Here we are, poolside, at the Viva Vallarta. If you look close you can see our room. It was the bottom room at the far left of the complex. It looked over the pool and had a prime ocean view. But it was here at the pool where we frequently saw two of our best resort hosts: Javier and Jorge. They were the ones bringing us Sexo en la Playa or Rum Punch at twenty-minute intervals whether we were poolside or on the beach!  

This was the view from our room (I don't know who those two street urchins were who snuck into the photo) though we didn't spend a whole lot of time there except to watch SpongeBob SquarePants in Spanish ("Bob Esponga").
 

Many hours were spent on the beach. Here is a view from the beach with part of the resort in the background.
 

Water soccer was popular. Here is Luke attentively protecting the goal.
 

Here is Luke posing with one of the activities staffers, Rubin. He was a great guy. In addition to officiating over the poolside BINGO game ("People, you have to respect our rules. You gotta know how to swim if you're gonna play BINGO here.") he was one of the nightly show's performers and a dance instructor. Rubin was also funny when he was joking; he would say, "hey, I'm not joking, I'm working here." Maybe you had to be there.
 

We were in Mexico over Christmas and while Christmas Eve was a spiritual day with the live nativity scene and the midnight mass, on Christmas Day "Papa Noel" cruised poolside in his ATV and had a gift for each of the kids. On the right, you also see the other activity staffer who made our trip so nice, Ramon.
 

We played some tennis. Here's Rudy looking like he knows what he's doing.
 

On one of the days, we took a city trip and then a nice ride down to the Mismaloya area. Here is a photo from our stop at a small tequila distillery.
 

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