Blue Ocean & Snorkeling- Check!

Hola! So I suppose it's been awhile. I apologize for my lack of posts but I haven't been doing too many new things and got caught up in the summer months! Butttttt good news, I recently took a vacation to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana Princess All Inclusive Resort)! Talk about beautiful and talk about a new experience! This was my first time traveling out of the country (besides the wonderful Canada). I took this vacation with my best friend Matthew who was commonly confused as my boyfriend or husband or brother for the past week. Those Dominican's just don't seem to get it, but we got a kick out of it!

Anyways, I did a lot of new things this week that weren't on my bucket list but probably should've been! The quick rundown of the things that stick out... hold a monkey (Cindy was the cutest), drink out from a fresh coconut, learned how to salsa, travel out of the country with a complete language barrier (main words used: Hola, Gracias, Cerveza, no español, dos Agua). All which were great, but on to the main point of this blog. I can officially check off the swimming/seeing a clear blue ocean and snorkeling! Yay!!

First look at the ocean on the day we got there!

 There isn't too much to say about the seeing and swimming in a clear blue ocean. It's just beautiful. For the past 24 years of my life I've been to the beach plenty of times, but nothing compares to this water. We spent a lot of our time on the beach because we just couldn't get enough of the view and the atmosphere. The sun was hot but the breeze made it so bearable I fell asleep on the beach everyday! It was as amazing as it sounds and looks!!!!

Swimming!

After realizing that all the excursions can really break the bank and having to decide which to go on we made the final decision to go on a sting ray, shark, snorkel adventure! We got picked up on a bus and headed out. Once we signed our life away, a big group of us pile on a boat and ventured out to sea (by dancing of course)! The boat was more like a party, they had everyone dancing and having a good time until we got there. Before you knew it we were jumping in to hang out with some sting rays! Sting ray's are totally weird feeling and totally not like I remember at the Pittsburgh zoo! But we got to hold them and feed them if you wanted. Next thing I know I'm jumping in a pool of sharks. Let me tell you, I never considered myself afraid of sharks but this really freaked me out!!! They were way too close for comfort but it was still pretty damn cool. We hopped back in the boat and danced our way to the snorkel destination (which was what I was really looking forward to).

Dance party!

Again, before you know it we are there all geared up and snorkeling! It was yet another beautiful sight to see! It's a whole different world down there with all the fish, coral and all of that. Stunning! I can't wait to do it again. After climbing on board, they fed us a lot of drinks and shots and we danced our way back to shore! This excursion was an absolute blast and I recommend it to anyone heading to Punta Cana!!

My snorkel gear and Cerveza!

I could go on and on about this trip! As always I made a lot of new friends but this time they were from all over the world (which was way cooler), drank a lot and ate a lot as well. All in all a fantastic, relaxing vacation and am sad to be back to reality but happy to be back to American food and where everyone knows what I'm saying! Don't worry I'll post a lot more photo's on Facebook eventually! Until next time, adiós amigos! :) xo


*Oh and I'm adding two new bucket list goals:
  -Learn another language
  -Zip line in a rainforest