The Ambitious Odometer

Thursday, January 2, 2020

{CA, HI & MEXICO} Day Fifteen - Ensenada, Mexico

Port of Call: Ensenada, Mexico

We made our first landfall of the new year in Ensenada, Mexico!

The last time I was in Mexico was on a cruise of the Western Caribbean over 20 years ago, and we made a stop on the Yucatan Peninsula to explore the ruins of Tulum.

{postcard from that trip back in May, 1995}

{the ruins of Tulum & me}

Today, I was excited to see another part of Mexico. Ensenada is part of the Baja California area of Mexico, just south of Tijuana. We arrived at the port, and much like their first time in Canada...

{July, 2013}

they humored me as I documented their first time in Mexico!

From there, we jumped on the tour bus and headed south on a short drive to La Bufadora.

We arrived first thing and walked through a market that was just waking up...

and over to beautiful views of the water...

before walking over to the main event...

Many describe La Bufadora as a marine geyser, though our guide kept stressing that it is neither a marine geyser nor a blowhole, but a "natural phenomenon". I'd probably say that marine geysers and blowholes are natural phenomenons though, too, right?

La Bufadora's water can reach almost 90 feet high.

After watching La Bufadora do its thing a few times, we headed back through the market...

and over to grab tacos at Lidia's Tacos Grill...

They...

were...

AMAZING!

After lunch, we headed over to the Hotel Riviera del Pacifico…

once one of the most prestigious and luxurious hotels in all of Mexico...

We made it back to the ship mid-afternoon...

and got ready to organize and pack up our luggage ahead of disembarkation tomorrow...

More {CA, HI & MEXICO} 2019 Fun

Day One - Los Angeles

Days Two-Five - AT SEA

Day Six - In and Around Honolulu, O'ahu, HI Day 1

Day Seven - In and Around Honolulu, O'ahu, HI Day 2

Day Eight - The Road to Hana, Maui, HI

Day Nine - In and Around Hilo, Hawai'i, HI

Days Ten-Fourteen - AT SEA

Day Sixteen - Los Angeles

Day Seventeen - Los Angeles

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

{CA, HI & MEXICO} Days Ten-Fourteen - AT SEA

Happy New Year!

Our first visit to Hawai'i sure was jam-packed full of both beautiful sights and new experiences!

While I would've loved just a couple more days to explore, we sure did look forward to getting back to the relaxing, no alarm-setting, days spent just sailing...

Here's what we've been up to during the last FIVE days "at sea"!

Sweet B spent much of the time hanging out in the teen center with his cruise friends...

and while the girls spent a good bit of time in the kids center, they also hung around with Grandma and me, enjoying a lot of the ship activities and shows...

We loved making real flower leis...