Cabo San Lucas

We passed Cabo San Lucas, situated off the southern tip of Baja, CA on our way down and stopped just long enough to allow someone who needed medical help to get off. Sitting by the window, having lunch, I hurried to our stateroom to get my camera before we moved on.

On our way back from Puerta Vallerta, this was our scheduled second port of call.  At this port the cruise ships have to stay away from the shore, so the distance to the dock from where we set anchor had to be covered with tenders. Our ship let down some of it's lifeboats in order to facilitate so many passengers getting off.

Once the lifeboats were lowered, we walked on from a lower deck.

Each boat holds over 100 passengers. The pilot has a window above him that he can use when he stands up to get a better view of his surroundings. In this photo you can see the ship still beside us.

We got off on the dock at Cabo San Lucas, a very pretty harbor.

 

We spent some time walking the marina,

taking photos to capture the feel of the place.

Along the marina there are beautiful hotels and restaurants adorned with tropical vegetation and fountains.

We did not do any shopping here, but it would have been fun. I love the architecture!

As we continued on our quest for a hotel, for a possible future trip, we came upon this beach. From here the ship looks like it's not even that far away. I think it looks quite majestic sitting there. We asked about how to get to the rock formations that we had seen coming in ...

and before too long, we were on a glass bottom boat, heading there. It was actually good not to have pre-booked any excursions. This way we could do what we wanted to do on the spur of the moment and it was not costly at all.

Passengers had a choice of being dropped off on the beaches surrounding the rock formations. We left that for a possible future date.

Like I said, the boat had a window we could look through to the ocean beneath us. I looked, but was happy to see only small fish.
Sea lions sunned themselves on some of the lower cliffs and wild birds of prey claimed other rocks. We were surrounded by snorkelers and scuba divers and rightly so, as this area boasts of over 800 varieties of fish.

 

Tourists find many different ways to enjoy this scenic creation.

As for my favorite spot. Here it is. We were told that, at times, the water is low enough that one can walk through that arch, but obviously going through it now, by boat, would have been dangerous.

Our pilot offered to take a photo. We were all smiles!

I tried to capture a pelican flying past us, but had to settle for a photo of one sitting still, right beside our boat.

It was a worthwhile tour to take. A beautiful place! And rather than being taken back to the far side of the beach that we had meandered to before, we got dropped off at the dock where the tender would come and pick us up again. And back to the ship we went.

On deck, we watched the last of the lifeboats being lifted and hung around to watch another sunset.