Cabo - First Impressions

 







Right after Christmas holidays, we started dreaming and looking forward to our trip to Cabo San Lucas (aka Cabo). Cabo is nicely located at the tip of Baja California peninsula, Mexico, with the Pacific on one side and the Sea of Cortez on the other. The "Tropic of Cancer" runs just north of Cabo and accounts for its nice weather.

As we were flying over the Sea of Cortez, the view below was amazing. At few places, I could see both the Pacific
and the Sea of Cortez at the same time. The land was mostly barren but the views of the small islands and
the light green  & blue Sea of Cortez were enchanting.

We stepped out of the airport and were waiting for our shuttle service to take us to our resort. The first thing that caught my attention was the nice whiff of beer. I turned around and noticed a couple of folks having a Corona in their hand. There is a beer shop just at the exit of the airport building :))  I was thinking, "hmmm...Only in Mexico" and was about to go get one for myself :))  Just then, our shuttle arrived. As soon the shuttle started moving, the driver opened an ice cooler and distributed Beer to everyone :)). Again, I was thinking "hmmm...Only in Mexico".

Once we passed "San Jose Del Cabo", a small town on the Sea of Cortez, the scenery changed completely from barren desert to shining blue ocean. The road from "San Jose Del Cabo" to Cabo is littered with a series of Hotels, Resorts and amazing houses on the beach. The driver was rattling of the names of all the celebrities  who own houses along the beach, including Tom Selleck,  Jennifer Aniston, John Travolta, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba, Paris Hilton & Michael Jordon. Even the US Consulate is located on this stretch of the beach.

We checked in, had a late lunch and checked out the resort, "Villa Del Palmar". The resort is located right on the beach with Swimming pools at 2 levels, multiple hot tubs and restaurants located at the edge of the beach.

As we stepped on to the beach the Sun was setting.

Villa Del Palmar

After dinner, with dreams of Margarita on the beach, I slowly drifted off in to sleep :))

...to be continued...