Cabo San Lucas

April 2^nd, 2024

We were lucky that we were anchored with a good view of the beautiful Cabo rocks.

As well as using the ship’s tenders, there were water shuttles taking passengers ashore, so getting off the ship to join our tour was easy.

Right as we climbed out of the water shuttle we were greeted by Senor Frogs, a sure sign that we are in a tourist area.

We walked past the port to our waiting coach which was taking us to the town of Todos Santos.

It is just over an hours drive north from Cabo. It is a pretty drive with the mountain range of Sierra de la Laguna on the right, and the Pacific coastline with long sandy beaches and small farms on the left.

On arrival in Todos Santos we had lunch at the Hotel California. This hotel has nothing to do with the Eagles song of the same name, although it is often said to have been an inspiration for the lyrics, and the owners of the hotel certainly like to make you think that there is a connection.

We then spent time exploring the town.

Looking at the Mision

There are several interesting metal sculptures dotted around.

It really is a lovely well preserved town built near to a very fertile valley.

Because it is the town of “All Saints”, several buildings have their own saint.

Many visitors to the town are there to check out the beautiful art galleries and inviting cafes.

We did visit a few, but were more interested in trying to see exactly where the tropic of cancer was in the town. There is a marker on a building, but we had to rely on our phone to follow the exact path.

At the end of our visit to Todos Santos we took the coach back to the waterfront and took a look at the boats and wild life.

I had wanted to stop in a quaint waterfront bar for a margarita, but there is no such thing as a quaint waterfront bar in Cabo any more. There are several, overcrowded, overpriced, restaurants, but nothing really appealed to us, so we took the water shuttle back to the ship.

What should have been a ten minute ride lasted for nearly an hour. The water had become fairly rough so they needed to change to loading pontoon to the other side of the ship. This took ages, so we sat bobbing up and down, with our shuttle driver getting more and more annoyed, several passengers looking decidedly like they regretted all of that food and alcohol whilst ashore as it risked making a reappearance, but finally we were able to get back on to the ship.

We sat on deck until the sail away, and then watched as we slowly sailed past the rocks, and out into the open waters.

Cabo has changed from a sleepy little fishing village 40 years ago into a thriving tourist metropolis. I am not sure I would want to vacation there, but it does have beautiful beaches, and interesting architecture.

As we got set up to watch the sun set a couple of whales appeared. They were not interested in breeching or showing off their tails, but they seemed to be having a great time splashing around, and waving their fins.

We were not alone in our pursuit of watching the sun set as we sailed off into the sunset..

It was a beautiful sunset, with the promise of a green flash.

As the sun slowly sunk below the horizon, there definitely was a vague hint of green. It is not easy to see in this photo, but it really was there. Not a green flash alas, but still a good sunset.

We said goodbye to Cabo, our last port of call on the Sapphire Princess, and made our way towards Los Angeles. Yay, we have 2 sea days ahead of us.