{"id":2474,"date":"2010-08-02T01:35:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T08:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2010-08-02T01:35:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T08:35:06","slug":"holland-america-sea-of-corte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=2474","title":{"rendered":"Fish Story and Mexico's 'Inside Passage'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before launching (nautical term) into today’s blog, may we indulge you with our introduction to the Sea of Cortez, that finger of water between mainland Mexico and Baja California?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This was just a few years ago, and you’ll get the short version, in part because time has a way of eroding long memories. Three kids, Mom and Dad in Loreto, Mexico, on a one-week all-inclusive vacation. Fishing in the Sea of Cortez is our off-shore excursion.<\/p>\n

“Just take a cab to the beach and Rosario and Antonio will meet you there.” Those were our only instructions.<\/p>\n

Meeting time: 5 a.m. December, so it’s dark outside. That means dark on the beach. The cab drops us off and we start walking onto the sand, in the dark. Can’t you just imagine doing this in today’s Mexico? Out of the darkness, we hear a voice\u2026<\/p>\n

“Senor.”<\/p>\n

The source is Rosario, or Antonio (it’s that erosion of memories thing again), and they promptly load us onto their “cabin cruiser” for a day of fishing. Short version \u2014 a wonderful half-day on the Sea of Cortez produced the first (and only) yellowtail tuna this family ever caught. Three of them.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Oh yes, today’s blog.<\/p>\n

According to a website that features all things Sea of Cortez, Holland America<\/a> plans to make Puerto Penasco<\/a> a home port by 2013 and to sail one cruise a week to the growing vacation mecca, on the sea’s northern shore. The cruise ship line has been experimenting with Sea of Cortez cruises since 2008 but, according to this website<\/a>, representatives from Holland America and Carnival<\/a> recently visited Sandy Beach, alleged site of the terminal in Puerto Penasco.<\/p>\n

This will change the face of cruising Mexico, for sure. Until now, almost all cruises have been up and down the Mexican Riviera, on the other side of Baja California. This will be like exploring the “inside passage” of West Mexico.<\/p>\n

And if anybody wants some tips on how to catch a 30-pound yellowtail tuna, just ask us.<\/p>\n

If we can remember, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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