Vacation = The good, the bad, and the ugly Day 1.

     So our little two nights and three days vaca turned out to be quite the little adventure. We started out early Friday morning leaving around 4am. Poor Javi did not get much sleep because his body was used to not going to bed until five in the morning. After getting the car packed up we headed off to Guadalajara on the regular highway. We were told by Javi's uncle who regularly visits here, there is a highway that actually circles the city, so that we would not have to drive all the way through. After we got out of GDL we jumped on the autopista that would take us all the way to Puerto Vallarta. We did not want to take a chance of getting lost through all the small towns so we figured it would be better to spend the money on the autopista an save gas money and time. It took us between five and six hours to make it there. The autopista cost around 200 pesos one way but it was a nice road and we felt safer.
 About an hour before arriving in PV we stopped at a little tourist area called  Rincon de Guayabitos. Javier told me that someone brought him here when he was younger and he really liked the beach. I tried looking for hotels here but did not have much luck. The beach was gorgeous, soft sand, the waves were slow enough for us to get in and feel comfortable.

It was a little cloudy when we first arrived but just feeling the fresh beach

air was great. I miss being able to drive down to the beach whenever I feel like it..

Javi and I when we first arrived in Guayabitos.

View of all the beach, street vendors and tables that were being rented.

Javi's family does not like taking photos but they know how I am and

pose for me now.

After stopping for lunch we left for the last leg of the trip. The road had so many curves and heavy hills through the mountains to get there, and after five and half hours we were all just ready to get to our hotel and relax a little. Well little did we know what we were getting ourselves into. The description of the hotel was nothing like what we saw. There was no parking, only one way in and out of the hotel and they are watching everything. I made the mistake of not changing the number of people on the reservations so they charged us 100 pesos per extra person, per night. If I could have cancelled I would have, but we payed for it online and there would be no refund. So we paid the prices for the extra people, tv remotes, and towels. I am not joking about all this it was ridiculous.

Oh I forgot to mention on the last leg of the trip the brakes starting making a terrible noise, so after all the troubles with the hotel room, Javi dropped us off at the beach and went to check in with a mechanic. It was 1000 pesos for new brakes, we would have never made it back with the ones we had. So a few hours into our trip and we our already spending a lot of money.

First beach stop, really rocky beaches in PV. I was so excited to get in the water but

could not walk all the way in because of all the rocks, Javi's parents would not get in the water.

The baby loved the water.

It was a really pretty view though.

Loved this photo of my cunada and denise.

My suegros posing by the water.

We spent a few hours at the beach, a couple in the pool at the hotel and then got all dressed up to go out to the Malecon. I remember walking here when I was younger on a trip with some girls. It is much nicer now, kind of like walking down the boardwalk in Santa Monica or long beach.  Javi's family was surprised at all the white people there were walking around. I thought it was funny but it was nice seeing all the fast food restaurants and stores that I miss seeing back in the states. It was a nice walk on the beach and on the way back we stopped at Subway and had a meatball sub. Yumm but expensive 100 pesos for one foot long.

Denise posing for the camera.

Family photo on the Malecon.

Me n javi.

 Virgin made out of sand, really pretty.

This was pretty cool, not a statue. I dont know how he was

holding himself up for so long.

Another photo of me n Javi.

End of the night before heading back to the hotel.

The first day was a little bit of a roller coaster ride but we got through it. There was a few more days of this ride though so I will be back with more stories and pictures for you.

Counting down the days to PV

I cant tell you how good it is to be back. It was horrible being cut off from everyone. I think I was having withdrawals. lol. Well my computer was working fine one day and then the battery started dying. Of course I go to plug it in and nothing. Crap now what. The computer died, we were told it would be 150 dollars if it was the battery or 70 if it was the charger. Turns out it was the charger. After I finally got the charger back I went to use the computer and the area that you move the mouse icon around on is not working. Luckily I brought a mouse with me only bad part is having to keep replacing the batteries.  I am planning on getting another computer when I go back to the states in the summer because I think I might go a little stir crazy if this happens again, not to mention I am planning on getting an online job soon. I think my computer had a good run, 5 years is a long time for a laptop.

Any who not to much has been going on the last couple weeks, keeping up with the daily routine of things. I did have a good valentines day though. Javi and I decided not to buy each other gifts and instead go out to a restaurant where we could both enjoy something nice together. Although we agreed he still came home with a box of chocolates. Yummy. Even though he had to go to work in the evening we went out to eat at a place that is known for the casuelas, which I have fallen in love with. This is the only way I will drink tequila. It is a mix of tequila, citrus fruits and soda. So Yummy. Javi specifically picked this place because he knew that I really like these drink. The only bad part was javi could not enjoy them with me, but we had a great few hours together.

Sadly I did not take m camera with me but I found this shot online of the drink.

 

Javi brought this home from work, he pulled the lucky number and won a prize. It is was so cute I did not want to eat it. I did crack and opened it, should of left it closed because it was so not as good as I thought it would be.

 I have some good news that I have not been able to share since I've been gone, this week Javi finally gets his vacation time. We have decided to take a drive to Puerto Vallarta, Yeah I am so excited!!! Javi's parents have never been to the beach and even though it would have been nice to have some time alone it will also be great to experience this with them. It started out with just us four going, but half way through the planning his sister and the kids decided to tag along. So we will be driving for around 5 hours in our blazer with 7.5 people (baby), luggage and food. It will be an interesting drive but hey, the more the merrier.

I know a lot of random crap in this post but just had to get you caught up. Sorry.

It is great to be back, I have missed reading all your blogs and keeping up with everyone. If you don't hear from me before the weekend I will be back with a load of photos from our trip.

aww crap!!!

hey everyone i just wanted to check in and let u know my computer took a dump not sure if it is the battery or what. so i dont know how long i will be away which sucks because i feel like i have been cutt off from the outside world. hopefully i will be back soon.

My second Lavantamiento

I can not believe it has already been a year since my I celebrated my first holiday here in Mx. If you don't remember there is a little reminder here as to how we celebrated our first Levantamiento de Nino Dios. During Christmas the baby Jesus was placed in the Nativity and on Feb 2 we are supposed to wake him up and we walk around the room with him giving everyone a chance to kiss him on the head. After, there is food served and tons of goodies given out. Last year Javi and I were the padrinos so we had to provide the majority of the goody bags. We had a lot more people here to celebrate with us and we had to do it a little early because of Javi's work hours. So I thought I would share a few photos with all of you from the night.

I was asked to carry around the baby Jesus

As I carried him around the room my two helpers(nephews) carried a bell and a candle.

After you kissed his head you could grab a dulce off of the tray.

What a goof. Such a cheesy smile.  LOL

These were our bags, my nieces helped me put together.

These were a few of the other bags people brought over.

The one in the middle javi said looked cute and like it had something good in it

so he was trying to make sure he got a few for us. Well it turns out all it had was a box of

juice in it. I thought it was pretty funny when he was so disappointed.