Wednesday September 23, 2009

Yeah! We got to sleep in…………until of course the phone rang. But it was shortly after 11 so that was ok, Juan called to let us know that the two pieces we ordered from him (a behind the sofa table and another smaller book case for the rest of our DVD collection) we going to be delivered right away. Lily got here around noon, so we showered and Lynn made a wonderful lunch of tuna, mayo, salsa, tomatoes, peppers and some spices, it was sooooooooooooo good, she is an excellent cook!

We are going to Rhythm of the night tonight and it is a two for one deal. We ended up with an extra ticket so we were trying to get rid of it, we called a couple of single people we know, nada, so we called John and Christie to see if one of them would like to go with us. Well……………………..it ends up that now Dick and Mary Carman, John and Christie, Cheryl and Paul, Ross, Lynn and I are going along with a friend of John and Christie’s, Daniel, who is not single so they are not trying to set Lynn up, however, his is a long distance relationship. I’ll report tomorrow on how it went.

Ross and Lynn drove to La Cruz to a pool store to see if we can find a pool filter that fits (again). I have been putzing around organizing things (that is of course what I do) while Lily is cleaning my house……….have I told you lately how much I love Mexico?

We decided not to go anywhere so we just went into the pool and floated until it was time to get ready for our excursion to Los Caletas for Rhythm of the Night. It was fabulous, (we ended up being a group of 10) we boarded the catamaran that I believe holds up to 150 people and went up to the top deck. Christie, Cheryl, Lynn and I ordered shots of tequila along with our drinks, it was a fun night! The boat follows the coastline south to a secluded beach owned by John Houston where they shot the famous movie Night of the Iguana which made Puerto Vallarta famous. Liz Taylor and we think Richard Burton was in the movie and this is where they fell in love and ended up getting married. On the way to the beach we actually drove around a couple of The Los Arcos rocks which they very seldom do and we saw some dolphins swimming in the water, what a treat.

They played a little game on the boat, everyone was given a white sticker (they put them on our shirts) and if someone you talked to said “no” you took their sticker and the one with the most stickers won. It was so much fun, it is surprising how many questions you want to say no to, for example “do you want to make love to me?” or for most people “do you live here?” At the end of the night the guy that won gave his prize to a couple on their honeymoon (I think it was a coupon for dinner).

By the time we got to Los Caletas it was dark (we got some great shots of the setting sun) and as they only use candles for ambience it looked beautiful, candles everywhere. We were lead up to an outdoor amphitheatre and almost as soon as we were seated the show started. It is very hard to explain the show, it featured a tribal sacrifice of an antelope (we think) with all the actors in full costume with painted faces and torso’s, wild feather headdresses on one guy, there were two guys painted up and they moved around the stage like monkeys, doing somersaults, one handed pushups and they danced. The stage was on the bottom of a hill and the hill had long steps up with an alter at the top. They played the drums, one guy played the didgeridoo, some had maracas and there were a lot of other instruments.

After the show we had a marvelous candlelight buffet with shrimp, fish, beef, veggies and one of the best flan’s I have had in a very long time. We drank some wine, some Mexican coffee with cinnamon and kaluha, talked and ate and ate and ate! All too soon we had to board the boat and come back home. The crew put on a show for everyone and when we were almost home the rain started so everyone from the top of the boat scampered down and went undercover, of course not Ross, I think he stayed up there the whole time. We said goodbye to everyone and drove home.

On the way home guess who got a speeding ticket?????? Yup, Ross did. We were going 100 in a 60 kilometer an hour zone. The police where very nice, they took our license plate and we will get it back when we pay the ticket. Of course John and Christie drove past us and I got a call from Christie laughing at Ross. I love Mexico! When we finally got home Lynn and I had some tequila and squirt (very good) and finally went to bed close to one.

Another great day! Talk to you soon
Ross, Kim and Lynn in Paradise