Upcoming CRUISE ITINERARY . . . and MEXICO in 1973

 The Surrey Stadnyks plus Cholovik are embarking on the Norwegian Jewel on Sept. 20.

ITINERARY

DAY DATE PORT ARRIVE   DEPART Sat Sep 20 Vancouver, BC, Canada 4:00pm Sun Sep 21 Astoria, OR 10:00am 6:00pm Mon Sep 22 At Sea Tue Sep 23 San Francisco, CA 8:00am 6:00pm Wed Sep 24 At Sea Thu Sep 25 Los Angeles (San Pedro), CA 8:00am 4:00pm Fri Sep 26 At Sea Sat Sep 27 At Sea Sun Sep 28 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 8:00am 4:00pm Mon Sep 29 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 11:00am 7:00pm Tue Sep 30 At Sea Wed Oct 1 Huatulco, Mexico 9:00am 5:00pm Thu Oct 2 Puerto Chiapas, Mexico 8:00am 5:00pm Fri Oct 3 At Sea Sat Oct 4 Puntarenas, Costa Rica 8:00am 5:00pm Sun Oct 5 At Sea Mon Oct 6 Panama Canal (Full Transit) (Cruising) Tue Oct 7 Cartagena, Colombia 10:00am 7:00pm Wed Oct 8 At Sea Thu Oct 9 At Sea Fri Oct 10 At Sea Sat Oct 11 Houston (Bayport), TX 8:00am

In Houston, we’ll hop into a rented car and 5 hours later, look who we’ll see!

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Four stops in Mexico!  I love Mexican food J. 

The first time Diana and I were in Mexico was back in 1973.   We bought bus tickets in Winnipeg for Mexico City.  Two buses loaded at the same time for our first stop in the United States.  A woman on our bus was very anxious about her husband.  “Bill, Bill,” she cried from the bus entry step, “What good are you to me if you’re on the wrong bus?”

It took us 3 days, I think, and sometimes we had to change buses in the middle of the night.

We were so exhausted by the time we reached Monterey, Mexico, that we decided to stay a couple of days there.  Our first restaurant meal was not a winner: there were goat carcasses hanging in the window – we ordered soup:  it came watery and blackish.  I had never heard of black beans and I wasn’t impressed.

Diana, in front of the Cathedral in Monterey . . . I think  

We enjoyed Monterey.   On the last day, we even found a restaurant we liked.  Where glasses of cold water were placed in front of us.  We had been so careful not to drink anything but bottled water, but, suddenly, we both just gulped it down. . . with no ill effects.  We’d have liked to stay longer but Mexico City was calling. 

 

 Mexico City :  We couldn't speak Spanish, but somehow we got about everywhere on public transit.  And we shopped -- I bought a little green plaid jumper that I still think is cute.  Nicole even wore it just a few years ago.

Chapultepec Palace . . . I think

“Tssst, Gringa!”  Everywhere we went.

Mexico, hot, hot, HOT!