Cabo San Lucas is situated in bay in which we anchored, and tendered ashore by four lifeboats. Although no harbour entrance the approach was spectacular with the northerly arm of the bay a series of eroded rocks, beaches and cliffs.
The town, a tourist resort, at the southern tip of Baja Peninsular. A barren area best described as moonscape like, but a moonscape with modern hotels, condominiums, pristine beaches, and a marina full of expensive boats and yachts.
We entered the bay and dropped anchor beside another Holland American cruise ship the Statendam.
The crew prepared four lifeboats and quickly lowered them for ferrying us back and forth to shore. Once off the lifeboats we head up the jetty, through custom checking to see we weren't carrying any food items, then into the tourists shops.
I wandered through many stalls, then around the corner that opened out into cafes, bars, more shops for tourists, and small seaside stands offering local land and sea tours. Once again very clean, colourfull, and Mexican music playing everywhere.
After walking around, making some purchases, enjoying the shops and sites I decided to have a beer and something to eat.
I could have gone into the real town, a 20 minute walk, but here was good enough. In the town, according to our handouts, were plenty of Clothing Boutiques, jewelry shops, diamond and precision stone dealers--all those type of places the rich and famous like. Being neither I was happy to settle for a beer, corn chips and quackamoly (that green stuff made from avocados). Sorrow about the spelling, I have a dictionary on my iPad, but you have to have some idea of the spelling to look up a word! Anyway the beer and chips were good and it gave me a chance to sit down, listen the mexican music and people watch.
After this I headed back to the ship, cooled down and watch all sorts of boats, jet-skiers, para-gliders, swimmers at play in the bay and on the beaches.
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