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| Monday, January 24, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acapulco! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I wasn�t half as scary as it seems. There were some points where I went kind of low and thought that I might fall into the ocean, but that was highly unlikely. Even better, I had a life jacket on, so I wasn�t all that worried. At first I was nervous that maybe the lines could get crossed up and I could get caught up with someone else, but the boats stay far away from each other. The view of the beach and of the landscape and rocks was gorgeous. It was pretty high up in the air, but the wind felt really good. Anyhow, it was over before I knew it and time to land. So, I�m coming back towards the beach and see everyone waving their hands at me and such. I thought, "cool, they�re telling me where to land." Well, I was heading for the beach, and I saw the water coming up and I held my breath and there was a big splash. I got up and a wave knocked me back down, but this man came running up to help me. My housefather was standing there laughing at me and taking pictures! The guy that was helping me up was apologizing and stuff, and asking why I didn�t pull down. I was like, "huh? Pull down?" Aparantly, I was supposed to have pulled down and landed on the beach, not in the water! I was laughing because I thought it was fun and funny, and the guy was all worried and apologizing to my house father and stuff. I thought I was supposed to land in the water! The guy asked me if I had been told how to land and I told him that the guy might have told me, but it was in Spanish and I didn�t understand everything he said. Hehe. Anyhow, I was fine, and I have pictures of me that I�m going to put up as soon as I can. I also got to ride on a waverunner, too. This guy came up and started talking to me, and offered me a lifejacket. I was almost a bit annoyed because I thought he was someone else selling stuff, and he told me that I didn�t have to pay for the jacket, but I could give a tip if I wanted. I was still confused because I couldn�t understand what I needed a lifejacket for. But, they put it on me and I went out to the water. I am actually glad I had it, because the waves were really, really strong. They are scary, to me. They all come and pull back in one big wave and there was a steep dropoff that I hadn�t even seen. Anyhow, having the lifejacket was kind of fun (I wasn�t the only one, either, so I didn�t look like a dork). The guy who had given it to me started talking to me and helped me out farter into the water. Later, I learned he was helping out with the waverunner rentals and asked me why I wasn�t doing that. I told him that I had run out of money and he told me that when the next one came in, he� d take me out for a circle. Now, let me say, this was the most fun thing that I did! I love those things! I had always wanted to ride one, and now I know I want to get one one day. They were so cool and didn�t really feel like they�d fall over unless you were going extremely fast. I really liked it and took a photo with the guy later. I thought that was really nice. We ate at a McDonald�s that evening and then headed home. The ride home was somewhat miserable. It was extremely hot in Acapulco (hence, my double sun�s at the top), and the entire ride home was hot as well. For some reason, the air conditioner wasn�t on in the car. I was dying of heat! Not really, but you get the point. Anyhow, I was glad to get home and get in the shower and get all washed up and take the sand off. Now I�m back at school and miserable. I hate vacations just for this reason. I still want to be on vacation! Anyhow, I have a lot of work to do and hopefully will be able to get my mind on some of it soon! |
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