Mexico: Part 1

December 29-30, 2012
Puerto Chiapas, and Huatulco, Mexico

Mexico!  I'm happy because I'm half Mexican, and it's been a long time since I've been in my mother's country.  But it's a culture that comes second nature to me and it's a place that I feel mostly comfortable, oh and did I mention that I speak the language?!  Anyway, it's just good to be so close to home.

Puerto Chiapas, our first stop.  This is probably the best stop for crew and the worst for the guests.  For this reason, there's nothing at the port.  It's a few straw pyramid huts, a restaurant, and a swimming pool.  For everything else, you have to take a taxi.  So what happens?  CREW POOL PARTY!

For a day, we all feel like we have our own private resort.

 And this totally happened:

 The food was good, because it was Mexican.

And I had the best company.

She has huge enchiladas.

Oh yeah.

A view of our restaurant while sailing out.

The next day: Huatulco.

Huatulco is a little bay.  There's not much there, but in comparison with the nothing of Puerto Chiapas, it feels like a big city.  The first thing you notice upon sailing in are the building up and above you to the right.  I don't know if they are ruins or if they're supposed to look like that.  Your guess is as good as mine.

I will now show you what the best Mexican restaurant looks like, and what it will always look like:

I'm not kidding.  Most of my friends walked off the ship and right into the first restaurant on the beach.  They were charged over $10 for their drinks and even more for their food, and when I asked them about it, they said it wasn't very good.  Here, at this little stand where are the locals were eating, for five dollars, I had about seven tacos and two drinks.  It was so good, I gave them twice what they asked for.

Tacos de pastor, barbacoa, y nopales con queso.

As much as I love homemade tacos, I love the aguas frescas even more.  Today, I had two Horchatas con coco.  This is a sweet cinnamon rice water with coconut.  I even went back later that day and had some fresh cucumber juice.

I did think it was weird how it came in plastic bags.

After food, I found my friends having a day at the beach.  You know why they're all on the sand?  Because all of the locals are in the water.  It was a bit crowded.

There's a phenomenon in Mexico that I like to call, "Bang on sticks until someone gives us money."  This is not the last video of this $&#% that I will post.

Some pictures need no explanation:

It may be a little nothing town, but they still spare no expense when it comes to the appearance of security.

On my way back to the ship, I told Silvia I would find her a hat.  This is the one I picked out for her.  She really loved it.  What do you think?  How did I do?

Next Post: Acapulco and Cabo San Lucas...and then I'm home!