Category: 2024_003 Mexican Cruise

Yesterday (Sunday) was another fun day at sea. We planned to play putt-putt golf, but it was crazy windy on the top deck, so we bailed and went back to the pool bar.

My streak of never in my life winning at Bingo is intact, as I lost all three games we played. But one of the 2 lottery tickets I got when I bought my Bingo cards was a $10 winner, so I guess I did okay.

Last night after a delicious dinner, we had an after-dinner drink in our favorite bar – Alchemy Bar. We love the duo that plays there so we had a fun time dancing the evening away.

Today was our day in Ensenada. Luckily, we were able to just walk off instead of tendering like in Cabo on Saturday.

We had arranged to take a tuk-tuk tour of the city and a gourmet lunch.

We drove by a fish market that had some amazing looking fresh seafood.

Then it was a short stop at the beach. The only way to access the beach was either to walk down a dozen very big steps (without a handrail) or to walk down a very steep boat ramp. Since we didn’t want to do either of those things, we enjoyed the view from the top.

Our plan was to visit the cathedral but, sadly, it wasn’t open. So, we only stayed a few minutes to get pictures of the outside.

Our next stop was to the Santo Tomas Winery which has been in Ensenada for 135 years.

Our final stop before lunch was main street for a little shopping. I got a new travel purse as the one I had was just a bit too small. This one is a little bigger and real leather so it should hold out well on all my future trips.

Our tour included a “gourmet lunch” of tacos at a local restaurant. I’m not sure I would have called it a gourmet lunch, but the tacos were delicious.

Before heading back to the ship, we made one more stop for a tequila tasting. Ann, Colleen and I sat that one out, but the other girls had a great time tasting their SEVEN shots of tequila. I would have needed to be carried out, but they did just fine.

All in all, it was a fabulous day in Ensenada. We have one more night at sea before leaving the ship tomorrow morning in Long Beach. Then it’s the trek home. Our flight isn’t until 1:40 so we’ll have a bit of time at the airport but I’m sure we’ll find something to do.

My next trip begins in less than 2 months when I head to London on my way to South Africa for the long-delayed safari. I hope to see you there.

Friday was a fun day at sea. Ann & I had a wonderful breakfast in the main dining room than spent most of the day on the sun deck with the girls.

After a delicious dinner in the Bacchus Dining Room, we headed to the Phantom Theater for the evening show….Rock and Roll Piano Show. It was fabulous! I took some videos but the internet connection on the ship is too slow to upload so I’ll post those when I get home on Tuesday.

Today we had all kinds of time zone challenges as the ship doesn’t change time, but our watches and phone do. Cabo is back in Mountain Central Time while the ship is still on Pacific Time. That will change tonight though when the clocks spring forward an hour.

Because of the time zone issue, we had to cancel our Land’s End Experience we booked with a local vendor. They tour started at 10:45 mountain standard time and we didn’t even dock until almost 11:00 MST (but 10:00 ship time)….yes it’s confusing. Luckily, we figured it out yesterday, so Jill and I spent about 45 minutes figuring out how to get a refund for the day trip. Everything was taken care of, but it was a pretty frustrating experience.

Instead, we just went into the tourist shopping area for browsing, a little buying (I got a new hat) and more than a little liquid refreshment.

We had a delicious lunch at a place that had 2 for 1 drinks so…why not?!?

We never got further than the immediate area around the bay, but I think that was really all there was to see.

We got back to the ship fairly early and are now resting before dinner. We sail out at 7pm (local time)/6pm (ship time), then tomorrow it’s another fun day at sea.

We’re having a great time! I think this pic says it all.

Hi everyone. Today I left for a Mexican cruise with 5 of my golf girlfriends. We few to Long Beach early this morning and boarded the Carnival Miracle for a 5-night cruise to Cabo and Ensenada.

Checking in and boarding was quite simple, and we were hanging out on the Lido deck for lunch and free drinks in no time. The cabin is small but adequate for our needs. We’ve got a balcony cabin and here’s what we saw while we were docked in Long Beach.

We set sail at 4pm to a party on the Lido deck and then it was back to the cabin to unpack and get settled.

Then it was off to dinner at the Bacchus Main Dining Room. I was still full from lunch so I only had soup, salad and a couple of bites of cheesecake, but it was delicious.

After dinner Allie and Colleen went to check out the casino while Bev, Ann, Jill and I went in search of the perfect after dinner drink. We found them in the Alchemy Bar.

The music was wonderful, and the drinks were quite yummy. Since it had been a very long day, Ann and I went back to the cabin for an early night. Tomorrow is a day at sea and other than going to the fitness center in the morning, I’m not sure what I’m going to do. But I’m sure it will be fun!