sunday the 22nd, photo sesh

we went to the beach, played in the water, body surfed, got slammed by waves. we went to our favorite restaurant, miguel's. we had mole-covered enchiladas and pork pozole, a delicious spicy broth with hominy. i wasn't impressed with the mole, as it tasted mostly of chocolate-covered enchiladas. we were trapped in the pouring rain going to the restaurant so as we are running through the streets in our flip flops and dresses, we are drenched and laughing while all the locals laugh at us. we didn't mind the rain at all. we loved it! i loved getting drenched and splashing through puddles, washing my feet under the waterfall from the awnings. when we arrived at miguel's, we were soaking wet.

the remainder of the night is spent watching "the closer" and "the breakup" followed by a short intermission of soft-core porn that was on for free. monday comes, i wake up around 9:30 and steph tells me minutes out of my slumber, "i would like to catch the ten 'o clock bus". i hurriedly gather my things and boil some eggs for the road. we walk up the street and see our bus pulling away. it says "pto. vallarta" on the window. i know it's ours. we hail the driver and ask if we can get on. he motions for us to get on and we sit in the back and i am terrified by a wasp, so i change seats. half way through the trip, the driver collects money for tickets and neglects collect ours. so we got a free ride!

we arrive in puerto vallarta, the last leg of our trip, immediately catch a bus that drops us off at our FREE HOTEL that steph got with frequent flier miles. villa vallarta. we have a poolside suite and the night is ours. there seem to be only two families staying at the hotel. it's a full moon and we spend the night in the 4 foot deep pool laughing. thern we are inspired to have a photoshoot. i braid my hair and tie it around my chin so it looks like i have a chin strap. steph loves this. i get my cat hat on and start posing in these ridiculous positions on the lounge chair. then steph gets on the bar and sips her drink through a pencil. then we move to the pool and we re-enact the phoebe cates scene from fast times at ridgemont high. but steph is coming out of the water with a life preserver around her neck instead. genius! then we do some failed topiary-peeking shots. we move to the outdoor shower and i take some sexy photos without a bikini top with a flag over my breasts. we did another with steph in the outdoor shower with a plastic chair. then we saw an empty coke machine and we got inside, pretending to talk on the phone as if it were a phone booth. steph even made me crawl into a buffet case, where i half-killed a spider with my stomach.