San Jose del Cabo Vacation: Swimming with Dolphins

One of the experiences Joel & I got to do in Cabo was swimming with dolphins!

For both of us to swim with the dolphins it would have cost $298, but we were able to get it for free for going to a timeshare presentation. I'm going to be honest, I was a little nervous about doing it. I'm not a big water person, and even though I think dolphins are amazing, being in the water with something that big made me anxious. Joel talked me into it though, and then I came across this fun fact while I was looking up info on it:

I took that as a sign that I was meant to do it ;)

The dolphin experience took place at the marina in San Jose. 

Side note, there's a really cool container bar right next to it that I had planned on going to when I was researching places to eat, but I didn't realize it was going to be right next to the dolphin place and I didn't budget time to go while we were there. Next time!

We swam with Cleopatra. You can read more about her in the picture below.

We spent most of the time standing on a platform right off the dock. We also had to be careful that nothing on us could scratch the dolphin so we couldn't wear our rings in the water. We also couldn't wear sun screen, so Joel and I got a little burned. Also, there were little tropical fish swimming around off and on the whole time.

 We got to do what was called the "boogie push". You hold on to a boogie board, keep your legs straight, and then the dolphin comes behind you and pushes your foot with its nose across the water.

  We got to hold onto Cleopatra's fins and ride on her stomach, just in a little circle. 

We got to kiss the dolphin & be kissed.

 Dance with the dolphin.

 And...pretend to be strong I guess? haha I'm not sure why they had us do this one.

 The trainer fed the dolphin about every 5 minutes, and if he didn't then Cleopatra would start talking to him. It was cute. Then when he wanted to distract her, he would throw and ice cube out into the water to get her to swim out. 

 The dolphins jumped so high!

I'm glad I have a husband who pushes me outside of my comfort zone!

Kind of amazing!

Happy Monday :) 

San Jose del Cabo Vacation: An Evening in Cabo San Lucas

Joel & I got a free "Sunset Dinner Cruise" around Lover's Beach in Cabo San Lucas for going to a time share presentation, so we hopped on a bus and went down for an evening.

San Jose del Cabo is about 30 minutes north of Cabo San Lucas. It cost about $4 for both of us to take the bus. On our way down, we were surprised by all of the new construction going up. We saw at lest 10 new resorts being built!

We arrived at the Marina in Cabo San Lucas a little too early for our check in time, so we walked around and grabbed a couple drinks at a sports bar, where I was suckered in to buying a little handmade turkey for $5. Joel was annoyed with me, but I liked it! 

 We didn't realize that our sunset dinner cruise was going to be a party cruise! We were greeted with a drink, and seated with strangers--it was a lot of fun!

 The cruise took us around to see the famous "Lover's Beach".

Beautiful.

 We made friends with another couple at our table and split a bottle of Captain Morgan.

Needless to say, we had fun. 

On a boat ;)

 The couple we met on the boat, invited us to go dancing with them after we got off, and while I had been pretty tired on the cruise, I decided "YOLO" and we went for it. 

We went to an Oyster Bar first, where there was live music.

My first time having oysters: They were delicious!

They taste like the coast :)

 Our view from the bar. Look at all of those yachts!

Now on to the dancing!

 The couple we were with spoke Spanish. They were able to get us in the clubs for free and us ladies got free drinks.

I wish I could remember the name of this club!
 I had more fun dancing here than I've ever had in Las Vegas!

 Oh my husband, thank you for getting me out of my comfort zone!

 The decor was so cool!

 This place, with a cow hanging from the ceiling, was so much fun!
 I think it is called La Vauita Los Cabos.

Joel & I got pulled into a dance circle with a bunch of young kids. Somehow, Joel figured out that they all liked each other, but they were too shy to dance together, so he would ask them which person they liked and they would point and then he would push them together to dance. Haha, oh my husband, the life of the party!

 We walked down to Cabo Wabo--which was away from everything else! It felt a little sketch, and we when we got there it was dead. So we just snapped a picture and went on our way. I feel bad because my phone was wigging out an I lost Virginia's phone number so I couldn't send her the picture!

We finished the night with tacos, and took all cab back to San Jose together (they were staying there too).

 Jesus is always watching over us :)

I still can't believe we went out dancing, it was definitely not something we had planned to do, but it was soo much fun! Definitely a highlight of the trip!

More to come...

Happy Friday!