Mexico: Part 2

December 31, 2012 - January 2, 2013
Acapulco and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Happy New Year, 2013.  Where was I for New Years?  I was sailing between Acapulco and Cabo San Lucas.  But I'm getting ahead of myself.  The new years party and video is my next blog entry.  This one is all about the awesome time I had in these two cities.

Welcome to Acapulco!

¡Bienvenidos a Acapulco!

First thing first: FOOD.  Remember how I implied that the best restaurants are often the worst looking places?  Here is my case and point.

Amazing Huevos Rancheros

Total Dive.

After my quick awesome breakfast with Ashley, I took a bunch of extra tortillas to munch on throughout the day and then we went over to join our friends at the hotel across the street to watch the cliff divers.

A mi, me gustan los tortillas de maiz.

Cliff Diver Statue.  We must be in the right place.

Turns out that to watch from the hotel you have to order food.  Oh well, I don't mind eating again.

I'd like to point out that as much as I love my friends, I am totally disappointed with what they ordered.  They're in Mexico!  And they ordered burgers and club sandwiches.  No.  It's so sad!

Not even Gringos!  Brits and Gypsies!  Freaking Sandwiches.

Why would you order sandwiches when you can have these amazing mole chicken enchiladas?  I mean, you can't just get these anywhere in the world.  Okay, yes you can when your world is only Southern California, but these Brits and Gypsies are totally missing out.

Just a spoon full of awesome helps the medicine go down.

Here's the video of the cliff diving taken from my view from the hotel restaurant:

It was a short day in Acapulco for us because we had to get back onto the ship and blow up balloons for the new years party.  At first, it was a bummer getting the news that we had to cut our port time short, but when I got back to the ship and saw everyone working, including senior officers, I realized it was time to put my sour attitude away.  It's a blessing when your authority decides to lead by example.  It doesn't always happen you know.

The view during sail away.

Acapulco Panorama looking left

Acapulco Panorama looking right.

Cabo San Lucas

Okay, I said earlier that I was going to talk about my awesome time in both of these cities.  That was kind of true.  The reality is that I traded IPM's with Dustin.  I was supposed to stay on the ship in Acapulco, and he was supposed to stay on the ship in Cabo San Lucas, but he really wanted to go to some restaurant here in Cabo, so we swapped.  So, here are a bunch of pictures that I took of Cabo from the ship.

Watersports is big in Cabo San Lucas.

We're anchored, so our ship's tenders go back and forth.

Panorama left

Panorama right.

We recently had a change-over of the safety officer on board.  In the picture below, the bald guy on the right is the new safety officer.  Since he was new to Silversea, I suspected that he was still trying to prove himself to the company.  So, I was pretty sure that he was going to call a "random" IPM drill.  And that's exactly what happened.

Look how excited Stephanie is to be here right now.

This is the get up of someone who takes their drills seriously (so they can hurry up and be finished with them, and we can get back to what we were already doing).

I passed.

Since it was my last day in port, I took advantage of my ultimate in-port privilage: dining at the pool deck.  Here I am with one of my favorite dishes, the Italian Wrap.  It's basically mozzarella cheese and pesto.

We're so close to the end of my first journey.  I still plan on covering New Years Eve, what my room was like, and disembarkation day.  Some of that next time.