Personal tour guide

This morning Jeff, Shannon, Laura and I headed out to Yalapa, a secluded beach town about an hour water taxi ride away from the main Puerto Vallarta beach. Jeff decided we should sit in the front of the boat, which we did. Little did we know that meant we were going to feel the ride. Although the water was pretty smooth, Jeff and Shannon were getting banged around by the boat. When we finally got to Yalapa, Jeff and Shannon jumped off the boat and landed in the nearest cantina on the beach, literally ten feet from where the boat dropped them off. Laura wanted to see the highly touted waterfall, so I joined her. The water taxi took a short jaunt to the Yalapa pier where we disembarked. We were insatntly approached by Jorje who promised to be our personal tour guide. And when Laura was looking for 5 pesos to use a local restroom, Jorje was right there with 5 pesos for Laura. While I was waiting for Laura, Jorje asked me if I smoke. This guy was working us bigtime, and had all the connections in place.

Jorje walked us through town to the waterfall, a pretty unspecdtacular sight considering that it is now dry season in Mexico and there was little more than a trickle coming through. We took a quick photo and headed back to the beach to find Jeff and Shannon. Jorje alluded to the fact that we should pay him $10, we slipped him a $5. Jorje didn't bother us again.