Sorry my posting has been delayed. A week and a half ago was my homeschool camping trip-which was great fun even though it rained. I always have fun when I can just chill, and talk with my friends. So now I am resuming my Mexico adventure. :)

The third day I woke up again refreshed, and ready to make the most of my stay in Mexico. (sorry about the corny line, but I couldn't help it)

After talking at length about what activity to fill our day with, we finally decided on doing some more shopping, and then returning to the resort to relax.

Rodrigo, one of the bell-hops we made friends with, got us a taxi and asked him to wait for us while we shopped. This made it so we would not have to worry about getting one back, and not having to worry about if you are really going to end up where you want to be.

Our shopping went well, I bartered with some locals and bought more souvenirs. We made our way back to our waiting taxi, and the driver took us to some pretty perfect picture places (how about that alliteration there. lol). Our driver was really nice, and I am grateful for that. Because, even though we had a great time in Mexico, there were still dangers of being accosted by a local wanting to sell you a time-share.

After we were done shopping and taking pictures of the scenery, we went back to the resort where I played-and failed-tennis with the groom's brother Aaron, on the roof of one of the resort buildings. Even though I made clear that I am very bad at any kind of tennis other than the kind you play on the Wii, it was still a lot of fun. We lost two balls by hitting them over the fence, but thankfully we were saved the three dollars each, because someone felt kind enough to throw the balls back up to us. It was so hot up there that the only option (in our opinion) after playing-and failing-tennis, was to go swimming.

The pool felt great. The resort had five pools, but we usually utilized the main pool that had a view of the ocean. You may think it's strange that a resort on the ocean has one pool, let alone five. The reason is that the waves where we went are always to high for swimming, so they just built extra pools to make up for not being able to swim in the Pacific.

Now, enough of that bunny trail, back to my day: we were enjoying the pool so much that we were late for our dinner reservation at the Japanese Steakhouse. So we ran upstairs to rinse off, and change. That is the quickest shower/change/fix-up I've ever done. Dinner, made hibachi style (they cook dinner at your table on a large griddle), was pretty good. Our chef was creative and made a choo-choo train with the rings of onion, and shaped the rice into a heart under which she slid her spatula and made it look like it was beating. She said "My heart is beating for you." After filling our bowl with fried rice, she placed the bowl on the end of her spatula and flipped it in the air several times before finally placing it on our plate. She told us to call her loco. I thought that in the end, the presentation was better than the food itself.

After dinner, Aaron and I went and played basketball until it was too dark to see the net.

All in all, a pretty good day in Mexico.

Blessings,

Tiffany

Cabo Dinner Cruise

After sleeping very well, and thanking God for blessing so incredibly, we visited the Mexican mega mart to buy some new sun glasses; relaxed in the sweet, nautical themed lobby to catch our breath after walking to the mega mart in the extreme mexico heat; went swimming the one of the resorts four pools and did water aerobics -boot camp - with Fernando (if I did that every day, I would be super strong!); and bought some authentic Mexican beachwear from a local peddler. :)

We had more food, then we got ready to go to the marina where we did some shopping at what one of our traveling companions dubbed: Haggle Mart. if you have ever been to Mexico or China, you already know why. :) Some of our group didn't enjoy haggling, but I thought it was kinda fun. I would also like to clarify that I did not haggle them to nothing like some people I saw. I just decided what it was worth in the states, and added a couple bucks for their benefit.
After we bought some souvenirs, we headed to the dock where we got on the boat for our dinner cruise that we had in honor of the brides dad because it was his birthday. (my apologies for the run-on sentences. I just had coffee. lol.)

The dinner cruise was great. I got to salsa with the captain of the boat. =) After we had authentic Mexican food (Taco Bell is SO not Mexican. just sayin'.) which was wonderful, the captain of the boat led us all in the Macarena, the chicken dance, the conga line, and another Mexican line dance I had never seen before. I love dancing, so that gave the boat an A+ in my book. :)

All in all, the day was pretty great. Thank you God for giving me such amazing people to call friends!!!
More later
Blessings,
Tiffany Raye

Cabo San Lucas Mexico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two weeks ago we were invited to a wedding in Mexico for one of my mom's friends' sons. They had not seen each other since high school, and my mom really wanted to go. I was not really thrilled with the idea because I had never met any of them, and I thought it would be awkward. Nevertheless, my mom decided that she was going and that I was going with her. So I went through the motions of packing (in a hurry because we flew out the next day) and getting ready to go. I tried to be excited for her sake, but I was not really feeling it. When we got to Cabo, there were teary reunions for my mom and her friend, and I kind of felt out of place. However, it turned out that all my worries were unnecessary, because I soon found myself talking to them like I'd known them forever.
We went to the wedding which turned out BEAUTIFUL. Everyone was in their formals, and the couple was married by a Mexican minister in a gazebo on the beach. I've never been to such a beautiful, tear inspiring wedding in my life.

After the wedding we took a million and one pictures of the bride and groom on the beach next to the ocean with the waves behind them.


They had a candlelit reception in the sand on the beach, with the sunset in the background. It was amazing. One of the workers even drew pictures, and wrote sayings in the sand for them. Ever seen a sand squeegee before? ;)

During dinner, the wedding party stood up and gave heartfelt speeches about the bride and groom, and their journey together before getting married. All of this was very sweet, and it helped me to get to know them better through the stories told by their families.
The food was amazing too. There were a bunch of diferent courses, but my favorites were the steak served over potatoes, with spicy gravy; and the creme brulee that they served with fresh berries and a stick of carmelized sugar.



Needless to say I went to sleep that night very content. Full of love and good food.

Tomorrow I will write about our second day in Mexico.