Day 3-Ensenada Mexico

Wednesday we woke up in Ensenada Mexico!

We wanted to try the sit down breakfast that day instead of the buffet, and it was delicious! I had yummy waffles and bacon and eggs. :) We signed up to do the La Bufadora Adventure tour at 9am, so as soon as we ate, we headed off the boat.
There was a big flea market that we walked through on our way to our meeting point that we made sure to look at when we got back. We met with our group, and we headed on a bus!

Our tour guide, Irma, was really nice and really funny.

She made sure to tell us the good things to buy at the flea markets, and we learned all about their city on our 45 minute bus ride to the blow hole. When we got there, she led us down to where the blow hole was. We had to walk through the BIG flea market to get down there, and all the shop owners made sure to let us know what they were selling and to stop by on our way back up. :) We made it down to the water and watched it blow way up in the sky. It was so beautiful, and we even got a picture of us right when the water was shooting up. Yay!

 

 

 
We stopped at the restroom before hittin the shops, which you have to pay for! We  had to pay 50 cents each to use the restroom. So you give the man your money, there are piles of toilet paper sitting on the table so choose one and head into the bathroom. There is a lady in the bathroom standing there who hands you a paper towel after you wash your hands. She had a bucket on the sink that said, "Your tips are my salary". That made me so sad! She stands there all day hoping that people will use the bathroom and give her a tip so she can make money. It made me really grateful for what I have here in this country.
 
Well, it was time for us to make our way back up the hill through the flea markets and see if there was anything worth buying! I found some cute earrings made out of pretty shells. Chris looked at some cowboy hats but they seemed to want way more than we wanted to pay. There was a shop that had really pretty bowls that they made and would paint by hand. We got some salt and pepper shakers from that store for our new apartment! We had some friends tell us that we had to buy the vanilla down there, so we bought a big bottle of vanilla for when I bake, and we also brought them back a bottle as well.

That's pretty much all we bought. If we had brought more money, we definitely would have bought more things like a cool hammock, a cowboy hat, taken a picture with a lion, and probably some prescription drugs! Haha not sure what kind of drugs, but they seemed to be proud of their pharmacies down there. :)

We made it back to the bus, but before we got on, we HAD to try their fish tacos! I wanted to at least try a real Mexican taco with homemade tortillas. Mmmm I got a fish taco and Chris got a chicken taco, but they were surely YUMMY! We got on the bus and waited for everyone else to make it back on. We were told to be on the bus at 11:15am, and by 11:30am there was still one couple not back! And we left! They don't mess around! If you dont' get back in time they don't care :) I hope they found a way back somehow! It was a long drive over there!
 
We drove through the town and saw how the people lived there. It was a little depressing to see.

 

 

 

We saw a Mexican Mcdonalds!! That was pretty cool. Chris thought it was so cool how the stop signs said Stop in Spanish. :)

We finally made it back on the boat, got some lunch and then wanted to lay out the rest of the day. It was perfect weather for a tan! They had a part in the back of the ship that was just for adults with tanning chairs and hot tubs, so we got our suits on and headed back there! Chris loved looking at the sea lions at the shore. We had to shoo away seagulls quite a bit. :)

 

Dinner was yummy again like always. But I had eaten so much that day, that before they could even ask us what we wanted for dessert, I had to leave cause my stomach was so full it hurt bad! Right outside the casino, they had a couple of these games where you put a dollar in and you move this key side to side and up and down to where you want it, and then when you let it go you have to see if it fits into this key hole where you could win $100, $200, $500, $500 AND an Ipad, or $1000! We watched people put in 20 dollar bills after another and win nothing. We each tried a few times, but didn't win anything. It always seemed to be just a little off. It seemed pretty impossible to get it right in the hole, but we did see someone finally win $100 after trying like 8 times. That was our entertainment for the night. HAHA We went back to our room and watched a movie till we fell asleep. It was a busy day!