Puerto Vallarta 2005
Kim and I went to Puerto Vallarta along with Mom, Tom and the Soldwisch family. Some highlights: - Great hotel, right on the beach in the middle of downtown;
- Saw a few humpback whales while on a catamaran;
- Rode a horse up to a waterfall and watched some locals cliff jump;
- Bought some huichal art - a beaded iguana and a yarn puma head, as well as some wood-carved turtles;
- Ate breakfast at a place named "best place in the world for breakfast" by International Living in mid-2003. Had the peanut butter and banana pancakes;
- Also had some excellent cheese and ham-stuffed grilled shrimp wrapped in bacon. Mmm...healthy;
- Did a treetop canopy tour, where we rode on zip lines suspended by a harness along 2 miles of cord crisscrossing a canyon. The longest line was 1200 feet long and the highest was 450 feet above the ground;
- Parasailed over the bay;
- Did some haggling for souvenirs and gifts with the locals;
- Took over 700 photos, trying different techniques; and
- Returned home with Kim to discover her cat returned home after a week away.
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