Nicholas’ Soccer Blog

I don’t know if I have ever been so lucky before…. I got to go to Disneyland and Mexico all in one trip.

Yuk… I was not having good luck on the flights. I threw up on all of them. Once we got to Los Angeles I was so excited we took a bus straight to our hotel and stayed for the night.

The next morning it was time for DISNEY LAND! I begged to go onto the rides straight away. My favorite kinds of rides were the thrillers (lots of action) but the others were awesome as well. I could not believe the amount of effort put into the rides. Some of my faves were Big Thunder Mountain (a mini coaster), Matterhorn (a mini coaster), and Splash Mountain (a mini coaster with water).

When I woke up the next day I knew it was time for disney land’s neighbour… CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE PARK! We spent the first little while in bugs land for my sister. I went one the Mulholland Madness mini coaster. It was great but it gave me a headache. The fun wasn’t over yet though… me and my dad decided to go on the California Screamin’ (big roller coaster). It was my favorite ride of the whole week, it turned us upside down, went very fast, and had huge drops.

UNIVERSAL STUDIOSwas next! First off we went on the Studio Tour. They showed us all the effects such as: blowing up cars and making them spin out of control, train crash scenes, bridges exploding, towns flooding, and tons of illusions used in movies as well. We went on the Simpson’s ride, it was an illusion that made it seem like we were in a roller coaster.

And finally SEA WORLD. We saw a dolphin show, the dolphins did back flips and jumped really high. We also went to penguin and shark encounters were we got up close to some rare awesome species. Next up was the Shamu show, if anyone doesn’t know who Shamu is I would say he is probably the most famous whale in the world. Obviously, the show was spectacular. Then yet another roller coaster… The Atlantis roller coaster. I got soaked the first drop plunged us into a pool of water, fun never the less anyway.

But the thrilling times had finished we got on the air plane to Cabo San Lucas, MEXICO… and yet another through up    As soon as we checked into our room I already wanted to play at the basketball court and swim in the pool. Well in the end I did both those things about 100 hundred times… no exaggeration there. There were also shows with the dinner buffet at night. People juggled torches, danced and performed magic.

An awesome trip for the books.

 

 Photo Credits: (in order)

Cinderella’s Castle by: , The Matterhorn by: redheaded_pirate, Atlantis by: mswebersd, California Screamin by: Express Monorail

If by looking at the title you guessed I went to Mexico you are right.

My family and I went on a vacation with our grandparents to Mexico. The trip there was quite convenient because it was a direct flight from the Comox Valley to Puerto Vallarta. I almost threw up on the plane though. But I am not very good with planes anyway.

Once we landed in Puerto Vallarta we had to go through a bunch of people trying to sell us time shares. After that was finished we found our way to the shuttle bus that was supposed to take us to our hotel. I was so anxious to get to the hotel. I had been looking forward to the trip for a long time.

Once I got out of the bus I was amazed. The palm trees, sandy beaches and huge swimming pool caught my eye. It is like paradise I thought to myself. We stayed as all inclusive guests (which means you pay money in the beginning and then all the food, drinks and activities at the hotel are free).

The first thing I wanted to do was swim in the pool but it was late and the pool was too cold. I didn’t fall asleep till later on because I was too excited. The noise of everybody else getting up woke me up fortunately because I didn’t want to sleep in anyway, I just wanted to go swimming.

So, right away I was in the swimming pool. The swimming pool had two basketball hoops, one volleyball net and two swim up bars (which are mini bars right beside the pool with chairs in the pool so you didn’t have to get out of the water to get something to drink). There was also a tennis court at the resort. My dad, brother and I played there a lot.

I was so amazed at the temperature, it is hotter in the winter there than it is in the summer here. We spent most of the time swimming in the pool but eventually we decided we better go to the beach before we go back home.

One night there was an awesome sunset like I’ve never seen before. My family enjoyed looking at it for a long time. Unlike a regular sunset this one did not set for what felt like a very long time.

The waves in Puerto Vallarta are pretty good. We body surfed on them all day. My dad and I rented a jet ski and zoomed around the ocean. It was really exciting. One of the people on the beach trying to sell the tourists things was a man with a huge greenish, yellow iguana with stripes and you could get your picture taken with it.

After our day at the beach we went back to the room and I spotted tons of geckos. I love geckos, they’re so cool, the way they slither around like a snake and loose there tail when they are attacked then grow it back. 

That night we saw a Pirate Ship with Christmas lights on it out in the sea. A couple minutes after there were fireworks coming off the ship. It was really cool to watch. Soon after I was looking at a magazine and found out that it was a pirate ship used to take people for a pirate show.

The next day was our day downtown. We saw huge sandcastles, three times the size of me which must have been made out of really wet sand or something because they were very detailed and large. As usual my grandma and mom like to shop so it was a long day, but very enjoyable. After the shopping was finished we saw a church called The Cathedral of Our Lady Guadalupe as shown in the picture. It is a famous landmark. On the way back to our hotel we saw a play with clowns. It was really funny. There must have been about 500 people just gathered around on the street watching these clowns!

While we were downtown I bought a soccer jersey. The team on the jersey was FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona is my second favourite team right after Manchester United. They play in La Liga and their star players are Ronaldinho and Messi.

Since our plane left Puerto Vallarta at about 9:00pm we had lots of time to swim during our last day on vacation. There was a water volleyball tournament in the pool I took part in. There were some pretty skilled players. When you play volleyball in the water it is a whole different sport then playing regular volleyball. You can barely bump the ball in the water.

Unfortunately it was now time to go home. The plane ride home didn’t seem too long, even though it was 5 hours, because I watched a movie and tried to fall asleep. By the time we landed in Comox it must have been about 2:30 in the morning…… Mexican time. 

 

 

 

 

All Pictures by: My Family