Puerto Vallarta, June 9 - 14, 2002

Tuesday, June 11, 2002

After another wonderful breakfast, we took a taxi to the Mercado de Artisianas and shopped. Stumbled upon the Vallarta Cigar Factory and watched them make cigars. Bought several cigars that are made with Cuban tobacco but rolled in Mexico (hecho de Mexico) which made them legal for me to bring back.

Two men hand-rolling cigars in the shop

The fellow in the white t-shirt told me he'd been rolling cigars for twenty-one years.  It was really quite beautiful to watch them work.

Returned to hotel, and that afternoon took a taxi to Nuevo Vallarta for our Dolphin swim at the Adventure Dolphin Center. Had yet another chance to exercise my spanish enough to say to the taxi driver "if you didn't KNOW where this place was, why did you agree to take us there???" when he got completely lost. But we arrived in time for our adventure, which was just wonderful.

Some rather bad views of dolphins swimming in the tanks while we sit through the 'orientation' broadcast and prepare for our swim.	One of the dolphin trainers talking to us.

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