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I've been looking forward to your review!  I still don't get on CC that often, never seem to have the time.  LOL!  But so glad I found it.  As usual, I'm really enjoying it.  So far, your weather is opposite of what ours was but don't think your itinerary got rearranged due to a hurricane either.  Loved your pics of all of Panorama's venues - sure miss her and I'm hoping to do it again, need to get to PV.  I'm definitely with you about sea days, lots to do but we get so bored.  That's probably one of the reasons we aren't cruising as much, too many 7-day cruises with only 3 ports and that's just not for us.  We've been doing short beach trips to NC, went to Myrtle, FL, and NOLA with friends, and 2 weeks in Hawaii in 2017.  Sorry they didn't have the ship ornament on your cruise either.  I'm beginning to wonder if they even have them at all.  I check Ebay at least every few days and never see any for Panorama, Vista, or Horizon but they seem to have the other classes.  I'm definitely looking forward to the rest and sure hope the weather got better for you guy.  Oh, it's so nice to "meet" Karl, he seems like such a nice kid & he and Sakari are so cute together. 

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@mitsugirly Kim, the reason that they took the Walk up bar out of the casino, was the smokers would clog the area, not drink, or gamble becuse they didn't want to go up to the outdoor areas. They had that bar around the tornato thing and the smoke would float up to the promanae deck.  They also have a problem now with people going to the casino and sitting at a maching and smoking and not gambling.  From a smokers perspective, I don't like that there is now no inside smoking area. from a former smokers persepective, I still don't like it, it hasn't helped much in the casino, but at least theey are making non smoking casinos away from the smoking ones.  just thought you would want to know why the bar is not there.  enjoying the review and thank you for the hard work you put into there.

 

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On 4/23/2024 at 8:29 AM, Djacksonterp said:

I like the plot twist with Kendra and the jail phone call, I'm totally invested in this story now, gotta see what happens to Kendra!!

 

LOL, they are always up to something.

 

On 4/23/2024 at 10:25 AM, ASR1996 said:

Thank you so much for sharing! I am so looking forward to more.  

 

You're welcome and hope you enjoy it.

 

On 4/23/2024 at 11:42 AM, MistyRo76 said:

Excited for this one....I was literally just looking at this cruise on the same ship for 2026 - for my 50TH birthday/spring break cruise! 🙂 I've done one Mex. Riviera cruise but it was in 2010 and and didn't include La Paz. So I'm totally here for this one! 🙂  

 

Glad to have you here. I hope you enjoy it.

 

On 4/23/2024 at 7:49 PM, luvcruzing said:

@mitsugirly I’m so glad you’re back on CC.  You’ve been missed. 
 

In case you don’t know, always-hungry-Karl can order a second dinner at no charge.  A third dinner would incur a $5 fee.

 

Confused. I never left? (We've been cruising with NCL still after cruising resumed and also doing land vacations). But glad you found me. 🙂 

 

Yes, we know that Karl can order a second dinner. I'm just glad the cruise ship is feeding him and not us. LOL

 

On 4/23/2024 at 8:42 PM, luvcruzing said:

Kim, just to be clear, I know your cruise is over, but reading your review makes me feel as if I’m onboard with you in real time.  

 

Aww, thanks so much. 

 

On 4/23/2024 at 11:44 PM, Ranyw said:

Hi! We were on the same sailing as you guys!  I’m going through your pictures and it’s like Deja vu!  We even stayed at the same hotel pre-cruise!  Great review so far!

 

Oh how cool is that? I hope you had a wonderful cruise as well. 

 

20 hours ago, Krisco said:

Catching up.  Your reviews are the best.  Your website also. I have gone on so many excursions you recommend or stay away from those not so good.  Looking forward to the rest.

 

Aww thanks so much. I'm glad the website/reviews have been of help in picking out excursions. That's the whole reason I do them. I just have to figure out my website issue still and get everything on there.

 

20 hours ago, luckiest1cruise said:

My friend & I are getting on the Panorama on Saturday April 27 so I'm enjoying your review & pictures and look forward to more!

 

I hope you have a wonderful cruise!

 

 

16 hours ago, Jenny in TX said:

I have always enjoyed reading your reviews.  Looking forward to this one!  We were booked on the Panorama out of Long Beach for this cruise in October 2020 and we all know how that ended.  We haven't rebooked it yet, but I have been thinking about it.  After seeing this I need to take the plunge and just book it!

 

Thanks so much. Ugh, so sorry you didn't get to do your Panorama cruise in 2020. Now you have to take that plunge! 🙂 

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14 hours ago, SenatorsFan said:

Hi Kim, I'm home from my NCL Jade cruise (we had a great time) and am so happy to see another cruise review from you! Thanks! 🥰

 

Glad to hear you had a great time. I remember cruising on the Jade for my (only) birthday cruise I've done...back in the day when it was my goal to sail every NCL ship they had. I think the only older ship I still haven't done is the Gem. 

 

14 hours ago, pghsteelerfan said:

I've been looking forward to your review!  I still don't get on CC that often, never seem to have the time.  LOL!  But so glad I found it.  As usual, I'm really enjoying it.  So far, your weather is opposite of what ours was but don't think your itinerary got rearranged due to a hurricane either.  Loved your pics of all of Panorama's venues - sure miss her and I'm hoping to do it again, need to get to PV.  I'm definitely with you about sea days, lots to do but we get so bored.  That's probably one of the reasons we aren't cruising as much, too many 7-day cruises with only 3 ports and that's just not for us.  We've been doing short beach trips to NC, went to Myrtle, FL, and NOLA with friends, and 2 weeks in Hawaii in 2017.  Sorry they didn't have the ship ornament on your cruise either.  I'm beginning to wonder if they even have them at all.  I check Ebay at least every few days and never see any for Panorama, Vista, or Horizon but they seem to have the other classes.  I'm definitely looking forward to the rest and sure hope the weather got better for you guy.  Oh, it's so nice to "meet" Karl, he seems like such a nice kid & he and Sakari are so cute together. 

 

Glad you found it too! Good to have you here. 

 

Yea, our weather was COLD! (Something I'm definitely not used to on cruises) 🥶

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one that don't like sea days. I see a few saying the same thing. I always read people saying they cruise to relax and read a book and ..... maybe some day I'll be like that when I can no longer walk with this leg, but now...I still have to be up and moving or I'm bored. 

 

I love the land vacations we've had. Thinking about where we want to go next for a land vacation. 

 

This ship ornament thing is driving me insane. They are missing out on so much money. I've read so many people that collect them and can't find them. It's annoying. They are messing my cruise shelf up. LOL   I check around here and there as well. Although the people on ebay and Amazon must know about us collectors because when you do find one (not the one's I'm looking for) they are an outrageous price!

 

10 hours ago, jedi bobs said:

@mitsugirly Kim, the reason that they took the Walk up bar out of the casino, was the smokers would clog the area, not drink, or gamble becuse they didn't want to go up to the outdoor areas. They had that bar around the tornato thing and the smoke would float up to the promanae deck.  They also have a problem now with people going to the casino and sitting at a maching and smoking and not gambling.  From a smokers perspective, I don't like that there is now no inside smoking area. from a former smokers persepective, I still don't like it, it hasn't helped much in the casino, but at least theey are making non smoking casinos away from the smoking ones.  just thought you would want to know why the bar is not there.  enjoying the review and thank you for the hard work you put into there.

 

 

Oh, I guess I didn't realize there used to be a bar in the casino. Are they going to make all of Carnivals ship casino's without a bar now? I hope they realize people will still go down there and smoke whether there's a bar or not. I've seen it. I don't think they have enough employees to monitor just the smoking people not gambling. It's on every ship.

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April 1: CABO SAN LUCAS

 

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So today is our first port day!! I was super excited for this day and was hoping for the best. I didn't get much rest last night...you see for some reason our balcony door was whistling all night. You could hear the wind blowing right into the room and I would wake up to this whistling sound and it sure wasn't a "hey good looking" whistle either. Karl says "What is that sound???"   Oh that? It's this hurricane outside didn't you know? I love messing with this newbie.

 

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I used the tv to monitor the weather outside this entire cruise. It said it was 64 degrees outside and the "apparent wind" was 38mph I had to keep reminding myself that I was NOT in the Caribbean. I honestly wasn't sure how my body was going to adapt to this. Today...we had an excursion booked that involved being on and in the water. YIKES!

 

We all headed up to the buffet for some breakfast at 7:30am. I was completely shocked to find (or should I say not find)...

 

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Wait what? There's no bacon to be found? How can this be???? Bacon doesn't get a vacation while I'm on vacation. I need my protein! Is this a thing? I had no idea that Carnival does this. What is so special about the bacon getting a vacation on Carnival but NCL doesn't allow their bacon a bacation? I was so confused. I mean this was only day 3. They couldn't have ran out already...right?

 

I managed to find the omelet station and found a couple pieces of what they called some type of sausage that didn't quite taste like the sausage I'm used to and actually it kinda reminded me of the Pig and Anchor Sausage links they serve. I guess that would be the extent of my "meat" for breakfast and I cheated with 2 hashbrown circles just because I was pouting about the bacon at this point.

 

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Ok, something I just have to mention (and praise) about Carnival. THE POP!! We would learn on this cruise that when you went up and ask for a pop, they gave you THE ENTIRE CAN!!! YES! This is with the soda package. They didn't pile your glass up with ice and pour pop out of a 2 liter that has been shaken up and lost it's taste. They gave you a glass of ice and the entire can! We absolutely LOVED this! No watered down pop this cruise. This alone has me wanting to cruise Carnival all the time. Everyone here knows how much I love my pop. It's my one luxury I give myself. People always think I'm weird because I wake up and drink pop. Well...don't you wake up and drink coffee? What's the difference? I get my caffeine in the morning the same way you do. Except I find yours bitter and mine sweet. 🤷‍♀️ I've just never acquired the taste for coffee as much as I've tried. 

 

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So I'm looking at the time and I see we are pulling into port around 9:30am. I start to freak out thinking we are coming in late and thinkin we are supposed to meet for our excursion a little after 9. All these thoughts were racing in my head about them leaving us because we are not there yet. "I thought we were supposed to be here at 8am for some reason" I told the hubby. I raced back to the room to see what I had written down from my booking and was relieved to see that it was the excursion that said as soon as we arrive at 10am we are to come there when we could get there. Whew! And...the excursion place was supposed to be right off the dock within walking distance. I was relieved. 

 

We headed back upstairs and the kids played a little ping pong. A lot of the activities were going on up at the Sports Deck and people were on the ropes course as well. 

 

Now one thing about this cruise...I wanted to see a whale. I have been talking about it for months! The entire cruise I was constantly looking out the balcony window looking for a whale. While on the decks...you guessed it, I was looking for a whale. Karl was constantly saying "Look! Is that a whale" just to get me to look. I'm pretty sure I disowned him a few times already over the last few days of the cruise just for doing this to me. Sakari thought it was funny and started doing it too. 

 

Then she points out in the distance (on the side of the ship) and says "Is that a whale?" I glance over trying to not let them see...with a slight glimmer of hope but knew deep down in my soul knew that they were messing with me still...and I look to the back of the ship and said "NO BUT THAT IS!!!"  I think they were waiting for me to say "GOT YA!' but....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep, there were whales playing in the water!!!! HA! I seen my whales now and was as happy as can be! Karl was amazed and him and Sakari couldn't stop talking about it. They thought I was joking when I said I was going to be spotting whales on this cruise!

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Coming into Cabo:

 

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I noticed that we were not alone in port today. This would be the first cruise that I didn't even bother to look up how many ships were in port with us. I don't know...for some reason I pictured us being the only ship cruising the Mexican Riviera. I don't know what I was thinking. LOL We would have a Princess ship with us today and it was already there. 

 

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Our balcony was on the side of the Arch and I was happy that I had done my research and picked that side. I was able to get pictures of it as we pulled in. I had looked at a lot of pictures prior to this cruise and knew what land marks to look at (the Arch, Lovers Beach, Pelican Rock and so on). 

 

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Lovers Beach (with Divorce Beach on the opposite side)

 

 

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The large rock in front of Pelican Beach that people climb on and jump into the water:

 

 

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Pulling into port and the ferry boats and pilot boat was coming our way.

 

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It looked like it was going to turn out to be a beautiful day. The clouds today  😶  Oh my gosh they were so pretty!!!

 

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Once the ship was situated, they started tendering people off. First the VIP people and those with Carnival excursions.

 

As we waited for our turn, we stood on our balcony watching the boats along the shoreline and noticed this...

 

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Can you see them above my name?

 

There was a VERY LARGE school of dolphins. Like really, so many of them!

 

Look at this video and you'll be able to tell just how many there were. It was amazing!

 

 

 

 

So now I've seen whales and dolphins and my life was complete! Just saying...

 

We decided to head down to deck 3 and wait for our number to be called. They called tender tickets 1 & 2 and then it was our turn. We were on the tender by 10:55am. We will consider this Karl's first real boat ride. LOL

 

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It was a short tender ride over to the port and now we were headed to find our excursion.

 

 

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So what are we doing today....none other than going on a Whale Watching tour of course!!!

 

After researching various companies for a tour, I had came across a vendor named Kelly Boat Cabo. We exchanged emails back and forth and they had good communication. I had told them I wanted to do a whale watching tour and also wanted to go to the Arch, see Pelican Rock and the Sea Lion area and then go to a beach afterwards for a little while. I had also mentioned maybe snorkeling if possible. 

 

Their website states they have 3 boats that can accommodate anywhere from 12-18 people depending on the boat. They offered regular tours and private tours. NOW.... according to their website, it said if you want a private tour they charged by the hour with a minimum of 1 hour. Included are pictures and bottled water. You can do a whale watching tour ($79), snorkel tour, or arch tour ($35) and then go to the beach offered as a group tour and they leave once the boats are filled up.  

 

When he gave me a quote on everything I wanted, he said $79/pp. I ask...is this a private or group tour and he replied "private" just us. Hmmm, that sounded weird to me. So I ask "Is this per hour or for the entire tour?"  He replied "79 dls for the tour arch and whale watching and beach time (optional) everything".  I still wasn't understanding and I quoted their website saying "I would really like to book this tour, but why does your website say private tours are by the hour with a 2 hour minimum? It states $79 per person for 1 hour. "  He said "Arch and whale watching tour plus beach time in 79 dls per person the price is for all the tour not per hour.. don't worry" and then threw in "But if you want to pay $79 per person per hour that is better to me"   LOL

 

So, we booked. I mean...why wouldn't we? Why wouldn't anyone? A private tour for all of this for only $79/pp. Others were offering the tour for more and it was a group tour. 

 

I kept thinking there had a to a catch some where. But, I read online reviews and they had great reviews and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves to I was taking that chance!

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Thank you for taking the time to post your review! In February we went to Sky Reef in Cozumel based on your review and it did not disappoint. We are doing this same cruise in February 2025 so I am excited to read your entire review and the things you experienced. Now I'm a little worried about the weather though. You travelled in April and we are going in February. We hoped we would be able to experience some warm California sun but not so sure now!

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On 4/22/2024 at 8:26 PM, jerseygirlinAZ said:

 

 

I do this, too!  Kiss my hand and touch the plane, every single time.

I make the sign of the cross with my thumb before I board every flight!

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On 4/23/2024 at 7:37 AM, mitsugirly said:

Now one thing I want to mention about the casino here. There is NO bar that you can go up to and get a drink. This really sucks!!!! What kind of a casino doesn't have a bar in it?

We find this very frustrating also! MSC and RC have bars in their casinos. Makes getting a drink so much easier. Carnival casinos also tend to be very smoky. 

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8 hours ago, Beachiekeen said:

What beautiful pictures of Cabo, stunning! Enjoying and can’t wait for the rest! 

 

Thank you...they are only going to get better. 🙂 

 

 

7 hours ago, noshoobie said:

Thank you for taking the time to post your review! In February we went to Sky Reef in Cozumel based on your review and it did not disappoint. We are doing this same cruise in February 2025 so I am excited to read your entire review and the things you experienced. Now I'm a little worried about the weather though. You travelled in April and we are going in February. We hoped we would be able to experience some warm California sun but not so sure now!

 

Aww, thanks! We loved Sky Reef so much. Glad it didn't disappoint.

 

February...yep, I would be worried. You might just freeze if you are cold natured like me. Stay tuned...

 

 

7 hours ago, noshoobie said:

I make the sign of the cross with my thumb before I board every flight!

 

haha...Sakari is not alone in these traditions. 

 

7 hours ago, noshoobie said:

We find this very frustrating also! MSC and RC have bars in their casinos. Makes getting a drink so much easier. Carnival casinos also tend to be very smoky. 

 

Yes, and so does NCL. I hate waiting on someone else when I can do it myself much quicker. 

 

3 hours ago, Roxxy said:

Loving your review!  What time did the ship arrive into Cabo?  Was it much of a wait for tender #3?

 

Our ship was there from 10-7pm. 

 

I don't remember the actual time they started calling us "regular" tender people down but we went down and waited and they called 1 & 2 (probably around 10:30-10:45) and then it wasn't long at all after that before we went. We were on the tender at 10:55 for sure because I took a picture at that time. We were on the dock around 11:10am. 

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13 hours ago, mitsugirly said:

Oh, I guess I didn't realize there used to be a bar in the casino. Are they going to make all of Carnivals ship casino's without a bar now? I hope they realize people will still go down there and smoke whether there's a bar or not. I've seen it. I don't think they have enough employees to monitor just the smoking people not gambling. It's on every ship.


Just off the Carnival Magic, and there’s a bar in the non-smoking casino annex on deck 4 and also in the larger smoking casino on deck 5. Maybe you should plan your next cruise on the Magic.

 

13 hours ago, mitsugirly said:

I didn't get much rest last night...you see for some reason our balcony door was whistling all night. You could hear the wind blowing right into the room and I would wake up to this whistling sound and it sure wasn't a "hey good looking" whistle either.


The wind was really blowing so hard one night that it was rattling the balcony door and seemed to blow right through the cabin and rattled the cabin door.  I had to get up and put in my earplugs. A couple of days later when the wind was blowing and rattling the balcony door again, I got up and checked the door and saw that the handle was at a slight angle.  When I straightened it to be horizontal, the rattling stopped.

 

12 hours ago, mitsugirly said:

So now I've seen whales and dolphins and my life was complete! Just saying...


If I remember correctly, in one of your reviews you mentioned never spotting whales or flying fish, while other people would mention seeing them all the time.  Well, I had someone constantly telling me about seeing flying fish, and I finally saw them on this cruise.  Pretty cool.

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10 hours ago, luvcruzing said:


Just off the Carnival Magic, and there’s a bar in the non-smoking casino annex on deck 4 and also in the larger smoking casino on deck 5. Maybe you should plan your next cruise on the Magic.

 


The wind was really blowing so hard one night that it was rattling the balcony door and seemed to blow right through the cabin and rattled the cabin door.  I had to get up and put in my earplugs. A couple of days later when the wind was blowing and rattling the balcony door again, I got up and checked the door and saw that the handle was at a slight angle.  When I straightened it to be horizontal, the rattling stopped.

 


If I remember correctly, in one of your reviews you mentioned never spotting whales or flying fish, while other people would mention seeing them all the time.  Well, I had someone constantly telling me about seeing flying fish, and I finally saw them on this cruise.  Pretty cool.

 

I've already been on the magic. 😉  I believe this is the first and only ship I've been on that doesn't have a bar in the casino. 

 

Yea, I do remember other ships that if you don't have the balcony door handle up the right way it whistled. Took me awhile to figure it out, but eventually did. This one was just random for some reason. We did find that locking it helped some but there were certain times during the cruise you could still hear it. 

 

There was a time (long ago) that everyone was talking about seeing the flying fish and we eventually did. We've seen them on multiple cruises before (and even when doing an excursion by boat). Whales...well, the only time we have ever seen a whale from the ship was when we were pulling out of Grand Turk (I think it was) and we spotted one off in the distance. But it wasn't as easy to see as the one that we spotted this time around. You could tell that they were playing and having a good time in the water. It was so cool. 

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So just to give you a reference of how close Kelly Boat Cabo is to the dock... (I was researching multiple whale watching tours to use and this one was the closest to walk to).

 

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We headed down the dock and to the right. I knew it wasn't very far. However, I will say it was a little further than what I had pictured in my mind looking at the map. There are little stores up and down the dock. I stopped to ask a lady if she knew where Kelly was and she said "That's me" and pointed at their place. She ask my name and said they were waiting on us. She called the owner (I assume the guy that I had been talking to via email prior to the trip) and then handed the phone to me. It was hard to hear with people all around and the reception didn't seem the greatest but I heard the words so and so "was going to take you out to see the whales and you're going to have a good time". 

 

We got off the phone and the lady said "That will be $400". Wait what? No, no it's not. It's $79 per person and that is $316!  I have the email confirming this. She called the owner back and put him on the phone. He explained that $79/pp was for a group tour and we were doing a private tour. The private tour was $100 per person. NOPE! I'm not playing that game. I specifically ask MANY TIMES about the price and if it was private. I have the email...and then I started reading it off. He states that for $79 he could put us on a group tour. NOPE! Not having it. You said $79/pp and private and either that's what we get or we will find someone else (even if it was a group tour with someone else for the same price, they would get my business). Once again, I started reading our conversation via email to him. "Ok, ok, we will do the tour for $79. No worries" he said. 

 

I honestly hate when they try to pull something like this. But I stood my ground, I paid the price I was told and down the dock we went to the boat at 11:14am. 

 

Then we were off...On the way out of the marina, we seen Poncho. If you don't know who Poncho is...he's pretty famous here. He follows the fishermen in and jumps on the back of their boats and rides back into the marina...waiting for a handout of freshly caught fish. Oh the life he has. He's so funny. There's so many video's online of him doing this that he has become famous. When we were heading out, he was on the back of a boat hitching a ride in. lol  I was too slow seeing him that I wasn't able to get a picture (not to mention I was on the wrong side of the boat). So I will give you a picture of this Pelican instead to tie you over. 

 

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There were sealions just laying around on the docks.

 

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We were headed to see the arch.

 

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You can always tell where the Pelican's hang out all the time...you'll see the "snow covered" rocks...to put it nicely.

 

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The rocks meeting the water was just beautiful!! Notice, not that crystal clear blue water you will get in the Caribbean but the rocks made it so pretty (not to mention the sky out today).

 

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Here is Lovers Beach (or Playa de los Amantes in Spanish) in the distance. On the opposite side is Divorce Beach. It is the meeting of two bodies of water on either side (the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California).

 

Legend has it that the name comes from a fated love story of a Japanese sailor who was rescued by a Mexican girl on Lovers Beach back in the 18th century and they fell in love. This beach is on the calm side and you can swim here.

 

Walk over to the other side and you will find Divorce Beach. It is rough and dangerous and you cannot swim on this side. 

 

 

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This large rock protruding from the water is called Peninsula Rock. He said it was the furthest rock out from Cabo. 

 

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This is called the "Pacific Window"

 

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This is a hole through a mountain of rock that joins the Sea of Cortez with the Pacific Ocean. It is referred to as the window because you can see all the way through to the other side. It's pretty cool and unique. 

 

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The boats pull in really close for you to get a good view of it. 

 

 

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Getting very close to the rocks at the window.

 

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Up next would be Los Arcos ( a Spanish word meaning Land's End) or the Arch as people call it. It is the most recognizable place in Cabo and is a natural wonder showing the beauty of tidal and wind erosion that shapes the rock formation into an arch. 

 

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Our tour guide took multiple pictures of us with the arch in the background.

 

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Along the rocks you would see sea lions. This one was basking in the sun with not a care in the world.

 

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