Last Day in Puerto Vallarta!! Today is my last whole day in Puerto Vallarta and as Gaby has the day off and there are 2 new surfers; we have organized to go to the beach. Unfortunately everyone was late getting up as they had been out lastnight so I decided to go do my own thing in the morning. I headed to the athletics park where 100s of early rises were out running, exercising, using gym equip, doing yoga classes and playing team sports - a really nice vibe and...

Fish Tacos!! I have been in the coastal town of Puerto Vallarta now for 6 days and I still haven't tried the local fish; so today's mission: Fish tacos. After a sleep-in I went on search of the local fishmonger and with his recommendation brought two different types of fish; Dorado and some other deep sea fish with white flesh. I decided it was better to buy the fish and cook it myself and know I was getting the best quality. The fish wasn't cheap (Mexican standa...

Gym Day!! Gaby had kindly got me a 2 day pass to her gym that I decided I would use today. The gym was about a 30 minute walk away and the heat was already extreme by 10:30am - so the walk alone was a workout. It's been a long time since I have been in a gym and this one was awsome with 4-5 different rooms including pool, steam room and a crossfire room; something I have never seen before. I did a basic weight training workout and must say I thoroughly enjoyed be...

Beach Day!! Another beautiful day in paradise with no plans. The morning consisted of some yoga and reading before making my way to the shops. After some leftover chicken mole for lunch I headed straight for the beach and down to where the swimming section is (far end of beach where all the hotels are). I have been here 4 days without swimming so today I was straight in and thankful that the water wasn't to cold. I sun baked for hours whilst watching all the merc...

Another Day in Paradise!! I literally didn't sleep a wink lastnight - possibly due to the strong coffee I had or more likely because of my incessant thinking. My host Gabby has a strange routine with her alarm going off at 5am and then every 5 minutes until 6am when she pulls herself out of bed and off to the gym for an hour - when she leaves her dogs then start to bark and whimper. So as you can imagine there is no sleeping in; this is not me complaining as i fe...