Four Days in Cabo!

FRI: After settling in and taking care of required paperwork (fee$), we headed for the laundry. All laundry is full-service in Mexico and you pay by the kilo. Along the way we found a Vet Shop with puppies to pet and a local café for some lunch and a beer. Man, it is hot out and that cold cerveza went down fast. Our whole bill for the 4 of us, including 6 beers + food, came to about $15! Wow, I always heard Cabo was expensive. I would learn just how, all too soon.
SAT: So the party for the Baha Ha Ha participants was held at a beach bar called “Mangos”. Typical 20 something bar – loud music, drinking, and party (drinking) games. Boy do they like to play games and the wait staff all dance on a stage in the middle of the beach bar. Brian and I got dragged up on staged and made perfect fools of ourselves. I have to admit, I liked sitting at the tables on the sand, because all the vendors come up to you with their goods to sell. Some might find this annoying, but I felt like a celebrity, having things brought to me tableside to shop. It was so fun! I got a very cool swim dress/wrap and a nice silver bracelet. What can I say; I like the sparkly, shinny stuff.
While sitting at our table, I notice a lady walking. I think to myself, she looks exactly like a person I know from the San Francisco Bay Club (where I used to work). She would come in the shop and grab a power bar and I would chat with her in Heather’s spin Class on Wednesday mornings. No it can’t be, I said to myself even though I have run into many people in odd locations before, I just shrugged it off. If prior experience has taught me anything, it should be that it can happen. It was indeed her, on vacation, hanging with a bunch of friends. Unbelievable!!! So, here’s a shout out to Luanne (I hope I spelled that correctly), that was way cool seeing you.
SUN: Sunday we ran into Robbi and Ruben, whom we race against in SF, and all decided to go snorkeling over at the famous rocks (and secret beach). So… we loaded up the dingy, with gear, people (Susan came with too) and beers (you must remember to provision properly) and headed off. It was a truly amazing beach and very fun. As the sun was going down, we shoved off to get to the awards ceremony quickly. Because the Baja Ha-Ha is a three legged race interrupted by great beach parties, the awards party was more like awards hand out, than really a party. Luckily, we had just enough gas to make it to the fuel dock. Borrowing a key, Susan, Brian, and I quickly took showers at the marina (literally right next to the party). As we found some seats, we located our friends and proceeded to start drinking tequila, as well as participate in the awards ceremony. There were a lot of games/storytelling/joking between handing out the various awards to the different categories. In our group, the “Iguana” category, I am proud to say, we won 1st place! Off to dinner because we all needed food, and then to go dancing at Cabo Wabo. Alas, too much tequila and we headed back to the boat.
MON: The next day, we all had a leisurely breakfast ashore, listening to a tableside Mariachi play a couple of tunes (very cool). After breakfast, we meet up with Ruben and Robbi, and Captain Steven gave them a tour of the Hallberg Rassey Sailboat, Ruben’s a big fan and really enjoyed the tour, Brian and I took Robbi and Ruben back to shore and spent one last afternoon hanging out. We laughed our butts off at the stupid “Harold and Kumar” movie and thought about go kart racing but settled for a quiet dinner at Squid Roe.
Really, there is so much more but I don’t want to bore everyone with all the details so I’ll just show some pictures instead (to follow in the next blog)! However, my impressions of Cabo San Lucas; it’s an interesting place. Very ritzy on one hand, but totally typical of a Mexican city (I think, well what I have seen so far). You have to get away from the Marina, the big resorts on the beach, and the mall to get a glimpse of what is real, but it is definitely there. Exhibit A – the small café I mentioned above (we went to it several times) was just 5 blocks from the strip. Also there however, is a Hagen Daas, a Harley Davidson’s, a Johnny Rockets, a Hard Rock, and last but not least, my fav – Hooters – NOT! I am glad I have seen Cabo, but am looking forward to moving on. I don’t think I would go back, unless of course by way of Sailboat.
Oh, internet has been spotty at best and Skype very difficult to use because of that. Talk to you all when I can and I'll upload all the pictures when we get to La Paz.
BHBK ~ Meow & KB