I didn’t kiss a pig!

We are home.  The trip to PV was wonderful.  I was amazed at how beautiful our resort was and equally amazed at how few people there were staying there.  Now, why would I be amazed………  With all the swine flu crap going on I thought that the numbers of travelers would be less but what we saw was almost scarey.  The airport was virtually empty.  The resort we stayed in was only 30% occupancy.  Resort after resort were closed down.  At night the beach was dark because the closed resorts were completely dark.  It was surreal.

So much for the bad vibes, now for the good stuff.  Here is a photo of the view that greeted us.

This ain’t Oklahoma!

I got to snorkel for the first time in my life.  It was great.  Coach and I took the plunge and had an incredible time.  We road a boat 27 miles out to an island and the snorkeling was awesome.  I had a little trouble taking that first breath with my face in the water but once I got comfortable with that then things went great.  The only thing that put a cloud over the day was the fact that several of us got stung by little jellyfish.  OUCH!  It hurt like a bee sting and caused whelps on my arms.

The highlight of my last day on the beach was the huge turtle that decided it was time to lay a few eggs and so she joined us on the beach…..the only inhabited beach in the area…..and we got to watch a really amazing event.

She got a little tangled in the rope but some good samaritans lifted the rope up and let her finish and then scoot back into the Pacific.

It was a great 4 days and we relaxed, drank a few margaritas, and enjoyed meeting some new friends.  I could have used a few more days but on the way back to the airport I saw a couple of pigs and was reminded that the country is nearly shut down because of the swine flu scare and thought that maybe we should just get back to the good old US of A.    Home – Sweet – Home

Just a couple of random photos -

We look like a bunch of little kids with water wings.