Cruising the Mexican Riviera

 Ken and I took a week and went on a fun cruise in the Mexican Riviera on January 31- February 8.  We like to go on on Princess Cruise Lines.  It is a cruise we have done many times before.  This time we flew to LA rather than drive, as we usually do.

LA cruise port

As soon as we got settled in our room, I found the steward and asked where the library was.  His answer was the saddest sentence I have heard, "This ship has no library."  One of the things I most look forward to on cruises is going to the library.  I bring books that I have read in my suitcase to donate, hoping I will find others I want to take with me.  I was so sad!  I had brought plenty to read while on the cruise (as you may have noticed with all of my recently posted book reviews on here,) but I was hoping to find good books to take home.  I instead took home my books that I planned to donate and have since shared in little free libraries here in town.

As always, the food was delicious; the service superb.

We had a lovely private table by a window each night for dinner.

As we approached Cabo San Lucus, we saw many whales.

These boats were all gathered around whales that had come up.

If you look amongst the boats you can see them.

This whale was right by us- this picture taken from our balcony.

See him?

After going ashore by tender, we hired a water taxi to take us whale watching.  We saw many whales.  I'll post just a few pictures here, but it was such an interesting experience that I will do a separate post about it after this one.

That evening, after dinner, we sat out on our balcony and watched the gorgeous sunset.  It was a highlight of the cruise. The weather was perfect and the company superb.

We saw beautiful sunsets out our dining window as well.

Ken got up early many mornings and went walking up on the top deck.  One morning he got beautiful photos of the sunrise.

One evening we went to this show.  She sang ABBA songs and was really good.

Shopping area in Matzatlan.

We wore masks on the flights and a lot times on the ship as well, but to no avail.  Yes, that is foreshadowing.

Despite getting sick after, it was a wonderful and relaxing trip.