10 12 10 Cabo San Lucas

10 12 10 Our granddaughter Elliana’s 3rd birthday!

We woke up early in Cabo to take the tender to shore as a group to go snorkeling. Have only done that in Hawaii one time and once in Mexico when I was so seasick and did not know what to do and could not find any fish. A catamaran picked us up in the harbor and took us near the famous rock and Lovers‘ Beach.

A little south of Cabo the boat stopped near the beach and we were shown how to use the snorkeling equipment before

getting into the water. There was a ladder in the middle of the boat which we used to get into the wonderfully warm water. Jalil did not feel comfortable, felt that his ring was getting loose, reminding him of when he lost his glasses in the ocean in Puerto Vallarta. He did not feel comfortable and turned around up the ladder. The water was warm, like a bathtub. A west filled with air kept me afloat. At first I did not see any fish; then suddenly there was a whole school of beautiful, grey and yellow fish swimming in front of me with tiny fish interspersed. I swam back to the catamaran to see if Jalil could be talked into the water but I was told that he was happy drinking a Margarita and not interested in the water. He did grow up in the desert, you know. So I kept looking for fish. At one point there was an enormous number of fish close enough to touch! Still yellow and grey but they were of different sizes and shapes. Then I realized that another snorkler near me had a contraption that squirted out food that the fish was very interested in.

Back on the catamaran, we were served lunch and drinks. The ride back to the harbor was lovely sitting in the sun. In the harbor there was a market which we walked through after having an ice cream cone. We then quickly got on the tender to take us back to the ship.

In the evening we decided to have dinner in the dining room instead of the cafeteria. The food is very nicely presented and in normal portions. In the cafeteria there is so much food that you tend to overeat. And in the dining room you sit either by yourselves or with 2, 4, or 6 other passengers. So you spend the whole time eating together and meeting new people. We have “any time” assignment so we can go any time they have room for us. We found that if we wanted to be alone ,we had to wait a bit so we often shared a table with new people and it was nice but required more effort to be sociable. This time we ended up sharing the table with a couple of retired teachers from Danville, CA, and another teaching couple from Ontario, Canada. We had a most delightful time talking about Yosemite, Niagara Falls, Washington, DC, etc. We connected with these people in a way we had not with the British yet. We could understand what they said and we had a lot in common with them. We ran into the Canadian couple all over the ship and they always had a nice word to share. They were another couple who danced beautifully to together.
The evening show was a singer Mark Something who had a nice voice but the music drowned him totally. Afterwards we walked on Promenade Deck. The air was warm and very muggy which seems to cause Princess to turn up the air conditioning too much so it was hot outside and cold inside. Difficult to know what to wear. The moon was shining with a thin crescent reflecting in the ocean. I tried to photograph it but it was difficult. A couple was sitting there and started to talk to us. They were from Los Gatos and Bob’s brother lives on Bunker Hill - the hill next to us in San Mateo. Another couple from California that we connected with quickly. I am starting to feel that there is a difference between California and UK people - how they respond to us. At lunch a British woman asked me if I had ever been to Europe!!! Am I sounding that American? Americans pick up instantly that I was born somewhere else. Where from they are not sure so they usually ask.

Next, it was time for a comedy show - a little funnier than Tucker but not much. He juggled more than he joked.