#10 Wednesday 12/17

La Paz, BC Mexico

  

We docked La Paz, Baja California del Sur this morning. The desert landscape is fascinating, but the actual city of La Paz is 12 miles away. We opted to stay on board as the bus ride to town would have taken 45 minutes one way at $10 round trip. The morning sun heated up the desert area quickly.

Following breakfast, we walked the promenade until we ran into the maintenance crew painting, swabbing the decks causing us to dodge water dripping from ship’s tenders over our heads, getting everything and everyone wet that walked under them.

We cut our walk short by 1/3 mile and headed up to the fitness center.. We got a good 40-minute workout.

A High Tea was served in the main dining room. We were served by waiters with WHITE GLOVES! We never experienced that onboard a cruise before! Not only was Tea lovely, it was delicious with many choices for a tasty time.

Afterward we changed and went to the pool for a swim, a soak in the whirlpool tub and relaxation on the Lido Deck. We read the novels we’d checked out. Because we were docked, several flies found their way to the poolside and were real pests.

Bill got a table for lunch at the buffet. Afterward, we went back to our stateroom to enjoy an afternoon of watching the ocean from our veranda.