Shadowmeboy's Star studded Christmas Mexican Riviera review!

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They were loading steel rolls into this boat.

 

 

 

tons of cars waiting to be loaded onto train cars

 

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locals out to wave us goodbye

 

 

 

 

This ferry transports people and vehicles between Mazatlan, Pichlingue (Near La Paz on the Baja Penisula - North of Cabo San Lucas), and Topolobampo (near Ahome - on the eastern side of the Sea of Cortez).

 

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And out to Sea we go!

 

 

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The Golden Zone in the distance.

 

 

Another beautiful Sunset.

 

We got ready for the Latitudes Silver and above party. We got down a little early, so we went into 5 o'Clock somewhere and listened to Tea for Two.

 

 

 

These ladies were awesome musicians

 

The Latitudes party opened up and we found seats up front. I went off and talked to some people and officers, but ordered a rum punch, Susan had got the only one the server had, so the server went an got me one.

 

 

While I was talking, a server who remembered me from the VIP party, hands me a rum punch. I come back to the table and Susan is looking at me like why do you have a Rum punch in your hand, you already have one. I figure more the merrier!

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Cruisenext flyer they handed out at the party.

 

 

 

 

A couple got up and did some dancing. Susan and I just wanted to sit and relax.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan and i headed to the atrium to get pictures done. I snagged a glass of wine before leaving the latitudes party. Wine with dinner, why yes!!!

 

 

 

 

The Melodic Trio were preforming in the atrium.

 

 

 

 

the shirt Susan is wearing was a purchase in the market in Mazatlan. 400 pesos (about 23 USD).

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We headed off to dinner in the Aqua main Dining room.

 

 

tonights menu

 

 

 

 

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I got the Beef Slider as an appetizer

 

 

Susan got the Peking Duck Appetizer - I kept saying to Susan "watch out Susan it with peek at you " She didn't find it funny.

 

 

I also got a Caesar Salad which came with Chicken.

 

 

Susan got a Mixed Garden Salad.

 

 

I ordered the Roast Leg of Lamb Provencal - the Lamb was good. the Ratatouille and Potatoes Au Gratin not so much.

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Susan got the Spaghetti Bolognese

 

Since only the Lamb was good on the first entree, I ordered a Chicken Parmigiana

 

 

It was really good.

 

 

dessert menu

 

 

I got the warm Chocolate Lava Cake

 

 

Susan got the Coconut Souffle

 

after Dinner, we dropped the camera in the room and hit the casino. This guy was sitting on the back of the couch.

 

 

After the Casino, bedtime came rather quickly.

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Day 6 - Cabo San Lucas

 

Here is the Daily:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cabo San Lucas day began with noises in my dreams, which I soon realized were actual noises outside. I headed out to the balcony and saw them loading stuff onto the tender boats to take to shore.

 

 

 

The Sun was just starting to rise.

 

 

 

Boats were headed out to fish.

 

 

 

The tender platform was right underneath us.

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We headed up to breakfast as we had a bit of time before our shore excursion meeting time of 8:15 in the Stardust Theater.

 

 

Here is the VIP/Suite breakfast menu again.

 

 

Here are my breakfast appetizers. I got Oatmeal and they had no brown sugar. What a crime. I tried raw sugar in it and it just didn't taste right, I quickly grew disenfranchised with it and moved on to tastier things.

 

 

I got an omelette this morning.

 

 

along with my Crab Cake Benedict. I really am going to miss these.

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Susan got an omelette.

 

After breakfast, we headed back to the stateroom.to put sunscreen on and get stuff together.

 

 

of course, I had to go out on the balcony.

 

 

 

 

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We headed down to the Theater at 8:00 am. We figured we would sit and wait. We got there and they were calling our shore excursion time. Ok. So they funneled us down a crew hallway.

 

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then out to the tender platform.

 

 

 

We boarded one of the private tenders that Cabo San Lucas has.

 

 

 

Tendering allows for some unique picture angles.

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Off we go!

 

 

Our very friendly Tender Captain

 

 

 

 

 

Another tender boat.

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One of our fellow tender passengers took this photo for us.

 

 

 

 

Remember Mom likes Lighthouses

 

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Our Port picture. This was our best one.

 

We got out of the ship so fast, we were in port by 8:10. The meetup time on the pier wasn't till 8:30. We walked down to the free restroom so Susan could use the restroom. Everyone wanted to sell us a tour. We politely said no thanks.

 

We got back and sat on the bench at the meetup point.

 

 

the Sea Urchins were cool.

 

 

 

even a crab

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looking out at the Star.

 

They took our shore excursion tickets for the Luxury Day Sail. We got our safety briefing, and headed to the boat. The guide said we might see some whales. That would be cool! I only have waited all trip to see one.

 

 

Our boat was similar to this one.

 

 

This couple was from Tacoma, WA. They were on the shrimp fest excursion and our luxury day sail. We had fun chatting with them.

 

 

 

starting to head out.

 

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The pirate ship started to sail out.

 

 

They served us some mimosas!

 

 

a look up at the rigging and mast.

 

 

a tender headed back out.

 

 

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Lover's beach

 

 

 

waiting for the splash to come through

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looking through the hole in the rock, out to the Pacific.

 

 

California Sea Lions - Our guide said that since they are here in Mexico, they are Mexican Sea lions.

 

 

 

 

The Arch

 

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the ship with Cabo San Lucas in the background.

 

 

All the boats sport fishing

 

We round the rocks and head out to the Pacific. What do we see?

 

 

A Sea Lion sunning himself. Must be taking a siesta.

 

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A Sea Lion in the water.

 

 

 

Pelicans hanging by the Seashore.

 

 

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Raising the Main sail

 

 

I saw a whale!

 

 

It was too far away.

 

We had a serious lack of wind, so they asked us if we wanted to try to find some whales. We all said Yes!

 

We head out to a group of boats and a few minutes later are rewarded with several whales.

 

 

 

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Two of them!

 

 

 

 

 

These humpbacks were awesome to watch.

 

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you can see the water vapor from the breath in this photo.

 

 

 

 

 

They dove for a few minutes