Swimming With Dolphins

Puerto Vallarta - 1.16.11

More updates from Puerto Vallarta! Another Vallarta Adventure we went on was swimming with the dolphins! I loved those dolphins! We had Gandalf and Ally as our dolphins (both male) and they were so sweet to play with us! Our trainer's name was Janet and we had a blast. We did the Signature Swim which included an hour of interacting with the dolphins. While it was the most expensive package, it gave you the most time to really play and interact with the dolphins. We even got to see the head trainer dolphin surf.

Here is the head trainer surfing on the dolphin. Seriously one of the most amazing things EVER.


Jumping dolphins! They could do backflips too!

We're conducting them here - literally.

We also got to ride our dolphins!

And feed them!

Hugging the dolphin. I think this is Gandalf (he had a huge cut by his blownose). Obviously I'm biased since his name is GANDALF. I mean, how cool is that? Says the nerd in me. I asked the trainer how they pick the names and the group votes. Well, you have my vote for Gandalf for sure! =D

The dolphins were really sweet and let us pet them as they swum around in a circle around us.

Finally, Dolphin kisses!

I loved swimming with the dolphins and if I were to go back, I think I would try to swim with the seals! It was worth every penny and I'm seriously thinking of becoming a dolphin trainer so I can have my own Gandalf and Ally. =D

Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta - 1.15.11

I've been back from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for less than a month and I already want to go back! JAX took down Puerto Vallarta. I'll probably have to update over the course of a number days, but I'll just put up some snapshots.

Outdoor Adventure - One of the best adventures I've ever been on! We had a great host of guides who guided us through a course of ziplining and rappeling. They were the most amazing and caring guides. I felt completely safe on the ziplines and trusted the guides. If you're ever going to Puerto Vallarta I strongly suggest this tour at Vallarta Adventures! Here's the course map which started with a boat ride from our resort to the adventure location. Then we rode on open air 4x4s to the location on the mountain.

Then, mules up the mountain!


Then, ZIPLINING!!!




We also rappelled down a waterfall!


Ziplining into the water!


There was actually this one incident where the guide asked me, "Do you want to get wet?" and my response was "I don't care" and then he DROPPED me straight into the water. Which, while refreshing, was very very cold.


JAX being the ziplining monsters we are! =D