snapshot sunday
I originally wasn't going to do a post for this trip cause i didn't think i took enough pictures to justify one but last week i spent all of Friday & Saturday going over ALL OF MY PICTURES that i needed to edit so that i can print 'em out at Costco and it turns out, i sorta did have enough!
(side note: i haven't printed out our pics since July....so it was a lot!)
anyway.....we had an open weekend, so i tricked him into going. hehe
he's been wanting to go to that damn Winchester House FOREVER and as usual he kept talking about it but not going through with it.
so i told him that i had bought the tickets for the tour and that we were going; all he had to do was book the room.
he got sooooooooo excited.
i hadn't booked shit. lol.
i had to make him admit that he did want to go and that the drive was worth it so i could get the wheels in motion.
after all that, we got the tour tickets and booked the hotel.
I'm always down for a 1 day trip, i don't care where. but this time i convinced him to leave on Friday night so that we could have all of Saturday in San Fran. (we booked our hotel in San Jose like 5 mins away from the Winchester House).
my idea worked out great!
Saturday, we drove to San Francisco, which is about an hr and some minutes away and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge.
Ive been to SF before but with family so we mostly did the touristy stuff and then headed to Oakland and the last time i went years ago with friends, i apparently did not do SF right.
anyway, we drove to the bridge, got off walked around took about 1000 pictures and then as we were getting ready to leave, this bus pulls up. you know those buses. the ones that total tourist do! that you swear you would never do in your own city.
we did the damn bus.
AND IT WAS THE BEST FREAKING THING EVER!!!!!
apparently, if i would have crossed the bridge ($7), i would have been going away from SF into Sausalito. which i should have know but...i didn't.
so we get on the bus, it crosses up to Sausalito and it. is. so. beautiful!!!!!!!!!
i wish we would have gotten off and walked around but we were on a time restraint so we stayed on the bus and headed back to SF to see the rest.
ahhh! <3 <3 <3 <3
i just want to remember that we were sitting on top of a double decker bus hauling ass on the freeway dodging branches about 90% of the time.
it was the best! lol
from there, we got off that bus and jumped on another bus that took us all over SF and honestly, that place is soooooo much bigger than i even thought it was.
we're definitely going back and doing an entire weekend.
he was so amazed that he wasn't even on his phone and honestly, i think that was my highlight!!!
since we also didn't really know how the bus deal worked (i mean, we sorta did),we just stayed on and did the whole thing by bus and honestly, good freaking call because we saw WAY MORE than i would have ever been able to show him had i driven (and we didn't have to look for parking like crazy.) these were just a few of the spots...i wish i would have gotten a lot more pictures because there was soooo much!
after it takes you everywhere it ends up i guess at the beginning of the tour (not even sure where that's at tbh). we got off at Fisherman's wharf had some drinks and then had a late lunch. i regret that we didn't hit up Pier 39 which is like a 5 minute walk from where we were at but i wasn't even thinking about that then.
wherever you get dropped off, you can jump back on the bus and do the tour all over again. but we wanted to get going so we just got a lyft and apparently we were only about 20 mins from where we had originally started.
we left around 630 so we were right on time to catch the sunset and...all of the heart eye emojis!!!
we pulled over on some random street that leads you out of the bridge area to head back to San Jose and that sunset was sooooooo beautiful! i can't even begin to describe!
San Francisco, we love you and we WILL be back!!!
from there, we left back to San Jose to do what we headed out to do; go to this damn house. I'm a huge chicken shit so...ya know.
you wait out here before you get called in to go in with your group.
the entire reason we went on this trip was this freaking house and if I'm being 100000% honest, it blew.
a) its pricey AF. it was like $90 for the both of us to do the Halloween tour at like 11pm.
b) the actor we got was cool but just, too much.
c) everything is freaking closed off so you're basically just going in a straight line throughout the house.
I'm going to assume that you can just google the story if you want to know what's up with this house.
but quickly, home girl built this house after her husband died because someone told her something about some spirits getting her. she had construction going on for years until she died. (google it because who even knows if I'm right) i think home girl (our tour guide) said that the house was once 7 stories tall but that there was an earthquake not that long ago that knocked down the top 3 so now there's only 4 (but only take you to the first 3).
they walk you all over and tell you stories of said rooms and then they randomly have people in each room doing, idk, bits for you.
example: there was a tarot reader and she'd put these cards in a cup and the cup in the little replica of the house. she'd then close the house and the cards would levitate to give her answers to her questions.
we were to the left of her so we could see her making the motions in back to get it all moving.
i mean, everyone had to have known it was fake. but like, you know.
other than that, because its all mostly windows and half walls, you can see the actors hiding so i was able to catch them early enough so that they wouldn't scare me but someone else. lol.
i mean, don't get me wrong, the entire time i was chanting "i do not accept you" just in case a spirit wanted to come back with me. lol. I'm not kidding. but it wasn't really that creepy at all.
i think the Halloween tour was a bit TOO much but apparently a friend of mine did a regular tour and he said that it wasn't that great either.
i also think that it doesn't help that its on a main street. so right in front of this house is, i think a hotel or something. i mean, don't get me wrong, i wouldn't go into that house by myself with a flashlight, you couldn't pay me enough, but it just was not what we were expecting.
personally, i didn't care and i was kinda glad it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be but he was pissed. bahahhaha. oh well!
we were beat by then (id only slept like 6 hrs total in the last 3 days) so we got in&out and passed out.
gold member boyfriend <3 // he's making fun of me for protecting that little muffin.
it was SO good!!!
on Sunday, we check out and i decided that we should go to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk.
I've seen it on IG and I've always wanted to go so i looked it up.
and for some reason, it said there was no route so i googled for something else to do.
and we got The Mystery Spot!!!
let me tell you though! THAT DRIVEEE!!!!!!
best freaking drive ever!
its just you in the forest and its the bestttt!!!
its up there with that drive on the 1.
UGH!!!! i want to go back!!!!!!!!
we were going to go into the mystery spot and do the tour but you need a reservation and the next one wasn't until 330 (it was like 140 when we went) but the cashier gave us a map and told us we could go to the boardwalk if we wanted to (BINGO!!!) and then just come back.
she for some reason didn't want to take his card and preferred cash so we were going to come back but then we found the boardwalk AND OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!
its everything i thought it would be and then 1000% times more!!!!
this was the freaking best!!!!!!!!!!
that boardwalk is amazing!!!
all we have (i mean we have a lot) is Santa Monica and this one DEFINITELY blows SM out of the water.
this place is huge, they have all sorts of rides for everyone and the beach!!!!! and that little pool water lake area whatever its called.
ahh!!!!
San Francisco was a hit, Santa Cruz was a hit.
this entire trip was a hit!!!!
Santa Cruz beach is so awesome, we even saw some juggalos, full makeup and all, dressed in black chillin on the beach.
BEST FREAKING TRIP EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i still cant believe we did all that.
and i cant wait for our trip next month!!!!
if you read all that!, thanks!! that's why i love you!
i hope you have a good rest of your week!!!
7/19/2017 Blvd. Kukulcan,Km 5,5 Lote 6-C, Zona Hotelera, 77500 Cancún, QROO, Mexico
vacation time: cancun!!!!
its about to be 2 weeks ago that we went to Cancun on vacation (what the heck, time!) for B's bday so i thought I'd share some pictures.
I'm super thankful to this guy for taking me along this trip because it was a blast but as much fun as it was, I'm glad that we're home.
and planning for our next trip!
ill just share some pictures and what they're about. since I'm bunching them all together cause i didn't really take that many....
i didn't realize how basic i wanted to be until i had the chance to take the obligatory passport / boarding pass picture!
T H U R S D A Y
we flew out at midnight and arrived out there at 630 am.
which means after it was all said and done, we were at the hotel by 730ish. maybe earlier.
H U M I D C I T Y ! ! ! !
holy crap super humid.
because check in wasn't until 3 pm, we left our stuff upfront, and went to go have breakfast and mimosas and then walk on the beach and omg! soooo pretty!!!!
and then, the pool bar!!!!
and we lasted until about 12 because he wasn't having it.
and we lasted until about 12 because he wasn't having it.
personally, i would've thrown on a bikini and stayed by the beach. but it was cool
their version of a michelada.
if you want a michelada out there (with clamato juice) they're called Ojo Rojo.
SO GOOD!
look at that sand! how white!
and that water!!!!
the dark part is all seaweed grass.
i have a fear of water so i didn't touch it but the parts that were floating weren't weird or anything.
even their seaweed is clean.
the view from our room.
#719 (:
the hotel is pretty dope. we booked everything through Costco and it came out pretty well priced.
the room was another story but whatever. overall it was nice.
*when*
the first day, we landed, we ate, hung out, had breakfast, lunch AND dinner!!!! and then we called it an early night because we had our first excursion the morning after. we had them pick us up so we had to be in the lobby by 715 and since they're 2 hours ahead, i was all paranoid that we'd oversleep and miss our ride.
F R I D A Y
a friend of mine from hs went to Cancun a few weeks before me so i saw her posting on ig all about Xplor and it looked like so much fun that i had to look into it (and bombard her with questions that she thankfully answered)
guys!!!!!!! soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun!
i booked us 2 excursions and this was my choice and by far the best. even he agrees.
they picked us up. ALL the activities are included. they fed us and delivered us back to the hotel.
i only took these pictures and few videos that i have no idea how to post.
BUT i bought the picture package that I'm so glad she recommended and i listened to her about because those pictures are the best!
i'll probably post those in another post but I'm so glad i got the package! so many pictures!
we did the zip lining first because it gets super packed.
there are 2 lines (one is more "aggressive" than the other ) and we did them both. the waiting is what takes forever, but once you get to your first zip line, there is little to no wait. everyone from there on out is at their own pace.
and let me tell you, they make you work for your few seconds of flying in the air lol.
in the photo above, you see how it twirls? well that picture was taken inside a xenote.
the "twirls"? we had to walk all that to get to the next zip line. doesn't look like much but man, it adds up!!!! still soooo much fun!!!!!
we did the zip lining, drove the amphibian cars through the jungle, we did it all!!!!
...except the hammock splash. that one was too packed.
so we were done early ish, so we did the drive through the jungle again and it turns out that there are 2 different paths so im glad we did that one twice.
we did the river and that was sooo much fun! they have the shorter / longer version for mostly every activity and for the river we did the long one. which I'm glad we did because we got stuck behind a larger group.
I'M FUCKEN PETRIFIED OF WATER so i was thankful people were there. i think it's the quiet that freaks me out. but also the fact that i have no idea what's underneath me nor how deep it goes.
everything was suuper fun EXCEPT the underground rafts.
I FUCKING HATED THAT!!!!
(i'm only cursing to express to you how much i hated it)
basically, you get on a plastic raft and you propel yourself forward with your own damn hands.
and you crash into everything.
i think my hate for it stems from the fact that a) when we stopped to take a picture, we fell over (which the camera also caught. cant wait to see!)
and when i tried getting back on, my waterproof phone case thing got stuck between me and the raft and became unhooked causing my phone to sink straight to the bottom!
LUCKILY we weren't in that deep. after freaking the fuck out for 10 seconds, i thought i saw my phone so i just dove and luckily i was able to grab it. love that damn case no water whatsoever. not then, not in the 4 days we were there.
AND then, after i dropped my phone, the stupid hand thing you use to move forward also fell in. but I'd already used my 1 no-freak out about water card for my phone so i wasn't going to dive for that.
SO FINALLY, i get back on and B's like screw this, ill just push you (mind you no life vest was provided for this activity....i mean he can swim so yea..) and he does. and then like 5 seconds later he's like oooh shit! it just got deeeep! so we had to hit a wall or whatever so he could jump on.
and then of course he's recording me freak the hell out so I'm trying to maneuver us as best as i can.
thankfully, another couple passes us so i didn't feel so alone.
and then another couple passes us and for some reason their raft has a string hanging out the back so i grabbed it and let them pull us for a short bit.
and then before i knew it that shit was over and i was glad to be out of there and never again in my life will I EVER do something like that.
to sum it up: fuck that activity and I'm afraid of water because out of nowhere it can get deep and even though i can swim and it's probably all man made, who knows what the ef is down there!
phew.
so yea.
that was Xplor.
other than that little fumble, this place was amazing and I'd hella go back if i ever get the chance. and next time, i'd probably do the night version BECAUSE OMG CAN YOU IMAGINE!!!!
S A T U R D A Y
Saturday we did Tulum + Xel-Ha.
B is all about history and everything that Tulum has to offer.
this is what he wanted to do so i booked it and chose the package that had Xel-Ha cause, WATER!!!!
Tulum was fun and all but it was too fucking hot to stand around and listen to the history when truth be told; i can google it (yes i know its not the same)
we also had access to the beach in Tulum and HOLY SHIT!!!!!
that the most beautiful freaking beach i have ever seen (i mean, compared to LA anyway)
if i ever get married and he's okay with the beach, i don't care who goes and my dress will be a white bikini, THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO DO IT!
if there is one thing i want to remember forever from this trip, it's this beach.
it was so beautiful.
fear of water or not, i got in that damn water!
i had too!!! that view was stunning!
i cant even!!!! I'm so thankful that i was able to be there! ill forever cherish that!
after Tulum, which we were at for 2 hours (not enough time at all!) we went to Xel-Ha.
that's another water park and basically all it is, is just a huuuuuuuuuuuge river where you swim and can go jumping off of so many feet off this cliff into the water. i mean there's other stuff but YOU GOTTA PAY FOR IT ALL!!!
the only damn thing included is drinks and food (actually pretty important) and the river and the jump. then... $$$$
when we got there the picture mabober thing was giving us issues so we took more time than we should have but we ended up buying tickets to get on a boat ride called Adrenalina.
(cant seem to find it on their website)
THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!!
basically , you get on a boat with like up to 20 other people and they take you out into the ocean....and then they throw your ass around in it. it was so much fun!
we did spins and dives and my head got thrown about left and right and it was the best!
as i review their website, apparently a lot of stuff is included in your admission, the thing is, YOU have to look for it yourself.
no one is there to say go here or there. you're on your own.
after Adrenalina, we did the lazy river,
this place is soooo HUGE that we had to take a little trolley train to the beginning of the river. i mean, if you have the time, you can swim over there but what's the point ya know?
the beginning is sooooo pretty. they give you a float, and you're just floating down the river.
and its like this secret garden path with water and without flowers. lol
that leads you to the jump and because we were out of time, we got out right there to head back after we jumped several times each.
to get back to the entrance you can wait for the little trolley again or you can ride bikes through the forest.
we did the bikes and it was the best! it was quiet. it was just us and it was super sweet and i just loved that we did that.
you can actually get free goggles and a snorkel tub thing so you can see and breath underwater (you get to keep the snorkel thing after wards since its not sanitary to reuse them.)
if ya ever go, i suggest you get them so you can see where you are.
like, I'm glad i got them but i because I'm afraid of water i kinda also freaked out.
but yea....that was our trip!
it was sooo much fun and I'm glad that we did excursions because while the beach was nice and everything was included in the hotel, there's only so much you can do there ya know?
and I'm glad that we're back home.
i was ready to come back home!
...but i'm ready for our next adventure.
Arizona, here we come! AGAIN!
hanging out by the beach on hammocks!
ready for dinner on our last night! (:
which, after wards, we went straight to bed and passed out. at like 1030. no regrets!
which, after wards, we went straight to bed and passed out. at like 1030. no regrets!
iguana family!!
these guys are everywhere yet somehow this was the only time i saw them. 
night views <3
Saturday they had some free on the beach dj thing going on. lots of fun!
sunday was our other "free" day so we went to Mercado 28. we bought a bunch of souvenirs, ate seafood, had drinks and wasted too much money but it was a lot of fun!
after mercado 28, we went to the beach and just hung out.
we were talking to some random girl when i turned around and BOOM!!!
this rainbow came out of nowhere!
this rainbow came out of nowhere!
its was BEAUTIFUL.
this picture does it no justice whatsoever but i feel like that was Cancun saying goodbye to us.
it was the best!!!!
loved all of the palm trees
FINALLY flying back home!!!!
on the way out there, our flight was overbooked so they gave out upto $1000 in gift cards to take a flight the next day. (one lady herself got $1500!!!!!)
had i known that day 1 was going to be blah, i hella would have jumped on it.
theres soooo much shit i want on amazon!!! :(
BUT on the way back they "upgraded" us.
sooooo we got to sit at the very front behind first class which just meant we had more leg room. which honestly, im thankful for cause dammmn those seats are sorta small.
overall, i will miss that beach in Tulum and just being on vacation and away from reality. but mostly, ill miss all the people we met.
all the people who worked there but specially those 2 waiters & waitress at the main dining room, the guys at the pool bar, they were soooo funny! and that awesome lady who gave me a high five for finally growing the guts to jump into the water.
Cancun, you were a blast!
cant wait to be back!!!!
(....but i think we're going to cheat on you with Cabo real quick!)
ahh!
thanks for reading all that if you did!
ill bring you something back from my next trip! ;)
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