Cabo: Monday, February 16, 2009 - Last Day in Mexico

We woke up, packed our stuff and checked out by 10am, leaving our bags at the main desk until we needed to head back to the airport (we needed to be on our way about 2pm). We decided to explore San Jose Del Cabo on foot. It was a nice jaunt into town. We shopped a bit, although I found the prices to be higher than Cabo San Lucas in most instances, and had a nice quiet "traditional Mexican" breakfast (I don't think they know what that means...every "traditional Mexican breakfast" we had included bacon, eggs, potatoes, and then varied from there), then headed back to the resort to be on our way to the airport.

Mexican airports are much different than American ones. Our bags were thoroughly searched before we checked them on our flight. We almost had a problem getting back home because I thought I’d lost the return voucher from customs. Luckily I found it after a few minutes...too many pockets in my briefcase. I know better for next time, keep it in the envelope with all of the other travel papers. *sigh*

Once we got our things checked, we headed up the stairs, where our carry-ons were thoroughly searched, again. At the top of the stairs was a final check (an x-ray machine) that we needed to put all of our things through, and a metal detector for us. We were finally at our gate and got to wait for our flight.

The flight was uneventful and we got to California a bit ahead of schedule, which was a nice change. We stayed at a Super 8 near the airport (definitely nothing to talk about, but cheap, which is always good) and walked over to a local Mexican Restaurant for dinner. Surprise surprise, Eric didn’t get enough Mex food.

Cabo: Sunday, February 15, 2009

We had another breakfast date, in Cabo San Lucas (Villa del Palmar[http://www.villagroupresorts.com/resorts/villa-del-palmar-los-cabos/] & Villa del Arco [http://www.villadelarcocabo.com/]), we were due to be there at 9am. We sat through their schpeil, had a free massage on them, went to lunch, again on them and then headed to the marina for a glass bottom boat & snorkel tour.

We decided to get to the marina via the beach, then caught a water cab to the company (Cabo Zaida[alas they are not web-savvy]) that was providing the snorkeling. Alas we arrived too late to snorkel that day, so went on a cruise of the bay that they provided. It was much more in depth than the sunset cruise. We really ‘got in there’ because we were in a little boat. The pictures, I think, are pretty good. The ones of us were not so good.

We got back to the marina while it was still daylight, so we finished walking the marina. Eric received some unusual offers (four of them by my count), and then we headed back to the time share. We dined by the side of the pool at the restaurant. So relaxing! We then spent some time in the hot tub.

Cabo: Saturday, February 14, 2009

We had yet another breakfast date, but at our resort at 8:30am. They took us on a tour of the two bedroom suites (we had a one bedroom) and one of the penthouses. The penthouse was fabulous! Three Bedrooms, three baths, a huge dining room table and two sofas & a great view!

We spent the day at the resort, swimming in the beautiful pool, walking on the beach; seeing all of the dead puffer fish – we saw 3-4 of them; and the jelly fish. We also explored the resort a bit and got photos from the cathedral. All of the photos looking down were shot from the cathedral. ;)