opened up the bar and got everyone dancing (even me!), which was a lot of fun.

Another day we went on a canopy tour, which was basically a long series of ziplines, high up in the jungle canopy. We took a ride about an hour into the heart of Mexico riding in an truck that looked like an army transport or something. Then we rigged up, and started zipping around about 100 feet off the ground. The guides were explaining all of the vegetation and wildlife to us on the way, so it was even a bit educational.

My only negative about the trip is that Puerto Vallarta is such a tourist town. Everywhere you go people try to sell you souvenirs, and most things are still written in English. That’s good in a way, since I only know a few words in Spanish. But apart from paying for everything in pesos, the whole “different-country” aspect got a little lost. Maybe next time we can go to Mexico with someone who speaks Spanish (Ben?) and we can go off the tourist path a bit.

All in all though, definitely a good trip.