Cabo San Lucas

Our last stop was Cabo San Lucas. I've been dying to go to Cabo since LC went there for spring break on Laguna Beach....lol This was our shortest port which was a little disappointing, but we made the most of it and tried to see as much stuff as we could. We all decided to go to Lovers Beach as a group. We paid $15 a couple to take a glass bottom boat. My first thought was oh that's a great deal and then I saw our boat.....The Sex Machine. Where is the glass bottom was my first question? If you look closely at the faded red part, there was a clouded window at the bottom of that. You could almost see the water through the bottom, NOT. Boarding The Sex Machine
The other half of the group got Jesus Es Mi Senor boat.
Sex Machine Worker
Al on the sex machine pointing to a sign that says shirts and shoes required, bras and panties optional.
The Sex Machine was pretty sweet and they even played good music. Here is a video of Al 4 dancing to Justin Bieber Eenie Meenie.

Pelican Beach where most of our group snorkeled.
Brooke and I with The Splendor in the background.
Lovers Beach!!

This is the window where you can see the Pacific Ocean.

An aerial of Lovers beach where you can see the Sea of Cortez(left) and the Pacific Ocean (right), courtesy of Google.

Walking from the Sea Of Cortez to the Pacific Ocean
One of the prettiest beaches I've ever seen.
I could have spent the entire week in this exact spot.
The waves were so crazy on the Pacific side. Our boat driver told us over and over not to swim on the Pacific side. Once we saw the waves it made sense.
A huge wave crashing behind us that my head is blocking.
Al talked to a bunch of locals and found the best place for authentic tacos. Their Al Pastor and Carne Asada was delicous. Hopefully their meat doesn't come from the same markets as Mazatlan. I loaded my tacos up with cucumbers, cabbage, limes, and pico de gallo. So yummy.
A picture with our restaurant friends.
This hat totally fits his personality :) The biggest igauna ever. He tried to put it on my shoulder which was not happening.Lexi and I trying to find shade.

More impressive street performers. How bad would it suck to paint yourself gold everyday? That can't be good for your skin or hair.

I would rather be gold than green.

One of the many photo opps off the ship they try to get you to buy, but like most people I just took a picture of the picture. Very classy.

One of the funniest things we saw in Cabo was the cross walks. The closer the time got to 0 the faster the stick figure would walk. Watch the video below. We for sure need these in America.

Yay for Cabo!!

Mazatlan

Our second stop was Mazatlan. They dropped us off in the middle of a shipping yard, how convenient.
A huge Corona factory that I'm sure employs a lot of people.
Instead of the ice cream truck they have the ice cream rolling cart. They should totally play Mexican music.
We hired a driver for the day and our first stop was the cliff divers. There are a few divers that dive off this rock when tons of tourists are there for the day. After they dive they walk over to you and ask for you for tips. They aren't shy at all!! They must love when cruise ships come in because there was tons of people there giving them $20's and $50s
Here is one guy getting ready to dive.
Here he goes
sloooo
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It totally looked like he was going to hit the rocks everytime. It freaked me out.

Al and Coby were going to hike up the rock, but then we decided the divers would probably get mad. Al and Ariel. It looks exactly like that scene in Litlte Mermaid where she sings Part of Your World. Her hair just needs to be longer:) Next stop, The Golden Zone where all the hotels, shops, and restaurants are located. On our way we drove by this really cool building. Our driver told us it's a nightclub, crazy right?

Lexi and I went horseback riding on the beach. I think mine looked more like a donkey. My horse wouldn't listen to a thing. The Mexican guys would say "kick his side and he will go," so I would do that and NOTHING. The best thing was our saddles. They were like booster chairs in the form of saddles. Definatley one of the more interesting horseback rides I've been on.
Chad and Coby rented wave runners, so the rest of us hung out at some random pool our driver said we could swim in. This time it wasn't a 5 star resort, but it was so hot none of us cared. CANNONBALL

We had lunch at another authentic Mexican restaurant.

Al 4 trying to pay with Pesos and Dollars. After lunch we met up with our driver and he showed us downtown Mazatlan. This is the fish market. Tons of seafood ready to be sold in big plastic bowls.
There were shoe shiners everywhere. If I wasn't wearing flip flops I would have stopped. Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception.
The inside is beautiful. Street Vendors
All of us were dying of thirst, so we stopped and got these amazing fruit drinks. Ours had chunks of watermelon in it. I loved it. Al, Lexi, and Coby
A truck driving by with tons of chicken scraps in it. It must happen all the time because everyone was perfectly fine with it. We walked through a market the driver suggested. It had some very interesting smells going on.
Al found a Costco size bag of pork rinds.
I seriously couldn't breathe in the market and then we found the meat section and that's when it all made sense. Those poor little pigs.
I serioulsly have no idea what they do with the head and look at all those hooves....so gross We were laughing because Al 4 wants these Nike shoes that look just like a pig hoof. They separate your big toe from the rest of your toes.

Apparently they like to eat feet because there were also piles of chicken feet everywhere.

More random stuff.

Al 4 getting sold on some jersey. The lady would not leave him alone. Rule #1 Don't ever act interested. Mazatlan was interesting to say the least. I'm not sure if I would go back, but if I do I'm eating vegetables and fruit everyday!! Get ready for CABO!!