Cabo San Lucas

What can I say about Cabo? Cabo was pretty decent. Fairly popularized but not so bad. The port is too shallow to draft a cruise boat, so you have to be shuttled in on little transport ships. You can always tell when you're in a real foreign tourist trap. Despite Cabo's appearance, the fact that all merchandise was labeled and denominated in US dollars rather than pesos was a pretty clear signal. I wandered all around Cabo by myself looking for the best Cuban cigars. I ran in to all sorts of people and got into a few spot conversations in Spanish.

I had people trying to sell me cigars out of vending refrigerators and convenience store counters. Most of them were worthless and dried out beyond belief. I finally found two local locations with a walk in humidors and a fine selection. I bought cigars from both, though I paid a bit above market. The first location was the cheapest, but in hindsight, it was worth paying more for the quality of the second. I talked to the shop owner and she advised me as to how much Cabo had been and would continue to be increasing in real estate value.

On the way back through town I ran into some friends at a open air restaurant a ways off the path. We enjoyed quesadillas and mariachi music. We walked back towards the ship and tried to avoid all the nick-nack peddlers and drunk people stumbling out of Sammy Hagar's Mas Tequila experience.