2004 Panama Canal Cruise -- Mexican Riviera

Updated January 20, 2005

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A majority of the time we spent on this cruise was visiting ports along the West Coast of Mexico. The Legend stopped at Cabo San Lucas, Acapulco, Huatulco, and Puntarenas in Costa Rica.

Most of the photos you will see are either at sea, or in the ports themselves. We only got off the ship to look at the handicrafts markets (usually set up only for cruise passengers).

These pictures were taken primarily with our new Kodak DX6490, which we love. The 10x optical zoom is great, and the electronics do a fine job of automatic adjustment and flash operations.

Land's End at Cabo San Lucas	The "arch" at Land's End	Beach at Land's End	Rugged coast	Approaching Cabo San Lucas
Looking into the harbor, lots of expensive yachts	This fisherman seems to be very popular	Nice yacht anchored out	Vision of the Seas; the Legend is from the same "series" of ships	Full view of the Vision of the Seas
Sunrise during approach to Acapulco	The sunrise continues	Acapulco city lights in the morning	The sunrise gets better	More
Yep, more	Words fail us	Ditto	You can start to see a bit of the beautiful natural harbor that surrounds Acapulco	The sunrise just won't stop
Some morning landscape	Upon our arrival, the band serenades us	Greetings from the cruise port	Some neccessities taken care of...	The Legend, as viewed from the nearby Old Fort
A tree at the Fort is well-anchored	Entrance to the Old Fort	View of the Old Fort	Our cabin on the Legend	The Legend with the beautiful bay in the background
More views of this lovely setting	And another	Portrait of the Legend at Acapulco	Sandi posing with the Legend at Huatulco	Bob with lines growing out of his head
Marketplace in Huatulco with Legend in the background	Bandstand in the square in Huatulco	Colorful trees in the square in Huatulco	The beach at Huatulco; the setting is very beautiful	The coastline near Huatulco is dotted with lovely coves and rocky beaches
The modern church building is open-air	Some vacationers enjoying the water	Sunrise as we approach Puntarenas, Costa Rica	More of the sunrise	More...
The sun is breaking through the clouds onto the water	More of that sun and clouds	More	Puntarenas is at the end of a large bay	Islands in the bay
The coastline of Costa Rica	Flag of Costa Rica flies from the Legend's mast	Sunrise lighting up the sea cliffs	We pass by the fishing fleet	Low coastline with high mountains in the background; Puntarenas is a small sand spit
The Legend has plenty of GPS receivers	Approaching our pier	Local folks having fun on the water	Local beach with Legend in the background	Native market at the beach; It is the holiday season in Costa Rica
Colorful locally-made clothing	Puntarenas is at the base of some huge mountains and volcanoes	It is raining up on the volcano; it is surrounded by lush rain forrest	Evening is coming on along the bay	Sandi admires the sunset
Sunset colors	Shorline lit up by sunset	Sunset makes a rainbow up in the mountains (it was clearly raining up there)	Sunset out to sea	Lovely pink, puffy, clouds in the sunset
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2004 Panama Canal Cruise -- Mexican Riviera

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