Manzanillo -#5

After a delicious breakfast from the buffet, Glenn and I headed to the lobby to meet our transport for our ATV tour which we had booked the day before! Marco met us with a van and took us to the commercial spot where we donned helmets, bandannas and water bottles to head out on our tour! Because Glenn and I were the ONLY two on this tour, we each rode an ATV - and since I had no idea how to shift these particular ATV's, Marco set it in gear for me so all I had to do was stop and go - and I did a fine job if I do say so myself!!

We crossed the highway and were soon on a lovely stretch of road lined with mango trees!! I had no idea how mangoes grew - but on a large tree, there can be about 2000 mangoes! Marco also told us that for 70# of mangoes, the farmer would get approximately $1.00 - now that's insane!!!

Mango trees are huge and of course the lower ones are easy to pick but the high ones require climbing the tree! I wouldn't be good at that job!

Next we drove by an exclusive golf course - private - and absolutely gorgeous with palm trees throughout the course!

After going through 2 gates, we ended up on a 6000 acre "ranch" that is privately owned but currently on the market to sell! It's a gorgeous jungle property with well maintained roads and paths, perfect for ATV's!!

We climbed up high to catch this spectacular view!!

There were the largest white butterflies flying around that I have ever seen!! I wished that one would land so I could have snapped a picture of it!

It was a great 2 hour tour on the ATV's - we saw a wild animal called a ditty and enjoyed seeing all the plants, vines and shrubs along the paths! This was our favorite spot - can't you just imagine sitting and having morning coffee on one of these sailboats?

We took Marco out for a taco lunch after our ride - he was a wealth of information and we learned a lot about the area from him!

Back to the resort for more sunbathing and reading and miami vices - our last full day at the resort!

We cleaned up early that evening - they had a photographer place where you could book a photo session and ours was set for 6:00 for the 6 of us. Our gal took us to a couple of different photo spots for pictures of not only the 6 of us, but also each couple! It was fun choosing our photos after the shoot and the prices were amazing so we each bought 4 pictures! Here's one of the spots she took pictures!

Our final evening was spent at the Italian specialty restaurant - I have to admit, it wasn't as good as the Mexican place but we still enjoyed our meal, especially our desserts!

Everyone was tired after our large meal so we talked in the lobby for a while and then decided we had all better go pack - vacation was coming to an end.........To Be Cont'd