The Dark Side of Paradise

Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico

Cabo is too expensive!  Cabo is too touristy!  Cabo is too commercial!  And we are still here!

While we have enjoyed most of our time here, Cabo does wear thin pretty fast, especially when living on a boat in the marina  It is very noisy. We are quite close to the infamous El Squid Row nightclub, "the kind of place where waiters brandishing spray tanks of tequila move through crowds of people dancing on tables".  They get going around 8 or 9 in the evening and don't stop until everyone is comatose - this seems to take an especially long time on Saturday nights.  They have competition of course, from places like Cabo Wabo Cantina (Sammy Hagar's place) - our guide books says it is much like a college frat party, except everyone's older, and drunker.

The fumes of 2-stroke engine exhausts from the glass-bottom boats and water taxis can be overwhelming at times, particularly in the mornings when they are shuttling all the sea-doos from the nearby boat launch, out to the outer harbour to tempt all the beach-going tourists.  This is also augmented by diesel fumes, as the local boat boys seem to make a point of running up and idling the engines on the boats in their care on a regular basis, and there is a steady stream of party-cats and pirate ships, etc., coming and going with their loads of inebriated clientele, adding to the noxious mix.

So, why are we still here you might ask.  Well, that is a result of one of the other big problems with busy tourist traps - Richard seeking germs.  As luck (or lack thereof) would have it, I caught a nasty head-cold a few days ago and have been feeling pretty miserable.  I certainly had no desire to start sailing anywhere when I felt as if I had a balloon inflated in my sinuses.  So we elected to spend a couple more days here to give the bug a chance to run its course.  Today, I am feeling somewhat better and we should be on our way by Monday.  Fortunately Susanne is made of sterner stuff and has not had any problem, except possibly of having to listen to my complaints.

One of the reasons not to leave your boat unattended for too long.

A sure sign that I am getting better - chips & salsa and draft beer is actually appealing again.

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