Saturday morning we woke up in Mexico! At 8:30 we were off the ship ready to go ride some buggys! Here's Ensenada in the back ground. A very poor community that thrives off of tourism. It was beautiful nonetheless.
The boat at port. We immediately went through customs and had our bags checked and a sniff down my a dog looking for drugs, fruit and food. All the buses were parked there to take people to their excursions. We were surprised to see a Topless Bus sign!!
We hopped on our bus that took us about 45 minutes out of town to a beautiful winery. We got a little tour of the city on our way and it was really interesting. It was really pretty and I'd love to go see in durring their vine season.
The winery where we started our buggy tour.
There they are!! Pretty buggies all in a row!
A palm tree selfie!
Panoramic of the winery.
Grape fields.
Because of all the rain they've had the advised us to wear protection on the ride. They warned us of some big puddles so I geared up.
We looked awesome.
Chad decided at the last minute he wanted to wear a rain coat and I'm glad he did!
We got the pink car and met some friends who actually went to school with our nephew in Washington! Small world. They were fun but cussed like sailors. Especially when they got splashed!
PEACE! Here we go!
VERRRYYY muddy ride! Mud puddles came up to our waist! It swallowed one of the cars and he was seriously stuck! After 45 min of waiting, 1 broken rope and a bumper pulled out of the dark hole we were off again! The tour guides were so awesome and while it could have been a downer situation, we all had a blast!
These tiny little flowers were everywhere! And I loved seeing lemon and orange trees and tons of olive trees and rose bushes everywhere we went!
Of course we had to document what we looked like when the ride was over! I dont know what is in that mud but it stained my new clothes and I dont think I'll ever get my Roxy shoes clean again! But it was TONS of fun!
Coming down the hill back to Ensenada! The infrastructure was sad and amazing at the same time!
Because of our muddy experience which was a city tour and shopping we missed our 2nd excursion but our shuttle dropped us off in town anyway and we got to shop our way back to the ship. It was fun to see all cute shops and eat some incredible .99 tacos! YUM! Some things I saw were so shady and gross I wish I could un-see! We were even offered a free shot of tequila in a shop! The owner admitted it was his marketing scheme! HA! But such is life. After getting a new purse (that started out at $120 that I heckled down to $30!) and some gifts for our kids we headed back to the ship and I was glad to be there! Ibuprofen and real vanilla were some other things we bought along the way.
Some sea lions were sun bathing right on the rocks by our ship. Sadly, that was the only wildlife we saw along the way. I was so hopefull to see a dophin or something! But it was still cool. On the way back to the ship we saw a lady eat pavement hard! I'm hoping it was just too much to drink on the wine tour but she looked messed up! I was glad to not be a drinker on this ship because it is DANG expensive and you are drunk the whole time so how do you truly enjoy it all! Plus how could the mexicans get you to buy anything?!
Good Bye Ensenada! It was fun, but I think next time I will go for something more tropical!
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