Acapulco

Sunset in Acapulco

We sailed from San Diego for two and a half days arriving there at noon on Wednesday . After docking we disembarked for a tour of Acapulco. We did a self tour of the city. We visited the market and of course toureed many shops which all carried the same wares. We also went to a jewelry store that had been recommended and sanctioned by Carnival Cruise Line. It was a very big shop and carried many types of jewelry from Mexican Fire Opals to Diamonds, Garnets, Ruby's and Silver & Gold. When you entered you were given a marguarita, or soft drink. If you bought something you were given a grande marguarita!! Powerful too!! After visiting there we proceeded on through the city. We returned to the ship mid afternoon. After having our dinner at which time we met Dennis & Rita. They had been assigned to the same table we had and we had many laughs together. They joined our group when we first had a table assigned back in San Diego. One of our waiters had challenged Dennis to a contest that Dennis said Leroy would lose at. Leroy told him he would get him & he would be the payer. Sure enough the very next evening at dinner Dennis had to pay up. But I digress. After dinner we again met on the dock as we had a tour lined up to go see the evening performance of cliff divers. So we get on the bus and away we go. We do a small tour of the city then on to where the cliff divers were to be. But, of course before this performance, you are toured through another jewelry store in the hopes you would drop more cash. We passed through here after viewing some of the wares, but didn't buy. We next went over to where these cliff divers were performing from. We watched them all get into the water of the channel? and swim across to the cliff and climbed up. There were 12 cliff divers and they each took a position on the cliff as they climbed up. The top position was about 1200 feet above the water. As darkness approached lights were turned on and spotlighted each diver as they jumped or dove into the water below. The last diver in turned out all the lights and with two lighted torches dove into the reef below. Spectacular & brave. After this we were treated to Mexican dancing and music for about another 45 minutes. After the performance was over, and we were walking up the stairs, we were met by all the cliff divers with the hand out. We were told that since we paid for this in our tickets that we didn't have to contribute again unless we wanted to. So back to the bus & we were taken back to the ship. At around 1am the next morning the ship was once again untethered from the dock and we departed for Zihuatanejo. Click on Webshots - Our photos and click on Acapulco photos.