Cruising the MexRiv

I just love that phrase-MexRiv. I feel so worldly saying it. Like I am a real world traveler.

Instead of a hanger-on who was invited to tag along on her mom's real estate continuing education cruise. (Same price for two as for one, pretty much. Much more fun for Grandma D. to hang out with me for a week than be alone in the Mexican Riviera!)

So I got to take a break from all the worrying and nerves of no work and a recession and just forget it all for seven days!


Mom and I in the plaza in Puerto Vallarta. We took a taxi to the beach with her co-worker Dianne and enjoyed a day in the warm sun and water.


In Mazatlan we, hmmm, enjoyed a day in the warm sun and water...Here we are on the grounds of the Hotel Playa Mazatlan, where Mom had been a few years ago with her friend, Dee.

We also enjoyed a folklore show in Mazatlan with the Papantla Flyers.

I tried to upload video of their worship ceremony, but no luck. They climb to the top of this 60' pole and let themselves down by an ankle while the pole spins. Very scary. These "world heritage people" are from one of the oldest Indian tribes in the world, according to their narrator.


The beach in Mazatlan was warm and calm also. We watched parasailers take off and land on the beach all day. I used to be adventurous, but not so much anymore...I just enjoyed watching the parasailers.

Our last stop was Cabo San Lucas at the very southermost tip of Baja California. Mom and I were quite proud of ourselves here as we arranged for a water taxi to take the two of us on a tour of "Land's End" where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean and then to drop us off at a beach to snorkel. The driver agreed to return in two hours to take us back to Cabo. We were a little nervous, both about the arrangements and about the snorkeling, but it all turned out well and ending up being our favorite day. It was an adventure!


The rocks we snorkeled around at Pelican Beach. We saw SO many schools of brightly colored fish. We both wished we had underwater cameras.


The view from Pelican Beach back to Cabo. (Okay, so we weren't that far from civilization and there were other people there, but it was an adventure to US, okay?? You must remember that Mom is 74 years old! And she was snorkeling in Mexico!)


The Pacific Ocean side of Land's End.

I got lots of reading and writing done on the sea days when Mom had classes. I also took a scrapbook class, watched a live cooking show, watched some movies, swam in cool pools, went to a comedy, magic, and music shows and took a tour of the ship's galley (wow!) Yes, Princess is an "old people's" cruise line. Also had lots of quality visiting time with my mom. ("We get to go to lunch together more than once this week!" she said the first day!) A good time was had by all.