Back from sunny Mexico!
Finally back in town after a whole 7 days back in beautiful Mazatlan, Mexico. Talk about a slightly different experience staying in an amazing resort instead of on a tiny sailboat! The Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay resort was totally amazing, I'll upload pictures later...definitely an amazing investment by my parents to get a timeshare at this brand new place. And the best part is that we can exchange our week with any other Pueblo Bonito resort (in Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and some other places) OR with any other timeshare place through RCI. WOOHOO!
So for a bit of a summary...
Friday - depart Oakland, switch over in Phoenix and get to Mazatland...all accomplished on tiny ass regional planes. Kinda scary, but super nice...got bused out to the resort where I was amazed to see the four star layout and recieve incredible service!
Saturday - took advantage of the hourly shuttles for the 10 minute ride into downtown Mazatlan. Went to dinner with the parents before Ryan and I ducked back for a night on the town. We picked the Bora-Bora nightclub right on the beach, and it was crowded with locals. Good dance mixes, two circular bars and an open porch right onto the beach...some tequila shots and a couple beers later, and Ryan & I considered it a great adventure! So was the pulmonia ride home around 1am (buses and the shuttle stop running that late...I think I ended up getting a cheaper ride everytime. The trick is to lie and say you got it for hella cheap "just last night!").
Sunday....thru today (Friday) - really only remembering a blur of laying out by the luxurious pool and swimming while slowly getting drunk all day (happy hour from 4-5 at the pool and 5-6 inside the main bar, lol). Bloody Marys, margaritas, a couple martinis and a whoooole lotta beer. I love mexican beer *sigh*. Then out to town for dinner, exploring and some more clubs/bars (no parents, they go to sleep to early - the routine was they get up early while we stay out late). A definite disadvantage was sharing the room, but I think we all managed pretty well for the lack of privacy. Although for a pleasure resort, the most private area for Ryan and I was the beach itself...thank goodness there's lounge chairs out there! And stay away from the grassy areas within the resort...I ended up with all sorts of bug bites.
Thank God my Spanish wasn't as rusty as I thought it might be - it was actually kinda fun to put it back into use after so long! Made me apprehensive about Europe after graduation though, since I don't speak anything more than Spanish for Spain and like two lines of French.
All in all, it was an AMAZINGLY great week...I hadn't realized how much I missed Mexico and everything that came with it until I was relaxing on "manana time" and had visited the 200 year old block market where the different sectors offer huge whole animals for meat and just about anything else you could wish for!
A good start to the summer, hopefully starting school Monday won't cast a shadow on any future fun to be had :).
So for a bit of a summary...
Friday - depart Oakland, switch over in Phoenix and get to Mazatland...all accomplished on tiny ass regional planes. Kinda scary, but super nice...got bused out to the resort where I was amazed to see the four star layout and recieve incredible service!
Saturday - took advantage of the hourly shuttles for the 10 minute ride into downtown Mazatlan. Went to dinner with the parents before Ryan and I ducked back for a night on the town. We picked the Bora-Bora nightclub right on the beach, and it was crowded with locals. Good dance mixes, two circular bars and an open porch right onto the beach...some tequila shots and a couple beers later, and Ryan & I considered it a great adventure! So was the pulmonia ride home around 1am (buses and the shuttle stop running that late...I think I ended up getting a cheaper ride everytime. The trick is to lie and say you got it for hella cheap "just last night!").
Sunday....thru today (Friday) - really only remembering a blur of laying out by the luxurious pool and swimming while slowly getting drunk all day (happy hour from 4-5 at the pool and 5-6 inside the main bar, lol). Bloody Marys, margaritas, a couple martinis and a whoooole lotta beer. I love mexican beer *sigh*. Then out to town for dinner, exploring and some more clubs/bars (no parents, they go to sleep to early - the routine was they get up early while we stay out late). A definite disadvantage was sharing the room, but I think we all managed pretty well for the lack of privacy. Although for a pleasure resort, the most private area for Ryan and I was the beach itself...thank goodness there's lounge chairs out there! And stay away from the grassy areas within the resort...I ended up with all sorts of bug bites.
Thank God my Spanish wasn't as rusty as I thought it might be - it was actually kinda fun to put it back into use after so long! Made me apprehensive about Europe after graduation though, since I don't speak anything more than Spanish for Spain and like two lines of French.
All in all, it was an AMAZINGLY great week...I hadn't realized how much I missed Mexico and everything that came with it until I was relaxing on "manana time" and had visited the 200 year old block market where the different sectors offer huge whole animals for meat and just about anything else you could wish for!
A good start to the summer, hopefully starting school Monday won't cast a shadow on any future fun to be had :).