The picture above is of the very tip of the Baja peninsula from the dining room on the ship when we were pulling out. We had hours before paddled to that very spot in a kayak and snorkeled for our first time.
Nicholas and I on "Lover's Beach". We exited the ship via a tender boat that took us to shore. There we found our guide and they took us in another charter boat (glass bottom) to a different beach. We got a crash course in kayaking and fitted for snorkeling gear. Then we were off.
Nick and I were a good kayaking team. We were in the lead of the pack the whole way. We stopped on Lover's Beach, put on our snorkeling outfit and headed out to a big rock about 10 yards or so from the beach. There we saw lots of tropical fish, starfish, and crabs. It was nerve-racking at first to put my face under water and try to breathe, but after a few times of freaking out I got the hang of it.
Please notice our ship in the background of the above picture. One thing we found interesting was how it was parked. The port of Cabo is too shallow to just pull up to shore and thus we had to stay out in the water and take tender boats to land. The interesting part is that they do not drop an anchor because they don't want to destroy the delicate sea life so close to shore. They put the ship where they want it, turn off the engines/propellers, and then push a button and a GPS sensor keeps the ship within one meter of where it was "parked".
After our kayaking and snorkeling, we decided to walk back and meet Nick's family instead of take the water taxi back to the tender station. It was further than we thought, but we made it! We met the rest of the family and decided to head back to the beach. We lost a little steam as it was pretty hot and also lost Grandma Lyndy, Spencer, and Cora before we got to the beach (they turned around...we didn't actually lose them!) Cadey and Camilla were determined to go to the beach and we eventually found where we were trying to go. We only had a few minutes to splash in the water, but the girls loved the waves. We took a water taxi back to the tender station, took a tender boat back to the ship, and called it a day. After that, we hurried and showered and got dressed again to go to dinner and enjoy the rest of the evening aboard our ship. We watched the coastline drift away during dinner and were on our way to stop #2, Mazatlan!
The picture above is of the very tip of the Baja peninsula from the dining room on the ship when we were pulling out. We had hours before paddled to that very spot in a kayak and snorkeled for our first time. 
Nicholas and I on "Lover's Beach". We exited the ship via a tender boat that took us to shore. There we found our guide and they took us in another charter boat (glass bottom) to a different beach. We got a crash course in kayaking and fitted for snorkeling gear. Then we were off.
Nick and I were a good kayaking team. We were in the lead of the pack the whole way. We stopped on Lover's Beach, put on our snorkeling outfit and headed out to a big rock about 10 yards or so from the beach. There we saw lots of tropical fish, starfish, and crabs. It was nerve-racking at first to put my face under water and try to breathe, but after a few times of freaking out I got the hang of it.
Please notice our ship in the background of the above picture. One thing we found interesting was how it was parked. The port of Cabo is too shallow to just pull up to shore and thus we had to stay out in the water and take tender boats to land. The interesting part is that they do not drop an anchor because they don't want to destroy the delicate sea life so close to shore. They put the ship where they want it, turn off the engines/propellers, and then push a button and a GPS sensor keeps the ship within one meter of where it was "parked". 
After our kayaking and snorkeling, we decided to walk back and meet Nick's family instead of take the water taxi back to the tender station. It was further than we thought, but we made it! We met the rest of the family and decided to head back to the beach. We lost a little steam as it was pretty hot and also lost Grandma Lyndy, Spencer, and Cora before we got to the beach (they turned around...we didn't actually lose them!) Cadey and Camilla were determined to go to the beach and we eventually found where we were trying to go. We only had a few minutes to splash in the water, but the girls loved the waves. We took a water taxi back to the tender station, took a tender boat back to the ship, and called it a day. After that, we hurried and showered and got dressed again to go to dinner and enjoy the rest of the evening aboard our ship. We watched the coastline drift away during dinner and were on our way to stop #2, Mazatlan!
4 comments:
Nice flippers Alexander. I miss you mucho.
Woohoo for Cabo!
Ooh! I was thinking after your previous post that you were done. Fun to see more of your pics! Looking forward to Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta.
did you have to watch out for sea lions while swimming. I've been to that beach with family, but we stayed near the bigger waves coming in from the ocean and not the ones in the harbor.
Post a Comment