Panama Canal Day 15

I had a great sleep-in this morning. We are definitely headed north as it is getting colder out. I went to the comedian, David Naster again at 11:30 and enjoyed his talk on laughter.

 I spent much of the afternoon in the room writing reviews of the shore excursions I took, reading and packing. At 5 I went to Darlene’s room to deliver the photos I got for her and to have a glass of wine before dinner. Our last day together! We had a nice supper in the Aqua dining room together, then went to the grand finale show in the Stardust theatre. It was called Elements and was an amazing show with dancers, acrobats and magic.

The Second City did another improv show at 10:45 PM. They were great as usual however this made for a very late bedtime.

Panama Canal Day 14

Today in Cabo San Lucas, it was nice and cool in comparison to every other day. The ship arrived in Cabo early, 7 AM, and we were ready to go shortly after. We had to go ashore via tender because the harbour is not deep enough for cruise ships.

When we got off of the boat, we were met with a barrage of salesmen pitching their tours. They were most persistent and we walked on until we found someone who wasn’t. His boat tour around Los Arcos was only $10 and he set off almost right away with just the two of us as passengers. It was a ‘glass bottom’ boat and had a roof as well. We got close to some of the beaches and also saw some sea lions. Our driver was able to call to them and make them respond to his barking.

As we rounded the corner, we saw the famous Los Arcos and our guide manoeuvred the boat so we got some good photos. As the waves hit us, our boat really rose and fell but our guide wasn’t concerned so I decided to chill. There were also pelicans roosting on various rocks and boats and we saw some interesting yellow fish that were hard to photograph.

After that excursion, we took off on foot toward the church and then the town square. The church was small but nicely decorated for Christmas. The town square was almost deserted which is unusual for Mexico. Most often, the zocalo is the center of the town or city. It’s where people hang out to visit, relax and meet, kind of like the equivalent of our ‘going to the mall’.

There was a museum nearby but it wasn’t open yet and we didn’t want to hang around waiting so we continued on along a main street. We went into a few shops, one of which sold cotton clothing. The owner did a lot of the sewing and embroidery work in traditional patterns. I tried on a few things and bought a lovely 100% natural cotton top with beautiful lacework in the front. I just love this type of fabric for hot weather!

As we continued along, there were many shops with interesting work: masks, glassware, and Day of the Dead figures, some of which were life-size. I was hungry so we stopped at a restaurant and had quesadillas. My chicken, mushroom, salsa, sour cream and guacamole one was delicious and the tortilla was flaky like phyllo pastry. Yum! We slowly made our way back to the dock and caught the tender boat back to the ship.

The afternoon consisted of a nap then sunset pictures, but clouds interfered again. We had a great comedian tonight in the Stardust Theater, David Naster. He is doing a show tomorrow as well and it should be worth going to. Supper was fabulous: surf and turf (a.k.a. steak and lobster). Dessert was even more fabulous: key lime pie! We checked out the ‘white hot dance party’ in the lounge but it didn’t hold our attention for long. Tonight we set the clock back an hour again. That’s 3 times since we set sail!