Our first stop on the cruise was in Acapulco. We went shopping at the old Acapulco flea market, and somehow picked up our own personal walking tour guide(below) who took us around all afternoon. He was very nice and was telling us all about old Acapulco. I am sure he was getting a cut of whatever we spent at the flea market, not to mention the tip at the end!
That evening, we went to see the world famous Acapulco cliff divers. It was really pretty cool. They scale this rock wall that was 106' high in bare feet, go to the little chapel you see at the top and pray they don't die, and then have to push out 21' to clear the rocks at the bottom and dive into this chasm that is only about 20' wide. All in all it was pretty cool. After that we went to the new Acapulco for dinner. It was a lot of fun, and definitely a very touristy place. Below is our boat sitting in the bay at Acapulco... we thought it was pretty with all the lights on at night.
Next we went to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo. It was beautiful and had a very old Mexico feel to it. Here is the bay that we were in. We took a catamaran and went snorkeling here. It was awesome!! Below you see us with one of our snokeling helpers. He was great. He was catching and bringing up sea life for us to touch and hold. We got up close and pesonal with some star fish, a sea urchin and my personal favorite... a couple of puffer fish. He was great and we had a blast.
The best part of the whole thing was the comic entertainment that comes from watching a man in a bright blue brazillian cut speedo with a very hairy butt shimmy up the mast to secure the sail. (trust me, the picture doesn't do the hair justice!!!) It was great!
Below you see Lacey and I enjoying karaoke while there was not anyone around we would ever see again to remind us of the moment. We, along with some other girls we met on the cruise, had a great time singing and dancing to Baby Got Back by the esteemed Sir Mix-a-Lot. Oh... you all missed out!
And here we are at our last destination, Manzanillo. This excursion was probably our favorite. As you can see we got to get all prettied up to deal with the dust, and then we took our ATV's through the jungle and down to the beach. It was so much fun!! We were there for about four hours, and by the time we got back we were so covered in sand and dust that we were brown pretty much everywhere except where our goggles were. The beach was so much fun to ride on, and thankfully neither of us got stuck in the sand.
They had all these trails from where people got to ride up and down this dune/hill. You had to gun it to get up and then came flying down the other end. Did I already say how fun this trip was!! We were so glad we did this one when we got done, especially when we got back to Manzanillo and tried our luck at downtown Manzanillo and shopping.
And below... I show you the best of what downtown Manzanillo had to offer. This big old fish sculpture was pretty cool. Other than that, the shopping was terrible, there were no beaches in the downtown area, and there really wasn't anything else to do. Luckily, our ATV trip had taken up most of our time at this stop, so we used our time in town to call home from the trusty local payphone shop, and went back to the boat to eat ice cream.
Next is a picture of the people we were at the table with for our dinner seating. Apparently they saw two girls going on a cruise together and thought we must be single, because we got stuck at the young single table. The first night they were pretty trashed and annoying, and we actually requested a different table. But, we gave them another chance the second night and they were all really nice. We had a great time with them and it gave us some other people to hang out with and do things with on the boat.
And last but not least, we can't leave off the picture of our cabana boy/. Before we went on the cruise, Lacey & I were teasing our husbands about how we were going to find a cute cabana boy while we were gone. Larry said if I found one he could rub my feet for me. Anyway, being the good wives that we are, this was the extent of our cabana boy experience. We had to get a picture for our guys to let them know what kind of competition they were up against!!
So, we had a great time on our cruise, I loved getting some sunshine, but it was good to get home. I have an awesome husband to be okay with me leaving him for ten days, an amazing mother in law who flew out to freezing cold Cleveland in the middle of January to take care of three of our kids so I could go, and a wonderful best friend who took great care of my sweet little baby for me while I was on the boat. Thanks so much for all of you, I love you guys and am grateful for your help so I could go!
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