We arrive in the early morning in
Acapulco which has a lovely bay.
Imagine lovely bay pictures. We
have breakfast, and John prepares to walk the deck—three loops make 0.9
mile. I will think about it this
afternoon. We are promised a very hot
day—90+ degrees F.
We go to see the cliff divers. Actually the boat is a little cool because of
the breeze from the speed of the boat.
We have a leisurely cruise around a spit of land to the diving area and
are positioned far enough away that any pictures will not be very dramatic. (I have some excellent pictures of the
cliffs---no divers.) We have a “snack”
of chicken drumsticks, beans, guacamole and tortilla chips plus whatever beer
and soft drinks we want. After a
leisurely cruise back—with extensive descriptions of who used to own the
mansions on shore—we are offered the chance to stay on the boat for a shopping
opportunity (and margaritas) or return to the ship. We opt to return to the ship. This afternoon there is a fine program of
folkloric dancers with another promised for evening.
Tonight we set sail for Cabo San
Lucas.
January 27, 2011: I can’t tell you
what Cabo San Lucas is like. I never set
foot off the dock. We went on a “Sail
and Snorkel” which left early and returned late—that is, at 1:55 p.m. for a
departure at two. Cabo is only scheduled for half a day. The water was cold and since John had an
unfortunate reaction to some guacamole a couple of days ago, we did not eat,
but the fish were pretty, the beer and margaritas plentiful, and we got an
excellent view of some whales on the way back.
Frigate birds and pelicans surrounded us in the harbor, and as the QE sailed away from Cabo, whales and dolphins were around
us. I have heard that turtles have been
around the boat, but I haven’t seen any.
We thought of Jeff on his birthday
yesterday and tried to email him greetings, but the Internet was not
cooperative.
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ReplyDeleteHi Diane and John,
ReplyDeleteI remembered this week that you had started your trip and that Diane was blogging. I have enjoyed it so far and and suffering from extreme jealousy! My parents moved us from Australia to L.A. on the Canberra in 1968 and from London, via Salisbury, to Montreal in 1975 on a Polish ocean liner. They also left England on an ocean liner, in 1959, to move to Australia with my brother – they went through the Suez Canal on that trip. They were very poor but my dad had a BA in Chemistry and Physics and the Australian government paid for them to relocate (first class on the ship - poor working class kids surrounded by the wealthy) to Adelaide to participate in the "Weapons" program. I also lived in Melbourne and Canberra before leaving for L.A. We moved every 2 years or so as my dad worked for a multinational. My parents story is fascinating and complicated – “A Working Class Hero is something to be“ as John Lennon sings. I would love to share it with you sometime.
Sorry to go on! Derek and I are definitely going to do a trip like yours but not for at least 10 years. He is surprisingly interested as he doesn't like boats very much. It is expensive but it covers so many things we both want to see that if we did it in 4 or 5 separate trips it would cost as much.
So I'll be reading your blog with great interest and enthusiasm to see if a Cunard style cruise would work for us. I will also recommend the blog to friends.
Take good care and enjoy!
Love, Kath