Puerto Vallarta Vacation Part II

After the excitement of the first two days, we decided that Monday would be a day where we would do some shopping and again relax and enjoy being pool side.

During our walk along the boardwalk we were approached by a vendor trying to sell us a tour. Oh we chatted and we bartered but the vendor wasn't moving to a price that was working for us so we finally walked away. It was early afternoon and this vendor found hubby and I sitting under a palapa on the beach enjoying the sights. The vendor finally came down to a reasonable price. Our adventure was to take place the next day. We were going by boat snorkeling, horseback riding which took us to a trip to some waterfalls, lunch on the beach then back on the boat to another isolated location where we would frolic on the beach for a couple of hours and finally back onto the boat for a fun filled trip back to town. Sounded like a lot of fun, and the girls were excited about the adventure.

The sun was shining and it was a great day for the cruise......

Eldest and middle daughter just having some fun....and taking in the sights......

between those rocks is where we went snorkeling......the water was cloudy so unfortunately there wasn't much to see....I have snorkeled in Puerto Vallarta before and the marine life is amazing.....guess it wasn't to be this time......we climbed back onto the boat dried off and the tour guide turned up the tunes and got us all doing some line dancing......Under the instruction of our infamous leader, the girls and I learn some new steps......

this is the four of us.....all at the back of the class......after dancing we enjoyed the sights some more and eventually anchored at our second destination. Here, we are greeted on the beach by a few locals and their pets.......

Hubby decides it might be nice to have the large....and I am sure beautiful creature in somebodies eyes, put on his shoulder so I could take his picture........after the pictures with the iguana we make our way to where we will be partnered with our horse that will take us the 20 min horseback through a small village, over water and through mountain crevasse.......note it has been over twenty years since I have been on a horse ......3 out of the 5 of us this day are not overly keen on horses....but it was an adventure....and this trip was all about adventures......

Here we all are mounted on our horses and ready for our ride.......I know to most of you these look like ponies.....but really they were strong working horses.....

Getting ready to ride out.....

I apologize for the lack of clarity in this photo....hubby was in front and just put the camera behind him and clicked the picture....this gives you and idea of the terrain we travelled.....

It was hot and humid, and we finally made it to the falls.......

The current from the falls is very strong....if you look closely, right to the bottom right of the falls there is a little spec....that is a person who made their way to the falls by climbing along the rock wall. Speaking of rock walls and climbing.....yes you can climb them, but why would you want to....that is what I asked myself when hubby decided that was exactly what he was going to do......and climb it he did and then he dove in......dear god my heart was in my mouth.....I waited anxiously for him to surface...believe me I was all smiles.....well if once wasn't enough, he decides to try it again......this time he wasn't so lucky.....he dove into the water.....his body went one way and his arm another.......he surfaced......I could tell by the look on his face that it wasn't good.....I had to somehow try and get him out of the water and up to an area where I could assess what was wrong. His right arm was all distorted, I felt for broken bones but it didn't look or feel like anything was broken, just terribly dislocated.......as hard as I tried to pull and brace to get that arm back into place it just wasn't going to happen......the only thing I could do was to put his arm in a makeshift sling.....I used his T-shirt......

Although he looks like he is smiling here he is in excruciating pain.......I wanted to have his arm more across his chest but it just wasn't working.....we both new that the trip back was going to be a tough one.....he had to ride back to the beach on the horse. We couldn't continue with the tour....but we had to get to a hospital. We made our way back to the beach, but not before stopping at the local doctor(if you can call this old guy that)he said he would help but he needed to finish playing his hand of cards first.....he manipulated hubbies arm but it wasn't going to be.....so I bound him up again and off we went. Once at the beach I asked the tour guide how I go about getting back to PV.......we managed to get a water taxi to another isolated village....the bumpy boat ride in the speed boat was becoming more than hubby could bear.....I feared that he was going to go into shock......we made it to shore......one fellow spoke broken English....I asked how we could get to PV....he first suggested we take a bus.....and of course that was out of the question I asked about a cab....he found us this young man who is willing to take us for a negotiated price......hubby looks at the tires on this car and thinks we shouldn't go.....under any other circumstances I would have agreed with him....but he needed help......we crammed all 5 of us into a vehicle meant for 3....hubby and the driver in front and the girls and I in the back......we make the long trek back to PV over some bumpy and very windy roads......all the while I am saying my prayers along the way for a safe arrival.....we make it to our condo......hubby doesn't have the strength to go up stairs....I dash up stairs to get our papers and medical information, hubby in the meantime has managed to get us a cab.....we get into the cab and ask the cabby to take us to the closest hospital....the cabby asks us if we have insurance...of course I say.....6 blocks later we are at the hospital.....by the time I have paid the cabby hubby has already been taken into a room and been given some medication.

The attending doctor although very polite can't help us....hubbies arm is severely dislocated.....she calls in the orthopedic doctor....he arrives talks with us...hubby at this point is all doped up so I answer the questions....he suggests they do a procedure called conscious sedation, where they put hubby to sleep briefly, the surgeon manipulates the arm back into place.....I agree...it's the best thing, it's quick, hubby would be asleep for it and when he came to it would all be done.....which it was.....it was classic, when I went into the room he was still coming out of the sedation and when he came around he asked when it was going to be done......our time at the hospital was short....in and out in about 3 hours......amazing......hubby felt strong enough that he wanted to walk back to our condo......I wasn't going to argue.......we got back to the condo.....and I suggested he sleep......which he did .......that was the end of day 4.........