Being in the New England area, we are lucky that we can go whalewatching easily, but like most busy people, we never made it happen. However, it was on our to-do list for years, and the right time came through one of those Groupon deals from Captain John Whalewatch tours starting from Plymouth, Massachusetts into Cape Cod.
On an August day that couldn’t get better for being on the water, we set sail after lunch. The whole trip takes around four hours, and we forgot to ask before we boarded, so my advice would be to confirm this before going. If we had known this, we would have packed healthier snacks and bought our own drinking water.
Other than that the boat ride is very smooth and these folks make sure that you see the whales. We were lucky to see so many of them that day that at one point all the whales in Cape Cod conspired to perform a show for all the boats. You can get really close to them. Definitely recommended for anyone who loves animals.
To combat the perception that violence has been widespread, tourism officials in Mexico have invested $30 million in advertising and social media initiatives to spread the word that much of the country is safe for tourists. “Visitors have the right to be well informed,” said Alfonso Sumano, the regional director for the Mexico Tourism Board for the Americas. Many of the affected areas, he said, “are very far from the destinations tourists visit.”
Lorena and I too completely ignored the warnings from the State Department and decided to visit Tijuana while vacationing in San Diego. There were several surprises: like being able to walk to Mexico from the US and not having to go through immigration/customs in Mexico (it is pretty funny how you enter a one-way revolving door and you are in Mexico with no one caring) but overall Tijuana was a big disappointment. Due to security concerns we could not even find a decent place to eat lunch and the fear of crime forced us to rush back to San Diego after just a few hours.
Definitely not recommending that one go to Tijuana though I am always dreaming of Cancun.
