MEXICAN RIVIERA CRUISE

Yep, it is true- what a better way to celebrate two years of happiness than a cruise!! When we got married Brad couldn't leave the country (green card issues) and we were a little poor :) so we just had a little honeymoon in Park City. So I guess you could call this our "Second Honeymoon". I don't really care what you call it but know that we absolutely positively loved it!!!! And we are already planning our next cruise :)

Our Blissful Room-
yep, small and interior but you never have to make the bed and room service is your wake up call

We first exchanged all the alcohol in the fridge with our own favorite beverages :)

Blissful Happiness :)

So Long Long Beach! See you in a week!

On the Ship we....
used a lot of this.
did a lot of this

ate a lot of this

played of lot of this

made friends with these (towel animals)

and enjoyed every moment together

In the Evening
we watched the sunset

Went dancing

Found awesome pictures :)

Played the piano

and got all dressed up to go to .....

Dinner!!
we went this this beautiful resturant
Brad= 2 starters, 2 entrees, 2 desserts
Angie= Chocolate Melting Cake Daily
There was always a show during dinner- and sometimes we were it!
Abhi was our waiter from India. He was fantastic and always shared his opinion of the menu
We made great friends at dinner. All three couples were young (two had just been married that weekend!) Dinner was always something to look forward to! Through sharing stories, dancing, and laughing endlessly together we made great friends.

Puerto Vallarta
there we met Carlos, our personal tour guide (we were the only ones who took the tour so it was us an Carlos in a 15 seater van cruising in Mexico.

He took us through a little town
to bring us here- la playa!! (For those of you who don't hablo the espanol, To the beach!)

There we did some kayaking



then we went around down town
And found these rock towers so Brad deciede it was perfect to meditate- this picture was taken seconds before Brad touched one rock and, domino-effect, they all came tumbling down.

we saw beautiful views
cool trees
walked across this bridge to the flea market
and of course- we had to go to Wal-mart!! (For what you ask? Aloe Vera :)
Back home to our ship- but not before enjoying the sunset!

Mazatlan
It was so HOT and HUMID!!!
Poor Brad was drenched after walking around all day

The humidity was so bad our camera had condensation!

But we were still able to walk around and have fun.
We found a Theater of mine :)

Got to meet some high school students coming home
I loved speaking Spanish to the natives- even though I realized how rusty I'm getting :/

We saw the beautiful beach

Visited a Cathedral

There we actually attended Mass- it was really neat. I translated what I could but in the end we stayed only becasue Brad found a seat right in front of a fan.

The City Hall

Like the cell phone towers in the back?

Cliff and normal divers were there (they made me pay to take pictures, so this is what we got. :)

Cabo San Lucas
We got up early (don't worry it was the only day we did)
and went SNORKELING!!

we could just swim in the schools of fish

Then they took us sailing

on a party boat... it didn't take Brad long to break out the moves
The classic YMCA was played
Dancing line to the ....
Limbo!!
Classic Titanic Picture
Then we went shopping
(I love that we are holding up a large bottle of Tequila that the owner wouldn't let us take the picture without)

Would you say that I have a plethora of Pinatas?

Beautiful Cabo

Pirate Ship "Arrrrrr"

Then we went to this Beach (Lover's Beach- one side was the Pacific Ocean and the other the Sea of Cortez

Classic King of the Rock Picture

Hooray for Cruises!!!!!! We Loved it so much!!!



Now just for some fun pictures:

There's a monkey in my room! He's stuck up there from jumping on the bed. No more monkeys.....

What Brad thought of work on the cruise.... because I work at Fishbowl.... get it? hahaha....

The Towel Tortoise - one of the most rare sea creatures, and it only comes on land sometimes...

Those are seals...

PENGUINS!!!

The Elephant before his head fell off....

Oh Snap

All smiles on this vacation!

Beautiful sunsets every night....

The air filtration systems you have to use down here are kind of obnoxious....

By the power of disco......

Little did Brad realize at this time, but this is the penguin picture he got so excited about later....

You may be wondering why this picture is in here with the fun pictures. It is just an apartment building you think. Well.... look again! The picture is now diamonds! Well, it is full of cardboard cutouts of people on the balconies. The best one is the one right below the girl in the white dress - it is only the upper half of the person! We thought it was awesome!

Canadians are cool no matter where you go!

Smooch!

Proving that Angie has better timing than Bradley.....

The jungle of Puerto Vallarta

Ice cream cones x unlimited = Happiness

Stealing a kiss

Ahhhhhh..... relaxation....

The greatest thing to enter Angie's life since Bradley - Warm Chocolate Melting Cake!

We make this cruise look Good!

We might be a little chubbier and darker because of it but.....
we had the BEST TIME EVER!!