Cabo - Lands End

"Land's End", the most distinctive and beautiful rock formations at the southern tip of Cabo  is one place we absolutely wanted to checkout. The Land's End is where the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez merge.The naturally formed rock Arch, called  the "El Arco" at Land's End is a famous landmark of Cabo. The only way to reach Land's end is to take a 15 minute boat ride from the resorts. Water Taxis ($10 per round trip, per person) and Tour boats ply from dawn to dusk and pick you up at any beach near all the resorts.

Land's End rock formations

El Arco, the Arch

View of the rocks from the Pacific side

A cave visible from the Pacific side. Look closely at the right side wall of the cave's entrance. A boy is asking for a ride.
Look at the next pic for a close up view of the boy :)

Boy asking for a ride :))

This place, viewed from the Sea of Cortez side is called the "Pacific Window".
Water is rushing in from the Pacific to merge with the Sea of Cortez.

This unique rock formation is called the "Neptune's Finger" :))

4S @ El Arco

... to be continued ...

Ciudad Del Mar - Rosarito

Since 2007, every year, during her Christmas trip to San Diego, Asha used to bug us to take her to Mexico. Her motivation: "Shopping" ;)). This year we caved in and yielded to her wish. Rosarito is the first small, coastal town as you drive south from San Diego in to Mexico.

The Hotel is located right on the beach with its own Pier running long in to the Pacific. 

Hotel Lobby

View of the hotel from the Pier. We stayed in the Pent House on the 17th Floor.

Entrance to the "El Nido" restaurant. "El Nido" in Spanish means The Nest.

We enjoyed our lunch in naturally decorated courtyard surrounded by "Nests"

The ambiance at the courtyard was outstanding while the food was good!

"Cool Cousins" :))

Remembered the சுரை குடுவை :) 

Horses waiting for riders.

இளநீர் waiting for drinkers.

It happened at the university, while living in Dallas and at the border crossing. 
This guy thought I am a Mexican and started talking to me in Spanish.
Once he realized, he asked me to wear the Sombrero (the hat) and Sarape
(looks like our ஜமக்காளம்)  and transformed me in to an authentic Mexican.
Really enjoyed the interaction. :))

Asha had a field day at the shops. I remembered in 2008, Kumar, Usha and I walking in to Mexico to do some
shopping like this in our border town, Tijuana. Kumar and I had to literally drag Usha out of the shops
as she was refusing to leave the shopping area :))

2 Amigos :)) During this entire trip, Ganesh kept repeating the 4 spanish words he knew: 
"Siesta, Fiesta, Margarita, Senorita" ;)

Cabo - Sunrises

After moving to west coast, I have started enjoying Sunsets over the Pacific instead of the Sunrises over the Atlantic. Since Cabo is located on the Sea of Cortez side of the Baja California, it gave a unique opportunity to enjoy the Sunrises over the ocean. Every day morning around 6:30, I got up while the girls were sleeping and headed out to the beach to enjoy the Sunrise. I sipped my morning coffee at the restaurant by the beach and took these fotos.  It was interesting to run in to the same set of people,  who got up early everyday to watch the Sunrise and go for a stroll on the beach. Thank God/Nature, no two sunrises are the same :))

Cabo - Lover's Beach

"Lover's Beach", located right at Land's End is a popular and famous beach in Cabo thronged by tourists.

Lover's Beach extends from the calm and serene Sea of Cortez to the rough and tumbling Pacific.

While the resort beaches are narrow with less sand area and sloping towards the water, the Lover's Beach has a long and wide stretch of  soft golden sand. When the boat landed us at the Lover's Beach, the place was packed with people. Couple of cruise ships had docked in that day and a big crowd from the cruise ship had just then arrived by boat. I  had another "hmmm ...only in Mexico" moment as Beer was easily available at the beach :))

This beach is surrounded by odd and unique rock formations and rock designs I have never seen any where else. There are also so many small and big caves surrounding the Lover's Beach, adding yet another dimension ;)

You might have guessed by now, the rough and tumbling Pacific side of the beach is called the "Divorce Beach" - no kidding!!!