Partying in Cabo… and that’s a wrap

As far south as we could go – all the way down to the very fingertip of Mexico’s Baja peninsula, got us to the resort of Cabo San Lucas. Right up there in the top 5 places to visit in Mexico and a key destination for our cruise ships, oh yeah, Cabo is a proper party city. And we were there on the weekend, so we were ready to party!

Bars and restaurants and more bars lined the marina, so that’s where we started. Our view as far as we could see was yachts and super yachts, hmmm maybe we should re-assess the mode of transport for our next trip…?

I’ll take the biggest, flashiest one please (probably out of shot to be fair)

But for now, we’d have to make do with a sunset booze cruise. Us and a hundred or so others. That’s ok, I can share nicely.

Darren’s Hawaiian party shirt even came out for the occasion

Lots of hen do’s/bachelorette parties. This is the classic shot of the bride to be with the iconic El Arco rock in the background. (A bit like Durdle Door, only in Cabo rather than Dorset).

Let’s have a go at that classic shot then… Um, El Arco makes a nice earring

Bit quieter round the other side of El Arco as we sailed into the sunset

We were at the back of the catamaran. We had a seat and we had drinks, I wasn’t about to complain I had people in the way of my perfect picture.

There was no way I was getting a decent sunset shot without people in it. Never mind, I’ve seen sunsets before, just sit back enjoy it.

Sun done, we turned around and headed back, finally got that uninterrupted view (let’s hope I was in the way of someone else’s picture!)

So yeah we had to put up with having to share our experience a bit. But it was exactly the holiday party feels we were looking for.

While the service was excellent on the boat and the drinks were flowing, they’d perfected the art of catering for those who only ever drink on a party boat. Meaning they were somewhat cautious on the tequila pouring. Leaving us with a search for the best shoreside margaritas in Cabo.

Well this looks promising, a cornucopia of delights

Outpost restaurant offered a margarita flight – not your average margaritas either. L-R below… Avocado margarita with coconut cream, serrano pepper, tequila and gran marnier. And avo obviously. In the middle you have a black margarita with tequila, chipotle syrup, activated carbon (I have no idea what that is other than guessing it’s what makes it black) and lemon. And last up – a smoky hibiscus margarita with mezcal, hibiscus, ginger and house bitters. Seems you can call any cocktail a margarita providing it’s got tequila or mezcal in it.

Who’d have thought an avocado margarita would win out? Surprisingly awesome.

After all those margaritas, somehow I made it up for a morning run around the marina. Nothing too hardcore you understand.

Took a few pics along the way (any excuse for a breather)

Sea lion mooching around the harbor. At a faster pace than me I think.

Just about earned my hotel taco buffet breakfast

And it‘s not often I proper treat myself but I decided to splurge some of my birthday money on a massage. Not just a massage but a full on full body deep tissue thumb, knuckle and elbow massage. I could barely stand up afterwards so I lounged in the hotel swimming pool lapping up the sun instead.

And would you believe it, the pool had a swim up bar. Will this party weekend never end?

End it did, and next up was La Paz for a week. And here pretty much our Mexico fairytale came to an unfortunate end. Put it this way, this was my view for most of the week…

Yeah I got sick. And then Darren did too. When you think how much traveling we’ve done, it’s kind of surprising we’ve not been more ill along the way. Negative Covid tests when we got home but not felt so fatigued in a long time. Suffice to say, a few days knocked out in bed in La Paz and hence not much to write about.

But there’s always photos. Some from before, some from after. No more of the fan I promise. So here you have it, the last of the trip is a photo summary…

Beautiful malecon along the waterfront in La Paz

With the cactus. You’re never very far from a cactus.

There were two inspirations for our Mexico trip. The first was the friendliest grey whales on the planet. Ticked off on the way down and totally lived up to the hype. The second was a kayaking trip in the aquamarine waters of the Sea of Cortez around the rocky shores of the island of Espiritu Santu. Unfortunately, the lurgi put paid to that. But we did make it down to the beach to see where we would have gone. I guess it just means we’ll have to come back sometime!