Cruise to Mexican Riviera

Margo and I left Sept. 27th and flew to Los Angeles where we boarded the Sapphire Princess. We had a wonderful time. The reason we went is because Margo was celebrating her 50th birthday and wanted to go do something and didn't want to go alone. Her husband passed away about 15 months ago.
We had such a great time.
We returned on Oct. 4th.

Above is the Sapphire Princess docked at Puerto Vallarta
Below is pictures of the ship


Main Lobby We made sure there was a life preserver just in case we fell over board :)

Open theater in Mazatlan.

Para Sailing in Mazatlan. Me with blue parachute, Margo with pink. We must be really brave!!
Above - It is really amazing how much we look like plastic toy men with parachutes huh!!

:) :) :0 (I had to take pictures of these, they were selling them on the beach)(Not really us, they were toy para-sailers)

It was 94 degrees with 105% humidity. It felt like we were baking in an oven.

Open air taxi that took us back to the ship. That was the scariest ride I have ever taken. I don't think there are any traffic rules in Mexico, Or at least the driver didn't think so. He was passing on the wrong side on a 2 lane road, etc.

Notice in the back ground of this picture what they have even in Mexico!!
The back of our ship and the boat we traveled to Las Caletas on. Quite a difference in size.
Shore line of Puerto Vallarta. We traveled about 1 1/2 hours along the shore line to reach Las Caletas. which is only accessible by boat.

Street in Mazatlan.

Cliff divers in Mazatlan. They dive from about 40-50 feet. The water was high this day but we were told that some days the water is so low that after they dive they just stand up and walk back to shore rather than swim. They dive numerous times each day.





We had to put down anchor about 1 mile out because the harbor wasn't deep enough for a cruise ship. We got on launches to be transported in to Cabo San Lucas. The wake was really bad, the launch was pulled up to the side of the ship and would raise and drop about 5-8 feet with the wake. We had to jump on at just the right time.

These are the helmets we used to dive with. We climbed down the ladder into the water to about our shoulders and then they lowered these helmets down over our head and connected a oxygen hose to it. We went down about 15 feet and walked around with fish swimming all around us. We then went down to about 20 feet. Fed the fish, fed a small octopus, played frisbee. We had a great time.
Flea market in Cabo San Lucas