Cruise Day 6

 Day 6

We arrived in Puerto Vallarta!  As we were disembarking , like every port, they had people dressed up to take pictures with.  Here they also had a parrot to sit on people's shoulders for pictures.  Janica's family was the last off the boat so I was able to take pictures of her kids with the bird.

Kailee

 

 Brayden

 Marah

  Our family contacted a company in Puerto Vallarta to rent a catamaran for 6 hours.  It was a little interesting finding the place we needed to be.  We walked past the local Home Depot and Walmart and down the main street for a way. Jason decided to ask someone if we were getting close and we had just pasted the street we needed to turn on, so we were pretty lucky we hadn't gone any further.  We waited around for a couple of minutes and this man, Charlie, showed up.  Him and his son, Charlie, (yes both of their names are Charlie) took us out on an amazingly relaxing day. They were amazing!  When we boarded the boat we knew that drink and lunch were provided, but someone mentioned that we don't drink and they were surprised.  They had loaded up 2 cases of Corona, we saved them a lot of money! 

Charlie and Charlie 

 Jason and me on the catamaran.

 While we were waiting for the Charlies there were many iguanas just walking around.  We were told that they are like stray cats there.  It was fun for the kids to see these huge ancient lizards walking around.

 Kurt and Shaileen

 Jason and I had to get our pose in!

 Jason with in island people snorkel around in the background.

 Enjoying the fresh air on the boat.

 Bret and Madison

 Kailee as we first started out.

 Mom watching the coast

 The Charlies took us to a pretty secluded beach to snorkel and play at.  It was very pretty, but very cold water.  Jason, Bret, Brad, Janica, and I snorkeled and saw some fish, but the water was really murky so we didn't see a lot.

 My mom and I

 My dad and Carson

 This is how most of the kids rode the entire way.  They sat on the edge with their feet dangling off.  There was a net so we didn't have to worry about them falling off.  The kids had a blast because the water would splash up onto them and into the boat.

 Rocks in the ocean that have weathered and eroded away so they have tunnels right through them.  What amazing surroundings!

 Enjoying the sun and relaxation!

 We went back to the ship and took showers and then decided to go to check out the stores.  We took a taxi to the main shopping area.  It was Passover so there were a ton of people on the streets partying. We found a hat for me, some maracas, a tambourine, and a hat for Dawson.  

This is the amazing sunset we were able to catch on our way to the shopping area.

 And of course, our towel animal.