When we landed at the airport, I felt the need to pinch myself to make sure it was real! We were so excited! It didn't even really phase us that our luggage had not made it there with us. We were just glad to be in Zihuatanejo finally...
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We arrived at the resort & it was amazing!! Take a look at our views & the room we had...
Once we got settled, we went down for lunch at the Surf Club by the pool & enjoyed the surroundings. We had some fabulous sunset dinners with amazing views! The first of which was Sunday night for our Romantic Dinner on the beach. It is set up by the resort & was far more than what we expected! I felt like I was in a fairytale movie! I don't know how Jarrod will top this for the next anniversary! One of my bags had arrived just before dinner and thankfully had my toiletries & something to change into for dinner, but Jarrod wasn't so fortunate...
The next day we took a trip into town to buy a few things since the rest of our luggage still had not arrived; this was day 3 of Jarrod sporting his travel cloths. (I don't think he'll be wearing that shirt for a while). We also went to the grocery store, which I always think is so fun in other countries! I love seeing how different cultures have different brands & how the store is set up. We experienced that with buying bread (see pics & captions below). When we arrived back to the resort that afternoon, we saw our bags sitting at the reception waiting on us! What a relief! Then we went down and enjoyed massages at the spa on the beach. They were so cheap that I did a couple throughout the week...
Tuesday, we got up bright and early for our deep sea fishing excursion. We caught 10 fish, but most were very small. Jarrod was hoping for a sailfish or mahi mahi, but the day was still fun & got to see the sunrise...
Wednesday, we caught a taxi with some friends at the resort who were going on the same snorkel excursion we were and headed down to the 80 foot catamaran. The snorkeling wasn't that great due to the high tides, but we still had a great time riding on the boat...
Thursday thru our extended departure on Saturday, we did a lot of relaxing on the beach...
It was a wonderful vacation! A lot of my spanish started coming back, surprisingly, over the course of the trip, but I still can't hold a conversation. Jarrod & I think we may invest some time in getting more fluent in Spanish. It was funny though b/c when we arrived back to the states, we kept catching ourselves wanting to say Hola! and Gracias! It was especially funny when we stopped for sushi on the way home Saturday night b/c I think our Asian waitress would have looked at us slightly funny, "who are these gringos speaking spanish to an Asian?" LOL
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