January 27, 2014. Norwegian Star. Puerto Chiapas.

The weather during this cruise has been glorious. Every day the sun shines and the breezes blow. The temperature has been in the 80s. Most folks on the ship are from the north and are not eager to return to the cold and snow. Even the south is getting a winter storm this week, which will please the Mississippi girls. Ken and I feel fortunate to be here on this ship. Today we docked in Puerto Chiapas, a small fishing village thirty minutes from a larger city of 300,000. This little place has been selected to be a tourist destination. In ten years, I bet the place will be full of condominiums but at the moment, it is full of small, one story homes ringing the harbor. And fishing boats are everywhere. It must have looked like Puerto Vallarta in 1940. We docked at the one place large enough for our ship and the area has been nicely landscaped to accept tourists. A large palupa was built to house vendors and other displays. Ken and I got off the ship and walked around the whole area. They even built a swimming pool and restaurant for the guests from the ship to enjoy the day on shore. It is always nice to be in Mexico again. For the next few days, we travel right up the coast, stopping at two other Mexican ports before finally arriving in Los Angeles. Our goal for this journey has been to get from the east coast to the west coast. We have succeeded!!