Cruising up the Mexican coast to San Diego

Southern Mexico is famous for mangoes and chocolate, which surely must spell 'Heaven' in anyone's language. Our first stopover on Mexican soil  was Puerto Chiapas, where we took a shuttle through to Tapachula. Bad move!! We arrived on the day they paid homage to the dead (their version of Halloween), so we encountered a seething mass of people offering favourite foods (and tequila) to their ancestors.

Interestingly Southern Mexico is busy coping with immigrants wishing to escape Honduras and El Salvador. And America is busy coping with immigrants fleeing Mexico.

Iconic Mexican destinations such as Acapulco are now out of favour with cruise ship companies. Rampant drug trafficking is threatening the safety of visitors, so we were lucky to experience the cute little beach paradise of Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of Baja Peninsula. Cabo was badly hit by a hurricane a couple of years ago and has undergone a serious rebuild. From the sea it looked like a sprawling legoland with its myriad of timeshares and condos lining the waterfront.

Certainly is a pretty little party town built around fishing, scuba diving and tourism. Seemed really laid back. At 34 degrees C if you didn't want to buy anything, no one was going to give up their shade to chase you..

San  Diego greeted us with the weirdest sea fog which lasted most of the morning.  We have been chilling for the last three days in an AirBnB close to the beach at the north of the city. Not bothering with a sightseeing frenzy at this stage, but have enjoyed the old town, Coronado, USS Midway and Balboa Park.

Time to pack our bags now. May be a good time to leave the States rather than get caught up in the outfall from their election results.