Good morning! I know we're a little behind in blogging. Having too much fun! We'll try to catch you up quickly before we head to breakfast. After breakfast we're going in to stay at hotel lagunita and we doubt we'll have internet access. So you probably won't here from us until we arrive in PV.
So anyhow, Day Four:
We woke up early and enjoyed our tea and juice. They bring it up every morning before you wake up. We then got our suits on and went to breakfast. I had the a bagel with cream cheese and lox while Jay ate maple walnut pancakes. We also split our favorite dish, the breakfast tacos. YUM! After breakfast we went up to get all of our hiking stuff and went into town. It was a 45 minute walk to get there but we had fun along the way.
We walked through the town to the waterfalls, which were very impressive! Jay didn't want to get in but was glad he did the end. The water was chilly (Jay says 45 degrees, I say 68...) but it was fun nevertheless.
After the waterfalls we continued through the village and onto the beach. Along the way we saw all of the children getting out of school. They all have to wear uniforms here, plaid pants for boys and dresses for girls. It was interesting to see a middle school aged girls wearing a hollister hoodie over her uniform. Another girl was carrying a Hannah Montana bookbag. Funny how americanized a small fishing village has become!
We layed on the beach in our favorite chairs at Chico's restaurant. Jay had the yummy fish tacos for lunch and I wasn't super hungry. I began reading twilight, and I am now hooked... After a few hours at the beach we began the hike back to Verana. Its long and uphill. We hiked straight to the pool and dove in! After swimming a bit we went to the room to get showered. At 6pm we had a couples massage. It was great and very relaxing.
No time to finish anymore. Must eat. See you soon!
Love,
Jay and Anni
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Verana Day 3
Hello! Sorry no blog yesterday, the internet was down for most of the day. We're getting ready for a hike into the village but we wanted to update you all on yesterday's adventures. We'll post pictures from yesterday when we get back this afternoon.
We slept in a little and went down to the restaurant for breakfast. Two couples were checking out and so there were only three couples here yesterday. We pretty much have the resort to ourselves! Along with our new friends, Rachel and Max, we took the Verana boat into the village for the day. The hike to the village beach takes about an hour but its only 2 minutes across the bay by boat.
Once in the village we went to visit or next hotel, Lagunita. The pool there is amazing, sort of like a natural infinity pool overlooking the bay. Our room there is definitely not 5 star but I think we'll be ok. After viewing the hotel we walked along the beach. A man with an iguana came by and placed it in Jay's hands while I snapped a picture. Later did we find out that each picture was $3. Fun fun. We warned the other Verana guests to stay away from iguana man.
We continued down the beach and surveyed the scene. We decided to walk back towards the hotel to a restaurant called Chicos. They had these really cool lounge chairs that had screens to shield your face from the sun. Take that wrinkles! Rachel, Max, Jay and I layed out for a good three hours and drank mucho cervasas. At $2 a beer this was a steal compared to the resort prices. Rachel had a spa appointment in the afternoon so we headed back to enjoy the rest of the day at the Verana pool!
We swam for awhile then went back to the Palapa to get ready for dinner. Dinner last night was just ok. The executive chef had his day off. You wouldn't beleive the things I'm trying! Stuffed chile peppers anyone? After dinner we toured all of the other rooms at the resort. They are all sooooo unique. I think we made a good choice with the Palapa. We went back down to the bar for a nightcap and then everyone retired back to their rooms as we were exhausted from the sun!
We after the day in Yelapa today, we are going come back to the resort for a couples massage! Can't wait! Hope everyone is doing great! Don't forget to email us or comment on the blog!
Love,
Jay and Anni
We slept in a little and went down to the restaurant for breakfast. Two couples were checking out and so there were only three couples here yesterday. We pretty much have the resort to ourselves! Along with our new friends, Rachel and Max, we took the Verana boat into the village for the day. The hike to the village beach takes about an hour but its only 2 minutes across the bay by boat.
Once in the village we went to visit or next hotel, Lagunita. The pool there is amazing, sort of like a natural infinity pool overlooking the bay. Our room there is definitely not 5 star but I think we'll be ok. After viewing the hotel we walked along the beach. A man with an iguana came by and placed it in Jay's hands while I snapped a picture. Later did we find out that each picture was $3. Fun fun. We warned the other Verana guests to stay away from iguana man.
We continued down the beach and surveyed the scene. We decided to walk back towards the hotel to a restaurant called Chicos. They had these really cool lounge chairs that had screens to shield your face from the sun. Take that wrinkles! Rachel, Max, Jay and I layed out for a good three hours and drank mucho cervasas. At $2 a beer this was a steal compared to the resort prices. Rachel had a spa appointment in the afternoon so we headed back to enjoy the rest of the day at the Verana pool!
We swam for awhile then went back to the Palapa to get ready for dinner. Dinner last night was just ok. The executive chef had his day off. You wouldn't beleive the things I'm trying! Stuffed chile peppers anyone? After dinner we toured all of the other rooms at the resort. They are all sooooo unique. I think we made a good choice with the Palapa. We went back down to the bar for a nightcap and then everyone retired back to their rooms as we were exhausted from the sun!
We after the day in Yelapa today, we are going come back to the resort for a couples massage! Can't wait! Hope everyone is doing great! Don't forget to email us or comment on the blog!
Love,
Jay and Anni
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Verana Day 2
Today we woke up to the most amazing view.
I went up to the library to sit in the sun and read before breakfast while Jay slept. Around 10:30 we headed down to the restaurant for breakfast. We had the BEST breakfast tacos and fresh fruit. After breakfast we went back to the room and I read while Jay went back to sleep. He is really taking this relaxing things seriously!
Around 3:00 we went up to the poolside restaurant for lunch. We had the best shrimp ceviche followed by thai beef salad. We finished with kiwi sorbet.
After lunch we decided to hit the pool. Our margaritas were made with local moonshine... and they definitely tasted like it :0 We enjoyed laying around and planning our day tomorrow. We tested out the waterproof camera and it was a success! Here are several pics from the pool. 
We're going to head to dinner in a few. Another guest went fishing today and caught a huge mahi-mahi. The chef has been slowly grilling it all day. Yum! After dinner we've talked with some other guests about heading in to the "dance" club in town to hang out with all the locals. Its supposed to be really fun however its a 45 minutes hike to get there! We'll see :) Hope your having fun! WE ARE!
First Day at Verana
Looks like we are able to get wi-fi. We couldn't connect yesterday so we'll see how this goes. Loading pictures may be a problem…
Let me start with yesterday's activities. Our flights were great, on time, and on continental airlines they still serve meals. We arrived at the PV airport at 2:00 and waited in the immigration line. Everyone had to take a turn standing in front of this lady who had a weird camera looking device... turns out it was a thermometer and they weren't letting people with fevers enter the country (H1N1). Luckily we were 98.6 :).
Next we passed through customs and headed to find some $$ and a taxi. We stopped at the ATM machine to get our pesos and negotiated a fare to drive us to Boca De Tomatlion. The taxi ride was scary but we made it here alive! We arrived at Boca De Tomatilon, which means mouth of the river, at 3:45. Our boat didn’t leave for Verana until 4:00 so we sat down at a little restaurant on the pier and had yummy nachos and coronas.
While in Boca we watched several water taxis pull up to get supplies. It was cool how much local product is used in everything around here. It is extremely difficult for cars to get around here so building materials are brought over by boat. The Verana water taxi pulled up to the pier and the driver came to get us and carried our bags to the boat. We met Rachel and Max from Sacramento, who are also on they’re way to Verana. The ride to Verana was amazing. The scenery is beautiful and in addition, we save dolphins, a whale, and a flying fish. Not bad for the first hour of our trip :)
We arrived at Verana and were greated by our host and several mules. Our luggage was strapped to the mules and we begun the 15 minutes hike up to Verana. I thought we were in good shape, evidently not. We were definitely out of breath at the top. We were greated by Coco, the resort manager, with snacks, a cocktail, and cold towels for our neck. She showed us around the property and up to our rooms.
The property is amazing. I can’t describe it in words so hopefully the pictures will convey how spectacular it is. We are situated on top of a mountain, surrounded by jungle, looking over the bay. The view is indescribable. Verana is very tranquil and relaxing. Check out the video at the bottom of the page to see the room. I'll post more videos of the rest of the resort later!
Our luggage arrived in our room and we unpacked. We weren’t sure what to do next. This place doesn’t really have a lot to do. The point is to really relax. We ended up laying around in the lounge chairs and soaking it all in. Around 6:45 we showered and got ready for dinner. The shower is completely outdoors and the temperature outside was somewhere in the low seventies, needless to say, I was freezing! There is no humidity so getting ready was pleasant.
We headed down to the bar for drinks and to socialize with the other guests. The bar area was a lot of fun and it was nice to meet everyone. There are only eight couples staying at the resort and two leave today (Saturday) and no one else checks in until Monday. We were served appetizers, not really sure what they were but we ate them and they were delicious. Manny, our server announced it was time for dinner and we all took our seats. The tables are all set for two so we threw them for a loop when we decided to eat with Rachel and Max. They told us that most of the time guests don’t really interact that much. Once seated we were served mahi mahi and tuna shashimi (sushi). Yum! We ended up having a delicious dinner of steak and potatoes in a red wine reduction. Delicious!!! Key lime pie was served for dinner and Jay was in heaven!
After dinner we hung out around the bar with our new friends as well as another couple and most of the hotel staff. We had fun hearing all of their stories about the resort and Yelapa (the town we’re staying in). After a few drinks we headed back up to our room. I had the best sleep ever! The weather was perfect and almost chilly and the view this morning was incredible.
I’m going to wake Jay up now and head to breakfast. More later!
Let me start with yesterday's activities. Our flights were great, on time, and on continental airlines they still serve meals. We arrived at the PV airport at 2:00 and waited in the immigration line. Everyone had to take a turn standing in front of this lady who had a weird camera looking device... turns out it was a thermometer and they weren't letting people with fevers enter the country (H1N1). Luckily we were 98.6 :).
Next we passed through customs and headed to find some $$ and a taxi. We stopped at the ATM machine to get our pesos and negotiated a fare to drive us to Boca De Tomatlion. The taxi ride was scary but we made it here alive! We arrived at Boca De Tomatilon, which means mouth of the river, at 3:45. Our boat didn’t leave for Verana until 4:00 so we sat down at a little restaurant on the pier and had yummy nachos and coronas.
While in Boca we watched several water taxis pull up to get supplies. It was cool how much local product is used in everything around here. It is extremely difficult for cars to get around here so building materials are brought over by boat. The Verana water taxi pulled up to the pier and the driver came to get us and carried our bags to the boat. We met Rachel and Max from Sacramento, who are also on they’re way to Verana. The ride to Verana was amazing. The scenery is beautiful and in addition, we save dolphins, a whale, and a flying fish. Not bad for the first hour of our trip :)
We arrived at Verana and were greated by our host and several mules. Our luggage was strapped to the mules and we begun the 15 minutes hike up to Verana. I thought we were in good shape, evidently not. We were definitely out of breath at the top. We were greated by Coco, the resort manager, with snacks, a cocktail, and cold towels for our neck. She showed us around the property and up to our rooms.
The property is amazing. I can’t describe it in words so hopefully the pictures will convey how spectacular it is. We are situated on top of a mountain, surrounded by jungle, looking over the bay. The view is indescribable. Verana is very tranquil and relaxing. Check out the video at the bottom of the page to see the room. I'll post more videos of the rest of the resort later!
Our luggage arrived in our room and we unpacked. We weren’t sure what to do next. This place doesn’t really have a lot to do. The point is to really relax. We ended up laying around in the lounge chairs and soaking it all in. Around 6:45 we showered and got ready for dinner. The shower is completely outdoors and the temperature outside was somewhere in the low seventies, needless to say, I was freezing! There is no humidity so getting ready was pleasant.
We headed down to the bar for drinks and to socialize with the other guests. The bar area was a lot of fun and it was nice to meet everyone. There are only eight couples staying at the resort and two leave today (Saturday) and no one else checks in until Monday. We were served appetizers, not really sure what they were but we ate them and they were delicious. Manny, our server announced it was time for dinner and we all took our seats. The tables are all set for two so we threw them for a loop when we decided to eat with Rachel and Max. They told us that most of the time guests don’t really interact that much. Once seated we were served mahi mahi and tuna shashimi (sushi). Yum! We ended up having a delicious dinner of steak and potatoes in a red wine reduction. Delicious!!! Key lime pie was served for dinner and Jay was in heaven!
After dinner we hung out around the bar with our new friends as well as another couple and most of the hotel staff. We had fun hearing all of their stories about the resort and Yelapa (the town we’re staying in). After a few drinks we headed back up to our room. I had the best sleep ever! The weather was perfect and almost chilly and the view this morning was incredible.
I’m going to wake Jay up now and head to breakfast. More later!
Friday, November 6, 2009
It's 1:48 and we're going to bed!
We're finally all packed! We're heading to the airport at 5:30am (after 4 hours of sleep). Here are few pics taken with our *new* camera!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Our Itinerary is set! (Finally!)
Yay! I just finished booking all of our hotel reservations, stopping the paper and mail, getting an international cell phone plan, and booking our zipline tour! Here's our itinerary:
Friday Nov 6-
We'll begin making our trip to PV :) Once we arrive in PV, we'll take a taxi from the airport to Boca De Tomatlan. From there we'll board our boat and head to the first resort, VERANA . We should arrive at the resort around 5:00pm.
Flight CO2343: Departs Charlotte @ 7:55am. Lands in Houston @ 9:43am.
Flight CO1838: Departs Houston @ 11:35am. Lands in PV @ 2:14pm.
Saturday Nov 7-
Verana
Sunday Nov 8-
Verana
Monday Nov 9-
Verana
Tuesday Nov 10- (Bo's Birthday!)
Verana
Wednesday Nov 11- (Big Jay's Birthday!)
We'll switch hotels today. We're going to head into the town of Yelapa (around the bay from Verana) and stay at Hotel Lagunita.
Thursday Nov 12-
Hotel Lagunita
Friday Nov 13-
We're planning to take the 7:30am water taxi back to PV today. We're going to land at the beach at Rosita's Hotel and walk a few blocks to our hotel, Villa Premiere.
At 11:30am we're going to take a cab to the Vallarta Marina and meet up with our Outdoor Adventure zipline tour! We're going to be boating, hiking, atving, ziplining, and repelling.
Saturday Nov 14-
Villa Premiere
Sunday Nov 15-
Sadly we'll be leaving Mexico today :(
Flight: CO1582: Departs PV @ 9:00am. Lands in Houston @ 11:21am
Flight: CO3048: Departs Houston @ 12:50. Lands in Charlotte @ 4:07
Monday, November 2, 2009
Getting ready for Mexico!
Welcome to our blog, we're using this as a way to help us remember all of the fun we have while on vacations! After our last two trips we've realized the we pretty much forget all of the fun details and want to use this blog as an "online scrapbook".
We're now only four days from our trip! Can't wait to be somewhere warm and away from everything! Check back for updates!
We're now only four days from our trip! Can't wait to be somewhere warm and away from everything! Check back for updates!
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