In the early hours of this morning, Coral Princess passed the “Gulf of Tehuantepec” where most hurricanes that form in the eastern Pacific are generated from this area. A surge of cooler drier air originating from Nth America causes a gale force wind called the “Tehuano”. It blows out over the Gulf causing an upwelling of cooler waters, the wind and upwelling are referred to as a “Tehuano event”. The air is denser than the tropical air mass normally present, thus a strong pressure gradient is established which induces the wind. The wind is further accelerated by funnelling through the Chivela Pass. Thankfully this didn’t happen when we passed through that area.

Slept well, woke to views of the hazy outline coast of El Salvador on the horizon late breakfast and another relaxing day at sea. Checked Princess Patter daily guide and at 11am while Richard was still resting, I went to Deck7 Princess Theatre to listen to Bill Fall’s Port lecture “A bit of paradise at the tip of Baja California” our next port of call Cabo San Lucas where Coral Princess will be anchored outside the harbour.

Looks very interesting from the slide show of photos, from the cruise terminal there is a boardwalk that wraps around the harbour adjacent to many of the shops and restaurants. Many of the other attractions are within a few blocks of each other.

Before lunch “Hammonia Roma” a cargo freighter sailed passed us on our starboard side. Lunch was a bit of a pain, a family of five have contracted gastroenteritis so now we cannot touch anything in the Horizon Court buffet area. Plates, cutlery and meals are serviced to us by staff members, even satchels of pepper and salt and hot or cold drinks. Coral Princess has gone a little overboard but then there are no wash basins at the entries only hand sanitisers, which don’t kill germs. It is going to be very interesting in the Bordeaux Dining Room tonight.

It’s amazing how the day goes so quickly when you are at sea doing very little. Time to get ready for dinner, Bordeaux Dining Room is a bit busy tonight might be due to the gastroenteritis outbreak. The service and meal is also very slow, but not Constantine with my Menu for tomorrow night. Two courses in 1¼ hours just finished in time to have a quick look at watches before finding a seat in the Universe Lounge (Deck 6) at 8.15pm to watch the production show “On the Bayou” starring the Coral Princess singers and dancers. It was a brilliant show, lounge was decorated as though you were in New Orleans on the Bayou. Started as a Funeral Procession with Orchestra and dancers coming down the aisle way to the stage with songs following the story of the person rising from the coffin life in the Bayou and meeting the love of his life.

After we stopped at the comfortable Wheelhouse Bar to listen to music with Sol Play, nice and relaxing music before having a bowl of fresh fruit (with the waiters serving us) and retiring for the night.