January 3-10 we enjoyed our usually annual Mexican Riviera Cruise on Princess Cruises. It was an enjoyable, relaxing week. We flew to Las Angeles on Friday, the 2nd and spent the night in a hotel before boarding the ship on Saturday.
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| Port in Las Angeles |
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| Our first stop on Monday was Cabo San Lucas. It is such a beautiful approach. We saw whales as we approached. That is always exciting. |
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| It's hard to distinguish in this picture, but the boats are surrounding a whale. |
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| Our steward created a dog out of washrags for us and I found a rubber duck in the library. Duck hiding is a thing on cruises. |
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| Our cabin was on the uppermost deck. We so enjoyed our balcony and the beautiful views. |
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| We spent a lot of time out there enjoying the views and reading. |
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| Because the ship didn't leave Cabo until 8 pm, the dining room was not very busy that evening. So, our waiter created a little Mexican man for us. Both he and his assistant were from the Philipines. |
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| Cabo at night. So pretty. |
On Tuesday we were in Mazatlan
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| I was on the deck when I saw this ship coming right at our ship. They turned just in time. They were just trying to get out of the harbor, and the pilot boat guided them out perfectly. It sure looked like a crash was imminent. |
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| Wednesday we were in Puerta Vallarta |
Ken spent the morning at Area Natural Protegida Estero El Saledo- a local nature preserve. He was so thrilled to add two new birds to his life list which now numbers 1,188 different species of bird.
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| Rufus- Bellied Chachalaca |
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| Sinaloa Crow |
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| The food, as always, was delicious and beautifully presented. |
This was one of Ken's favorite dinners of the cruise. Beef tenderloin. He also loved the prime rib. |
| We know from doing this cruise so many times that the first day lunch serves this delicious lemon salmon. We are always anxious to get on the ship and head to the dining room. It is one of our two favorite meals. So yummy! |
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| This is my other favorite meal: Chioppino. It is a delicious seafood soup. It has a delicious tomato base and, as you can see, is full of seafood. |
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| Oh, and the Beef Wellington is delicious. |
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| One evening we went out on the main deck to watch the fountain show (and get some delicious ice cream.) |
It was a lovely, relaxing cruise with lots of beautiful views, good food, reading, and sleeping. We are already looking forward to next year.
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