The Life of Ryan...

We pulled into our first port, Cabo San Lucas, on monday. We only had about 8 hours to be on land so we found a water taxi, and grabbed some snorkel gear, all for $10.  The day was spent on lovers beach, snorkeling, and cliff jumping. The fish there were beautiful, but i've seen better in my travels.  I got bored of looking at sea critters so I decided to go on the north side of the beach to tackle some waves.  They were practically yelling at me and mocking me so I had to man up and fight them.  Now when I say "fight" a wave, I mean wait for the swell to form then dive right into at and punch anything that gets in my way.  So I go a few rounds with some waves when the ocean decides to send in its top fighter, " El diablo" as I like to call him. So the wave swells up, big and mightier then the rest. I hesitate for only a millisecond.  I must defend my country, I must fight back. The scene all of a sudden slows down like a an epic battle scene. Two Titans run at each other, each with their muscles glistening in the sun. I see the evil in the face of my oppenent but I keep my composure.  The wave has reached its peak, 12 massive feet it rises into the air. I leap from the sand soaring toward the wave.  My arms pulled back and my face roaring like a lion! Wham!!! We collide with thunderous sound! I'm immediately surrounded by water and I thrash to make the wave feel everything I got. Without warning I'm slammed into the ocean bed. Ouch, I think to myself. That one hurt.  I arise from the water yelling profanity, for "El diablo" cheated and brought his homies to take me down! No fair "El diablo" NO FAIR! Long story short, I found out by the cruise doctor I dislocated my rib. I'm fine though.

So that was our day in Cabo, next day MAZATLAN! The city was very cool and we spent half the day in the flea markets. Then the other half relaxing on the beach. I was still sore from the previous day.  Nothing too exciting happened there but we did eat some delicious tacos and my spanglish improved.

The day after we arrived in Puerto Vallarta.  This was my favorite place by far. The city was lush and in the heart of a beautiful mexican forrest. We also had all day to spend there so we made the best of it.  We spent the first half doing an excursion where we went 20 miles south of the city and went zip-lining  over the canopy and repelled off waterfalls. It was stunning, the other half was spent in more flea markets and walking on the pier. A great day! The rest of the ship time was on sea back to the states. It was such a cool experience and one I'll never forget.  By now my family is jealous that I've travelled more then most of them combined.  All I can say is... get used to it! Love ya!