Rocky Point, Mexico

March 15, 2007 on 11:52 am | In Mexico, Travel | No Comments

Our getaway to Puerto Penasco, Mexico- or Rocky Point as we gringo’s say, was a lot of fun. It was an expensive trip however, because there were lots of kids there on Spring Break. We stayed at the lovely Peñasco Del Sol Hotel for $234 plus they charged an extra $28/additional person-there were 5 of us, I think we may have gotten a little ripped off, but it was a comfortable room, we had fun at the pool, and it was beach side, so the location is exactly what we had come for.

Several guys would stand around the sidewalk and try to sell us passes for a cruise. We stopped to hear the details, and were told the main difference between the two cruises was that the earlier one would be packed full of wild crazy spring breakers, but the evening dinner cruise would be a good place for us and the best place for the 2 year old accompanying our party.

Once we got to the site of the cruise, another guy tried to “steal” our business over to his ship instead. He said the “dinner” the other boat was talking about was just some rice and slop, but for a few dollars more we could have a real meal on his. We almost did, but then decided to go take a tour of the one we had reserved, and of course that guy was quick to tell us this was the best choice and not to fall for the other guy’s tricks-plus he was quick to take our tickets, so there was no going back. We settled into a booth and waited for the rest of the guests to arrive.

Surprise surprise, the “family” dinner cruise was also full of spring break kids looking to party and take advantage of the “free beer.” But they ran out of beer before we even left port, and we all sat on the boat waiting impatiently while we were told they had gone to get more beer. An hour later, it was like anarchy, shouting spring breakers started demanding their money back, and that sprung the motor into action and the boat swiftly left port….

So, the cruise was shorter than advertised since we started an hour late and finished at the advertised time, and the food was decent, but the portions minuscule, and no, we did not see any dolphins (another selling point from the guy on the street), but it sure was an experience and an interesting one at that. Our 2 year old guest was wide eyed from all the excitement and slept in conked out bliss the whole drive back to Phoenix afterward.

Oh, in case anyone reading this is looking for tips before your trip-bring plenty of cash, hardly anywhere accepted credit cards and it was a real challenge trying to locate an ATM.