Grand Velas - Nuevo Vallarta

I had the priviledge of tagging along to Mexico with my brother, Tom. I worked with him in the travel industry until I had Finn and he's still working hard. He was invited to a 'FAM" trip to get FAMililar with this lovely resort and some other sister resorts which are all rep'd by a company called IGS (Internantional Group Sales). We've used them in the past for our larger, corporate groups...they're wonderful to work with and have a long standing relationship with my father, who started the business.

So Tom & I journeyed to beautiful Puerto Vallarta and enjoyed 3 nights, 4 days of sunshine, crashing waves, hotel tours, dinner parties and fun!

This is a photo of the gorgeous resort from our room. And below is Susanna, who was our group leader...representing (and working for) IGS.

Here I am in the presidential suite, master bedroom. One of the cocktail parties was hosted here so we could see it. Beautiful!

They had the appetizers set up as you walked in the room. They were delish and beautiful too!

This is our room. The resort is all suites. It was a separate bedroom/living room and deck. Perfect!
Here's my brother, Thomas. Isn't he cute?!?! ; )
More resort photos...infinity pools.

Sorry...took my little, cheap-o camera and it didn't convert the photo right-side up.

All along the resort walk ways there were these decorations. They are river rocks turned on their side and pushed down into the cement. Clever, huh? I loved it! I told Shane if we ever redo our driveway we'll be trying it!

Tom & I took the Canopy Tour on Saturday. It was one of two 'true' canopy tours offered in the area. True because it was literally tree-top to tree-top, no man made stands. It was all in the rain forest and absolutely gorgeous! We love it...wished we had time to do it again.

I know...I look like a dork. They told me to look 'sexy' and pose. This is all I have for game these days....pathetic!Crazy, right...I'm the light blue spec on the ladder. It's called the "Crazy Ladder" because as soon as that husky gentleman at the bottom started up behind me, the ladder started moving everywhere...CRAZY!! Needless to say, you can see the relief on my face in the next pic when I finally got off!

Tom was the first one up the Crazy Ladder and handled it like a pro...you can see he's totally relaxed and loving it. He knew I froze...he saw my face (must have been scary!) and asked if I was ok. Obviously, I made it!

This is roudy crowd that led our group. Fun group of people. So light-hearted and upbeat!

G'nite sweet Mexico...till next time.