The Cruise

Len's 40th birthday was coming up. We decided to celebrate by going on a cruise. We left from LA on Sunday, January 11th, and came back a week later - Sunday, January 18th. Destination? Mexico.

For weeks we battled with the idea whether we should fly to LA or drive. I can't remember all the pros and cons we came up for both, but eventually we decided to drive. We left at 4 am on Sunday. I drove since someone had to sit in the back with K, and I get car sick when sitting in the back. The drive was awesome. Dark and foggy most of the way but I didn't mind. There is something about driving that I adore. I used to tease Len that if I had to change my profession one day, I'd become a truck driver.

Klaudia the Traveler
Right before leaving for LA, we got a new car seat for K. We were quite nervous about the 6-hour drive, but it turned out, K loved her new seat and slept in it for most of the time.
During the entire cruise, K was a champ. Maybe the fact that everyone wanted to talk to and play with her helped. She definitely was in a center of attention most of the time.
Here we are getting on the boat and leaving LA.

First stop - Puerto Vallarta
where we took a very informational and tasty Tequila Tour.
In between ports, our cruise ship entertained us in various ways. There were shows, concerts, games and a lot of good food.
And then there was K entertaining us non-stop:
I have to say that we really enjoyed having our room refreshed/cleaned twice a day - what a treat! And I loved different towel decorations every night:
Second stop - Mazatlan.
For just $1 per person (K didn't count), we were able to watch this:


The last stop - Cabo San Lucas
We only had a half of a day here, but it was our favorite place. We went snorkeling at Lovers' Beach.

When the water taxi people heard K's name, they took us to the beach on their special boat.

K slept through most of the day.

She's somewhere in that pile... well protected from the sun:Here are our favorite crew members: Mirela and Mile
A lot of times they helped us with K while we were eating dinner. K was in seventh heaven!
And, they remembered about K's 1st birthday. They brought some ice-cream with a candle and sang Happy Birthday to her; it was VERY thoughtful!
It was very hard to end our trip. This was one of best vacations we've had so far.
Here are some more pics: