Leaving Cabo San Lucas
We watched as the ship left Cabo San Lucas from our balcony. As we rounded the coast we could see an interesting rock formation that all the local boats had been taking visitors to.
Further around we then could see large complexes of hotels and more beaches.
We were not the only ones enjoying a glass of wine with the views.
Further along the coast we could see more hotel complexes, some built, some abandoned half built and others with workers busy on them.
We were passing through areas where local fisherman had pots marked with two red buoys and a white block.
Around these we could see sea lions probably raiding the pots.
Then at last we saw our first dolphins.
As the wine flowed we watched more dolphins for the next hour or so…
Evening on board Coral Princess
The smoke from the ship was quite pronounced this evening.
Then it it was time to get changed for dinner. Everyone else seemed to be having the same idea and we stopped for a drink at the bar in the Atrium while we waited for the queue to go down. I tried the German beer that was being promoted as part of the ship’s Octoberfest celebration.
We were on a table for eight with just the two of us an one other couple. We sat for a while as the waiters waited to see if anyone else would join us on the table. Our table companions were from San Francisco and we continued our conversations where we had left off when we had sat together earlier in the week.
I chose goats cheese, a Caesar salad, the trio of meats and then creme brulee as dessert.
The entertainment for the evening started later at 10 pm in the Universe Lounge. This was the comedian who had joined us late at Puerta Vallarta. The lounge was only a quarter full and I made the classic mistake of sitting close to the front. Dan Grueber was very funny and he like most comedians on board did pick on audience members.
The retired gentlemen from Boeing was picked on after he told everyone he had been at R&D there. Dan asked him which college he’d been to. The guy then explained that he’d never been to college. Then he became the butt of jokes about which planes he’d helped to design. Not great.
Once back in our room we had received the disembarkation details – a timely reminder that the cruise was coming to an end.