I was up this morning without Clay waking me so I had a good night's sleep. We had to sail all morning to reach the dock in Acapulco at noon. We were sailing in very calm water within sight of land all morning. We had breakfast in Terrace and sat in Horizons until after 9:30am. We had an early lunch at Waves Grill. It was acclimatization for the heat ahead. Clay had his surf & turf, hold the surf and they gave him double turf. He seemed pleased.
Our O tour today was Historical, Picturesque & Cliff Divers. As we had an excellent day here in 2006 we weren't too worried about missing anything here but it was a pretty good tour. The tour description warned that there were a couple hundred stairs to negotiate between La Quebrada and the Peace Chapel. We still wound up with 2 canes and a walker in our 8-passenger minivan. I guess it was just luck of the draw but it might also have been the law of averages. We started with the cliff divers, then crossed the street from La Mirador to an air conditioned shop where we were provided beverages and restrooms. We reboarded the van for the Flamingo Hotel where we saw the former house of Johnny Weismuller and sat on the seafront terrace for another complimentary beverage. Next we drove around the bay and up through the new expensive homes area of Las Brisas to the Peace Chapel. It was closed for renovations but it was a spectacular sight with great breezes and views. Last stop was the Diego Fort Museum. I don't know what the actual temperature was today but it felt much hotter than the average of upper 80sF. We really only expect it to get hotter from here.
Dinner tonight was Mexican buffet in Terrace. The food was good but service was poor tonight. They seemed seriously understaffed and had several butlers filling in as waitstaff. We don't sail until 9pm tonight so I don't know if they gave a lot of people the night off thinking there wouldn't be a lot of people eating onboard or what. They closed the GDR for lunch today.
We moved the clocks back 1 hour tonight. I assume we'll have to give that hour back before Miami. Tomorrow is a sea day followed by 3 back to back port days. This cruise will be over before we know it! Of course, we filled out our disembarkation form after the first sea day after San Francisco.
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