Mexico is Fun

So far, my Mexican vacation has been a blast. Karlie and I have gotten up to work out every morning so far, which is good because the food here is unbelievable. The pool is gorgeous, which is also good because the ocean is much too rough for swimming. I’ve been practicing my Spanish and now know that the words estoy cotoriando mean, “I’m goofing around.”

Last night, the resort had a Mexican fiesta. The food was unbelievable. My favorite thing was the shrimp broiled on sprigs of rosemary. I’m going to have to make that one when I get home. It was so terrific. They also had an artist there who painted scenes from Puerto Vallarta with only his fingers. The work is amazingly detailed. I’ll post a photo later.

After we stuffed ourselves, Karlie and I went out to a club in downtown PV. It was called Hilo. The roof was held up by caryatids in the shape of famous Mexicans like Emiliano Zapata. A guy who was hitting on me at the club told me that Zapata said, “the Earth and women belong to those who work them.”

Afterwards, we wandered along the beach near the city center. There was a gorgeous sand sculpture of Jesus on the cross, and another one of Mary comforting her dying son. They were breathtaking. I couldn’t believe that such complicated structures could be made out of sand.

The WiFi at our hotel is screaming fast, so my anxiety about being completely out of touch with the world for a week was utterly unfounded. However, it costs $10 a day to use — which is cheaper than the $20 per megabyte that T-Mobile was going to charge me to use my wireless data services.

I’ll be updating my Flickr account in the next 24 hours with lots of fun pictures of our adventures thus far. I have a two hour hot stone massage scheduled this evening. They do some of their massages outside on the beach, but not the hot stone one because they need electricity to heat the stones. I do want to get a massage outside later this week so that I can watch the sun slip beneath the waves of the Bahia de Banderas while I relax.

Man, I needed this vacation. I only wish Andy were with me!