Mexican Cruise Day 3

Day three of our cruise brought us to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico! We went down to Deck 1 to board a tender that would take us into the harbour. Once there, we lathered up with sunscreen--it was HOT and STICKY--and headed out into the marketplace to find the people we had signed up with to go on our snorkeling excursion.

On our walk around the pier, there were lots of guys with signs yelling in poor English about their excursions. So, Dave being the crazy person that he is, decides to talk to one of these guys when he realizes they are offering a MUCH better price than we were going to pay. So we ended up saving $50 dollars per couple and got a private, glass-bottom boat for the 8 of us! Sounds wonderful, but we were all a bit nervous that we'd get back in the boat with all of our money gone! :) But our guide, David (Dah-veed), was really nice and we had a ton of fun!

This first video is of something I've never seen before in my life! On our long boat ride to the cove where we would go snorkeling, we kept seeing manta rays jumping out of the water! It looked like they were trying to fly! It made me laugh to think it was some odd sort of evolutionary flaw: manta rays becoming birds! :) So I had to get video to capture the amazingness. Also, Dave jumped in the water to try to see them all underwater so that's what all the yelling, splashing, and large floating body are all about! :) Listen hard to what he says at the end. It cracks me up!

Our next stop after a bit of snorkeling and the girls taking a quick break on the beach to get some sun was a beachside restaurant called "The Office". Our nice boat driver David left for two hours to let us eat and then came back to pick us up! How nice! All for 20 bucks a person! All day! Deal for real! This next pic is of the mariachi band that came to play for us under the blue umbrellas shading us from the hot sun on the beach! It was a pretty fun way to eat at an ourdoor restaurant.

And here's a video of them singing the chorus of "Hotel California" in Spanish with Meghan being a star on the bongos! She was AWESOME! :)

See? She was having way too much fun!

And then a special server came around with a plate full of liquors and beers and, of course, we declined... but he didn't leave before we took some fun pictures with the glass gun-shaped liquor holders! Here's Heidi enjoying herself a little too much :)
And a quick shot of me holding the alcoholic shotgun!
After dinner, David gave us a ride back to the dock where we shopped a bit in their market then got tendered back to our cruise ship. That night I caught a sunset picture as it fell behind a Mexican mountain in the background:
And Trev and I snapped a pretty cute picture of the two of us, so I had to include that, too, of course!
Day 3 in Cabo was really fun! Cabo was a very brown, rocky place with not a lot of green but it was soo fun to snorkel and eat at the best restaurant around! :) However, the cruise only got better from here!! I'll keep you posted!