Costa Rica Ziplining

Fred and I wanted to be a little adventurous on this trip.

I really wanted to go parasailing and ziplining.

So here we are. Fred did all the reading up on things.

Insects, poisonous vegetation ~ it sounded icky.

It was going to be hot and humid. It sounded  pretty awful.

By now I had decided on most excursions I was going to wear long sleeves.

I did not want to get sunburned. I refused though on wearing long pants.

 I don't think we look too bad with all the gear on. 

I've learned how to snuggle up into Fred. 

 Thank you Wendy Allred for the "weight on the back foot, front foot pointing forward."

 Again with having Fred go first so I would know what to do.

The group guide really was good at giving instructions.

I still wanted Fred to go first.

 They tell you how to maneuver your strong hand to keep yourself pointed forward so you can smile at the camera. 

 Fred really had good form.

 I was photo bombing in these two pictures. 

A little butt cheek cracking in my pictures.

 Oh so I did do really good to smile for the camera. So good in fact, that I didn't do any looking around. I was so focused on looking at the camera.

Next time I won't worry about that and actually look at the scenery.

 Gave me insight into wearing a thong.

There were about 8 or 9 platforms with some hiking in between.

It was a little exerting and HOT on this day. 

Photo package

We decided to buy the least expensive photo package.

When you go on a cruise, you spend a lot of money.

It seems ridiculous, but you might as well give in.

 I don't know what my deal is with packing clothes.

I only packed one nice pair of slacks. 

Three nice shirts.

One pair of jeans.

Three pair of capris.

Work out clothes - never used. 

About 7 tee shirts.

I had a mission to buy two more nice shirts for going out to dinner.

I bought this one in Nicaragua.

I looked for pants or tops in Cabo San Lucas and Acapulco, but there was not anything inexpensive.

Everything was SO expensive. Plus things looked very small.

I paid $10.00 for this. I was happy. 

 I bought this in Costa Rica. I paid $12.00

My pants were the black/white checked so I figured the red would look good.

Fred likes me in red. 

 There were so many pictures to choose from. 

It was actually hard to narrow it down. 

It's too bad they gouge you with the price. We did get a flash drive with all of these,

but I would have loved all of the pictures.

So here we are in all our cruising glory.

Acapulco

Today was Acapulco.

We took a tour in a small tour bus.

He drove us through a down town market. 

I didn't take pictures as we drove, but it was basically what you would imagine.

It's the part of Mexico that I don't like to see.

I can't imagine living in those conditions. 

 He drove us up to this high point so we could get some great pictures of the bay where our cruise ship was docked. 

 The tour included cliff diving which we were totally uninterested in seeing.

But we ended up really enjoying it.

A little bit more impressed than we expected.

They looked like boys, but I imagine they were in their mid to late 20s.

They are all very small in stature.

This is vantage point.

 Here is Fred hanging out.

 The divers actually have to scale the cliff to the top to dive.

 I think there were about a dozen divers.

 There were a couple teams divers who were totally in sync. It was impressive.

My camera is very lacking, but it gives you the idea.

 Here is another team.

 When the ships pull into port, the city skyline is so beautiful.

 There is a zipline across this lake area.

 The tour included what they called a botanical garden. It was kind of a joke. 

It was basically a nursery, but the plants were all lush and beautiful. 

Not any dead or dried out plants like we see back in the states in our nurseries.

 Who is this guy?

 Acapulco was a fun day. The weather was not too hot. We really lucked out on the weather.

 Fred is a master selfie photographer. 

 There was a grill and pub on board that we ate at a lot. 

We cruised on Norwegian this time. It seemed like Norwegian had more free food options on board.

This is the atrium where the Pub overlooks. This band performed a lot all week.

They were really good, but it was kind of distracting because they were not caucasian yet 

all this rock n roll, hip hop, pop and other genres were coming out - it just didn't match.