Thursday 27 July Acapulco

Have had a lovely day in Acapulco, despite being told for years that it is a dump of a place, it is really beautiful with it's majestic mountains and bays.  It looked so pretty as we were coming in early this morning.  We took a tour 'Pierre Marques Beach Getaway' which was a fairly low key tour - two buses, so a total of 65 people, were driven about 45 minutes away to a resort on the Pacific.  It included lunch, drinks, use of all the facilities, pools, private beach etc.  Back on the ship and now sailing, it is still hot and humid but there is a nice breeze and it's rather nice sitting on the balcony with a piña colada.  First one for this trip 😜.  

Others did tours of the local attractions and of course to see the cliff divers - George saw them when he was here 45+ years ago.  Many famous people have houses in and around Acapulco, apparently Elizabeth Taylor had at least 6 of her honeymoons here. 

Enjoyed dinner with friends and decided to give the show a miss as the cruise director was singing country & western.   She is a tad painful, and I reckon a second class singer anyway.  

So on the way back to our room we ran into the other Swinburnes, Jodie & Gary from  Sydney.  They are a lot younger than us but obviously do a lot of cruising. Will meet one night for dinner.  He has a sister called Jane!!!!!