Friday - Cabo San Lucas Day

Friday – Cabo San Lucas Day

I woke up on Friday morning at 6:30 and anxiously waited for Ryan to wake up. I finally couldn’t take it and woke him up. My face was washed, hair combed, teeth brushed, bathing suit on, and I was ready to start the day! We got down to the pool area about 7:00 and surprisingly most of the good spots were already taken! We found two chairs and put down our things and went off to the breakfast buffet. As soon as breakfast was done, we plopped ourselves down in the chairs only getting up to go book our snorkeling adventure for Sunday (aarrgghhhh!) and every once in a while to cool ourselves down in the pool. We went back to the room at 11:30, cleaned up and headed into CSL. I had read all on trip advisor to seek out this little taco place called Gordo Lele’s. They claim he makes the world’s best taco. We took a taxi ride to the marina then started off trying to find this little place. Only took about an hour of serious looking around to find it. And goodness it was well worth it! We were a little skeptical when we first saw it, but then peeked in the door and saw a couple of other tourists in there that had heard the same claim. I ordered one carne asada and one chicken taco and Ryan ordered one fish taco and a Gordolele Torta. My tacos were very simple. A homemade tortilla, corn, the type of meat, and that was it. Ryan’s fish taco was the same way. Very very tasty and if we would have had more time I would have returned and tried everything on the menu. Ryan’s Gordolele torta was ham, cheese, chorizo, and some type of really really hot sauce. It was wonderful and Ryan’s sinuses were cleared! Everything was awesome! I had also heard that if asked, he’d sing to you. So I did. And he does. I can’t think of the name of the song, but it goes like this..”you gave your hand to me, and then you say hello, and I can hardly speak, my heart is beating so…” anyways…he even had this little fake microphone and a toy ukulele he played! It was too funny. Very very sweet man. As we were eating the crowds started coming in. The place was maybe the size of Ryan and I’s bedroom (and that’s including the kitchen). Only had two menus…which were different. And our meal cost us what I think was about $8 and was wonderful. After lunch we moseyed through a couple of shops before heading back to the mall area at the marina. We saw a few of his coworkers milling around and one announced she was going to take the public bus back. Only 17 pesos…about $1.25. That sure beats the $25 we had to pay for the cab on the way there so we went with her. Okay…so here’s the deal…random sketchy dude gets on the bus with us and starts passing out all these little strips of paper which say something I’m sure about how he’s raising money for blah blah blah, but we can’t understand a word on the paper. Then he gives this two minute speech and walks up and down the bus with a can asking for money. I’m not sure how much he made, but were a bit nervous and relieved when we got off. Good experience…wouldn’t ride it at night. We got back about 3, changed and headed off for the deck. Pool was a little cool in the shade so we went ahead and got in the hot tub. Then it started…everyone gets really excited and pointing…our first whale sightings. Watched there until about 4:30, then went to get dressed for dinner. The company had arranged for shuttles to take people in shifts into Cabo San Lucas. We had walked past a neat looking little place at the marina earlier in the day called Ole Ole, so there we returned. Trino was our server. One of the sweetest waiters ever. He brought us what he called “queso fundido.” Alright…it by itself is almost worth the plane fare back down there. It was baked, so the top had a little crust on it, then the inside was warm and gooey and just perfect. Just awesome. We enjoyed the rest of our dinner, people watching, watching boats come in and out, then a guy playing a ukulele started playing songs (somewhere over the rainbow w/ a ukulele was really neat...I think you can find it on Seeqpod). So peaceful and a great end to an awesome evening in Cabo. We caught one of the first shuttles back at 7:40. On the shuttle we met another couple and a guy who had bought some wooden dominos from a man in the marina claiming to have carved them himself. And they were beautiful. So we all decided to meet back up in the lounge area of the hotel and play some 42 and cards. The cards weren't normal cards, but a game called fluxx. Alright folks, this is one of the most fun, frustrating, crazy games ever. Invented by rocket scientists...literally. I’m not going to try to explain it because I can’t. The rules always change, the goals of the game constantly change, but it’s really really fun! We played until about 12:30 then decided to call it a night. Such a wonderful, fun-filled day, and again, we fell asleep as soon as our heads hit our pillows.

I'll post pictures of day two tonight.