HUATULCO - MEXICO

From leaving the Panama Canal our journey took us North West towards Huatulco, Mexico. The original itinerary was for a stop at Acapulco but this was changed; I believe because it was becoming dangerous for tourists.

This was not the case for Huatulco; the place was gorgeous and not being a major ship stop was much less commercialized.

Once the ships formalities it was ‘off we trot’ to explore yet another foreign town only ever read about (or not read about in this case).

The morning started with a couple of hours’ free time to explore before an organised tour to visit the town and to see a ‘Mexican Fiesta’ show.

The town itself was quaint and we were not inundated with touts trying to flog us cheap trash. A real bonus.

Many of the stores near the port were ‘vetted’ by Cunard and as such offered a guarantee of ‘fair prices’.

We loved the Harbour Masters’ transport! A good sturdy vehicle for sure!

We grabbed ourselves a small snack from the local stores as we wondered the streets. Not that we were hungry; just greedy.

Eventually we re-joined the ship and the tour group to continue on to the Mexican Fiesta part of the tour.

With hindsight we would probably have given this a miss and saved a bit of money. It was relatively interesting but very basic and our time would probably have been better spent touring independently.

I have to admit that the costumes were bright and colourful and I’ll give ‘em 6/10 for effort!

It was only an hour long and the rest of our day until 5-30 pm was ours so we skipped the return trip to the ship and took off for a look around the town and to find the beach.

The beach it might add was opposite the Queen and easy to reach so we were not concerned with missing the boat!

The Margaritas sold on the beach were yummy! I could have had a few of them but thought better of it.

All too soon the time drifted on and it was time to return to the ship ready to set sail for San Francisco.