May 22, 2025

TOPOLOBAMPO, MEXICO

View of cute town from the adjacent hillside. We are the first ship this town has had in PORT in 2 years! They literally rolled out the red carpet for us, and brought, what seemed to be 1/2 there population of 3300 people, to the Port, to perform and engage us in tourism!

Sadly it was a Monday and a lot of local businesses were closed - our residents would have spent money in Port, but they were limited things open. No grocery store and only a few restaurants open.

One of the more interesting houses we saw - all about the paint job, especially on the underside!

Note the Pelican through the opening in the letter P!

By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.
By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.
By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
The nightlife scene doesn't really get going till after 11pm and goes till 5 am in the Chaweng section of Koh Samui . We made our way over to the club district, and one of the hot spots called the ArkBar a little past 10pm to have some dinner, while watching the beach fire shows.