Vacation: Cabo San Lucas

Our Mexican Rivera cruise continued with two full days in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico-May 17-18th. The cruise ship dropped anchor in the ocean and we took little tender boats to the dock. Upon arrival we were hounded by tons of little mexicans trying to get us to take their water taxis to see the sights. The best sign was written on cardboard, "welcome, LDS!" Too funny-just shows that people will do anything to get some business down in Mexico (either that or, he got the memo that 50% of our ship were mormons).

Here we are on the tender boat with the cruise ship behind us

We decided on a little boat tour of the where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean with a stop for snorkeling at Pelican Bay. We saw Lover's Beach and tons of seals along the way.

Nick is enjoying his boat tour with Lover's Beach behind him

Lots to smile about-the water was perfect

Taking a break from snorkeling

The water taxi dropped us off on the other side of the bay where we at lunch at a restaurant on the beach called "The Office" and of course had the best chips and guacamole.

We decided to walk back to the dock so see all the shops, enormous condos, and ridiculous boats. I couldn't believe they rolled out the red carpet for us! :)

We headed back to the ship after day one in Cabo to shower and have dinner, but we couldn't even make it back to our rooms with out TJ having the urge to get an airbrushed tattoo! Yep, he got a dragon to represent his high school mascot. Haha--who does that?? Anyways, we all loved giving him a hard time about it--especially the last minute addition of the red outline, which was his idea!

Here is the 'tattoo' in all its glory! (Nick's face in the background tells you how he feels about it)!

Day Two of Cabo was kicked off with some shopping at the street vendors. Nick and TJ got t-shirts and of course we got our mandatory magnet.

Due to all the food that we had been consuming thus far, we decided we would walk to the beach instead of taking a taxi. Along the way we saw some great sights! Nick was in awe over the mexican methods of construction. He was wanting to count all the code violations, but we would have been there for the rest of the week if we let him do that.

And how could we pass up great signs like this!!???

Once on the beach I got suckered into getting a henna tattoo from this persistent mexican. I got it on the top of my foot, and what was supposed to last for two weeks-finally scrubbed off after a month! We enjoyed the sunshine, but the harassment to look at shells, little dresses, necklaces, or "senorita-me, braid your hair" didn't let me fully relax. I guess that is one of the downsides of Mexico--they want to sell you everything!

Cabo was great! So much to see and do. Definitely need to head back there again. We finish up Cabo by heading back to the cruise ship to shower up and get ready for the night.

Up next: Puerto Vallarta!