I know it's a couple days late....but we just wanted everyone to know we're thinking of you during the Holiday Season and we hope you all had a very wonderful, enjoyable Thanksgiving!!
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
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Mazatlan, Mexico (1)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010: Our next stop on our cruise was in Mazatlan, Mexico. Mazatlan was quite a bit more commercialized and 'upscale' from Cabo San Lucas. While I enjoyed Cabo....I actually liked Mazatlan a little bit better. Anyway, so here are some pictures from that day......and there are still more to come! :)
These first few pictures were taken as we were pulling into harbor that morning and docking.
This picture was taken while we were still on the ship...we hadn't left yet. But when we did...this is actually where we ended up.
Like I've said in earlier posts....I love those ports where the towns and villages seem to go up the hillside. It just looks really cool to me! :)
Matt and I in Mazatlan. Every place that we go, we usually like to pick one of the ports NOT to do an excursion on....usually one that is supposed to be most 'interesting' or historic. We picked Mazatlan this time and we were glad we did! 2 other couples (the Berg's & the Cardon's) joined Matt and I that day. Instead of choosing an excursion while were were still on the ship, we chose to get off the ship and find someone to give us a tour of the island. So far, it's always worked out really well for us. We ended up taking a Trolley Tour.....and it was a lot of fun!! We were really glad that the Berg's and the Cardon's decided to join us as well. We had a BLAST with them!! Such great people.....
These pictures were taken from our first stop on the Trolley Tour. It was just kind of a very small outdoor 'market' of sorts where you could buy souvenirs, etc.
The 2nd ship in the distance is actually the Mariner of the Seas....which is the one we were cruising on.
This was a really cool looking cannon that sat on a wall overlooking the water.
This guy was sitting in that little 'market' painting all of these decorative plates. He was really quite good! There were some beautiful ones!
There were LOTS of statues placed all along the way as we walked by the water.
I love the ocean....so beautiful!
These next few pictures are of a couple of brothers that live there and cliff dive for a living. This is how they feed their families. It was quite interesting...even a little scary...watching them. They 'perform' these dives every 1/2 hour or so and then people leave them tips.
Matt and I in Mazatlan. Every place that we go, we usually like to pick one of the ports NOT to do an excursion on....usually one that is supposed to be most 'interesting' or historic. We picked Mazatlan this time and we were glad we did! 2 other couples (the Berg's & the Cardon's) joined Matt and I that day. Instead of choosing an excursion while were were still on the ship, we chose to get off the ship and find someone to give us a tour of the island. So far, it's always worked out really well for us. We ended up taking a Trolley Tour.....and it was a lot of fun!! We were really glad that the Berg's and the Cardon's decided to join us as well. We had a BLAST with them!! Such great people.....
These pictures were taken from our first stop on the Trolley Tour. It was just kind of a very small outdoor 'market' of sorts where you could buy souvenirs, etc.
The 2nd ship in the distance is actually the Mariner of the Seas....which is the one we were cruising on.
This was a really cool looking cannon that sat on a wall overlooking the water.
This guy was sitting in that little 'market' painting all of these decorative plates. He was really quite good! There were some beautiful ones!
These next pictures were taken all along the tour.
There were LOTS of statues placed all along the way as we walked by the water.
I love the ocean....so beautiful!
These next few pictures are of a couple of brothers that live there and cliff dive for a living. This is how they feed their families. It was quite interesting...even a little scary...watching them. They 'perform' these dives every 1/2 hour or so and then people leave them tips.
Path to Eternal Life
"The path to eternal life is not on a plateau. Rather, it is an incline, ever onward and upward. Hence, ever-increasing spiritual understanding and energy are required to reach our destination. Because the pernicious opposition by Satan continues, the continuous enlightened guidance of the Holy Ghost is absolutely essential."
--Keith K. Hilbig, "Quench Not the Spirit Which Quickens the Inner Man", Ensign, Nov 2007, 37–39
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (4)
Ok.....These are the last of the Cabo pictures:
As our final activity that day, we all got back in our Jeeps and our tour guide, Paul, took us to "one of Baja's largest river washes until it reaches the Pacific Ocean." Here are some pictures that were taken along that drive to the beach.
Here are some pictures of the beach. Like I said in my earlier posts, it had rained a bit that day and it was pretty overcast and cloudy. Nevertheless, it was still pretty.....although, I have to say that we had a great time, but Cabo wasn't quite what I had envisioned it to be, either. :)
Obviously, Matt and I. :)
I mentioned in one of my previous posts that we had a guy from New Zealand riding in our Jeep with us throughout the tour. Here is a picture of him with our tour guide, Paul.
This was the other couple in our group...driving the third Jeep...with Paul.
Some more random pictures of the beach.
Our Jeeps. (We were driving the 3rd one.)
Back in the city again and getting ready to walk back to the pier and head back to our ship.
Our ship. We were on the catamaran, being tendered back to the ship later that evening.
This was the "towel creation" we found in our room that night when we got back. :)
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