Back from my cruise, it is time to add in some details about the last day in Ensenada and my final thoughts on the trip. The trip was good, but it could have been so much better. Regardless, I did have fun and I was able to take some decent pictures while on the ship. Beautiful sunsets and fairly decent pictures at night too.
Today was an at sea day on the ship. I woke up a little later than normal skipped out on breakfast (for which I really shouldn’t have) and went right to the gym and ran about 2.6 miles. My mile times are getting better with each one I do. I really felt the lack of energy with not eating prior to working out. I did a few cool down laps around the deck and headed down for lunch. Hooray, more rabbit food for me. I couldn’t find a single banana in the buffet area, so I’m guessing they ran out. I’ll look for them tomorrow, but I’m not optimistic.
Oh Norbert you fucking bastard. I woke up around 9:30 or so and went down for breakfast. We don’t dock until about 12 so there is plenty of time to eat and then get a quick run in before I go on shore for a two tank dive. While on our way to Cabo, I notice that there is another cruise ship heading the opposite direction, which I thought was a bit on the odd side as it was morning, and ships normally get into port on the mornings. Regardless, I did some digestive walking and then headed towards the gym and ran for 30 minutes which equated to about 2.65 miles. My time for a mile is getting better. I get done and have some time to rest up before heading down to the gangway where chartered ships take us ashore, since Cabo is too small to dock cruise ships.
Hooray, I got to go diving today. The ship got into port at about 7:30 am. I set the alarm to go off at 6 but just went back to sleep because I was f-ing tired from the idiotic running I did the day prior. I wake up around 7:45, put on my gear and high tailed it to the landing dock. After getting packed in a very small confined area on the ship, we are finally let off the damn thing and I head over to see about my “diving adventure” excursion. I get there and there is a divemaster there waiting for me. I am the only diver from my ship. Hmm, there goes the hopes to meet a cutie diver from the ship, or any other diver from the ship. There are two other cruise ships that made port this morning; Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) and a Holland America ship. I get to the dock to get onto the ship that will take me out to the dive spot. I meet Ted from Arizona who is the single diver from the NCL ship. He is an older ex-navy guy, and fairly friendly. We hang out while heading towards the dive spot, which is about an hour and a half boat trip from Puerta Vallarta. The view, the location, etc just reminded me of going to Catalina as the port looks like Long Beach and it takes over an hour to get to the dive spots.