Thursday, 10 October 2013

October 1 - Tuesday - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!


High today expected 33 celsius
The resort town of Cabo offers a wide variety of ocean-side activities, including          whale watching, swimming with dolphins, riding camels, trip to a Mexican ranch or simply gazing at the El Arco rock formation, where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean.  Take a journey to the historic colonial district of Todos Santos, founded in 1724 as a Jesuit mission station. 

Coral Princess dropped anchor about a mile from the marina.  We tendered ashore – joined our day tour ‘4 x 4 Desert and Camel Adventure’ which was a guided off-road safari adventure including a walking tour of the cactus forest  (cardonne) and a ride on a camel.  Paolo, from Cabo Adventures, was a fantastic guide and very jovial!  He pointed out interesting facts in the cactus forest and also spoke at length about the camels.  He was leading our camel named Slim, as we walked along the beach, with Pepe taking photos.  There are turtles nesting on the beach and the nests are protected just like ours on the Sunshine Coast.
A local family awaited our arrival at their quintessential Mexican ranch.  We enjoyed a traditional Baja meal, tortilla making presentation and tequila tasting.  Paolo was not shy with the tequila shot glasses and taught us the proper Mexican way to throw ‘em down!  Four ‘shots’ later, he expected us to get up from the table and climb into the back of the 4x4 for the drive back to the bus parking area!!!  Temperature was over 30 degrees!

That evening after dinner, we went to the Mexican Fiesta party in the Explorers Lounge.  There was Latino music and the Assistant Cruise Director had organised games….  Kez won a bottle of champagne in the crazy hat game and Linda won a bottle of champagne in the tequila swilling competition!  Danced away!


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