Monday November 23, 2015 At Sea Between Cabo San Lucas, MX and Los Angeles, CA

End of Land

Unlike other ports we have visited, we stayed overnight at Cabo San Lucas.  We had our coffee and juice with the skyline of the Cabo San Lucas visible outside our cabin.  

La Finistera on the Pacific coast 

Later, we had lunch on the Lido deck, cheeseburgers and fries.  A SOB cruise ship (Carnival) came into the harbor and anchored outside our ship.  We sat in the pool area and listened to the band that was playing during the sail away.  The sail away was about 45 minutes late.

Downtown Cabo on the right

Looking north

Still looking north

Parasailers near the ship

After the sail away we went to the Piazza and watched horse races.  The game is played on a grid with 6 wooden horses.  They are moved by volunteer jockeys at the roll of three dice.  Each time the number of a horse is rolled the horse moves forward of one space.  The audience is encouraged to bet on their favorite horse.  Odds are calculated and winners paid accordingly.  We didn’t bet so naturally we didn’t win.  We just enjoyed the pandemonium.

We spent most of the rest of the afternoon in our cabin reading and doing Sudoku puzzles.  The sunset was obscured by heavy clouds.  There wasn’t a gathering of Platinum and Elite passengers today at 5.  Instead there was a Captain’s Circle party at 7 PM.  They introduced the top three traveled passengers on the cruise and gave them prizes.  There was also a drawing of door prizes for the remaining guests.  We didn’t win.

All of our table mates were present for dinner.  We all recanted our day’s experiences ashore.  Only the young couple Brandon and Samantha did an organized activity.  They went SCUBA diving.  We all had tender problems and delays from the day before.  

After dinner we went to the Princess Theater and saw Ferrell Dillon and his magic show.  That was the end of our evening.  Tonight we move our clocks back an hour to the same time as Los Angeles.  We need the extra hour sleep.