HUATULCO

First view of the bay from our balcony at 0700

Part of the beach where we spent the day

Following the success of Cancun, the Mexican Government looked for an equivalent resort on the Pacific coast, the result was Huatulco, based around 9 bays and 22 miles of stunning beaches.

Huatulco Bays are located at the foothills of the Southern Sierra Madre Mountains in the beautiful state of Oaxaca.  It is 513 kilometres south, down the Mexican coast from Acapulco.

What a pretty little place, and so unexpected to find such a lovely beach a minute’s walk from the ship.

The temperature was 25c at 0700 and forecast to be 34c by the afternoon.

After an early breakfast we walked around the little town, which took all of half an hour, then back to the ship to change so we could have a swim and spend some time on the beach.

The water was beautifully warm and the beach was backed by little restaurants serving drinks and meals.  We decided to have a drink, a local beer and a Margarita for me.  Very refreshing!  It didn’t take much thought to decide to have lunch by the beach instead of the ship, so another Margarita joined a white wine to accompany our fish lunch, which was delicious.

We got back onto the ship around 1630 ready for an 1800 departure, but unfortunately a passenger was taken ill and he had to be taken off the ship into a waiting ambulance.  He gave us all a wave from the stretcher so hopefully he will recover soon.

We are now at sea for two days, ready for our transit of the Panama Canal.