The ship’s blurb was pretty stark – Cabo, a place where rampant development meets ecological rape! (Not in those words of course, but the message was clear) … hmmmm, what to expect??

Cabo is at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsular. Desert everywhere. As we approach, I think maybe the ship’s blurb was a bit right …

have beach, build hotel! … piece of cliff, build house!

Cabo itself is tucked around behind these beach front hotels …

The center of town and the little marina ahead …

We went on tour … first by boat past a couple of baking beaches …

… to the apparently famous Archo de Cabo …

… then out into the ocean for a closer look at beaches and resorts. Here’s just a couple of many …

(no idea what the CAT 10 ton loader on the beach might have been for!) …

Back to the marina in town … look at those houses up there!

Then off on a bus … to the inevitable church …

… and through the Mexican back blocks to a glass blowing factory – all interesting stuff!

… to this restaurant, for free beer and this view over the Cabo San Lucas bay …

and then along 20 miles of desert coastline … desert one side, condos, hotels and construction on the other … all the way …

… at one point we went past this. The young tour guide tried to explain that there used to be water and lots of birds here, now they’re gone, and she sounded puzzled as to why.

Eventually to the old town of Los Carbos. What a lovely surprise. Quiet Mexican artists and creators abundant, working in old buildings in quiet streets.

The town square dominated by the an old Mission.

And Jan found a shop selling hand made Mexican products …

Back to Cabo for a walk around the huge marina.

Starbucks legendry wi-fi let us down in Cabo, so we had to find a bar to communicate with the world … 2 Coronas and a Marguerita … $8.00

Chatting to some fellow cruisers we found that they drove from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas when the road was first sealed in 1972. There were just 8 buildings here then. 43 years on, now look at it!