While cruising to Cabo we had more than one Dolphin show and a few whales were also sighted.
We dropped anchor around 5PM and by 5:30 the first of the tenders were loading - in Cabo both the ship`s tender boats and a private tender take you to shore - it is about a 10 minute ride.
At the pier there is a flea market and a few restaurants and bars and about a 10 minute walk you are in the heart of the hotel and party area. The first signs of spring break are all about and there is a triathlon on Sunday that has also drawn people to the area.
I opted to have dinner on the ship and then tendered in - walked along the boardwalk to the hotel district - it is quite busy not just with the cruisers but with the people you have come here to relax, catch some sun and party.
Then returned to the pier area and purchased a couple of adult beverages and sat and talked to many of those enjoying the sites.
Most of the Aussies haven`t been here before and were very pleased with the area.
Given all the bad publicity about how unsafe Mexico is it is hard to believe you are in the same country - while there were security and police and military around - Cabo has very little crime - yes there are the locals trying to get you to by trinkets and cigars but you just ignore them.
Around 9:30 PM I boarded the tender and headed back to the ship. Many others were doing the same - it was regular tendering up to 11 PM and them limited overnight until 7 PM.
It was quite the sight seeing all the room stewards who get off shift at 9:30 PM coming ashore as I was heading back.
According to one of the desk persons at one time there were only 40 cruisers ashore and some 400 crew.
According to one of the locals there are some 10,000 Canadians who have a share in a time share in the area. I stopped a one of the many bars in the pier area and they had on the CBC and Peter Mansbridge talking about the process for the election of a new Pope.
On Wednesday morning because of a large number of ship`s excursions leaving the ship a ticket system was used for those just wanting to go ashore - had about a 30 minute wait and then it was aboard the tender and ashore.
Having been here before I had no specific agenda - the weather is sunny and unlike my last visit not too hot - I walked around the hotel and shopping area and around to a beach and then back to the mall where I had lunch at Johnny Rocket`s burger place - it was $16.00 US for the combo but I was given pesos in return which I would use to buy a couple of beer to drink before returning to the ship.
But it was only a little after noon and after a brief conversation I was on my way to the beach that leads to Lover`s Beach and the Arch featured in the photo above.
They state you can`t reach that beach by land but with a low and receding tide and one or two short headland scrambles it appears to be possible - taking off my shoes it was so nice to walk on the warm sands as I made my way towards the beach - I didn`t make it all the way as I had set a 3 PM turn around time to ensure that I got back for the tender - another 15 or so minutes and I would likely have made it - well perhaps the next time I am there I will be able to do it as I now know how to access the beach - there is a naval base and the road appears to go to the base - well it does but it is a public road and ends at the beach.
After what the Captain described as a cruise with lots of ups and down Cabo was just the tonic that was needed to get every bodies spirits lifted for the final two sea day before our arrival in San Francisco on Saturday March 16, 2013.
Next - the final sea days and arrival in San Francisco.
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