Well, that whole plan to blog about Mexico in pieces and prevent such a big gap in updates hasn't exactly worked out...but I shall persevere and eventually I'll tell the whole story of our trip to Cabo.
Early on Monday morning we all headed out to the front of the resort to catch a cab and head off for a morning of whale watching. Alas, Jim wasn't feeling well, so he decided to stay back with Millie. Here is the whole Whale Watching Crew:
We visited a not quite open flea market on the Marina to get Evie a Mexican straw hat. There were small children playing the xylophone for tourists. They didn't look very happy and when we were in town and away from the fancy resort we were faced with Cabo's poverty. Despite that, everyone in Cabo was always very friendly and good natured...a nice break after being in London, where people have a lot more money than people in Cabo, but go out of their way to avoid interacting with each other.
Whale watching is actually a big boat party, with lots of yummy food and all you can drink and booming music and a funny MC.
Finally, after a lot of hanging around and eating food, we headed out of the marina!
A view of the beautiful beaches we would visit later in the week:
As we pulled into the harbor, we had our first glimpse of some big, playful sea lions (which you can't see in this picture, but they were there).
And, after a while...some humpback whales! Unfortunately, I never managed to get a good picture of them when they surfaced, but it was pretty amazing to see them. We kept our distance, because those were the rules, but some of the water taxis who were also taking people out to whale watch were getting very close to the whales.
In between seeing whales, Kate led Evie and Cora in an on boat ballet performance.
There was plenty of beer...
What a fun day, in beautiful weather, to see the whales! And we had a lot more fun to look forward to later in the week, too.
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