Santa Cruz, Hautulco, Mexico Sat., Feb. 14, 2026
Today is Dia del amor y la amistad…the Mexican Valentine's Day.
This gentleman offered rides from the ship to the shore.
Hautulco is known as "Close to Heaven". We walked off the ship into the beach town, Santa Cruise passing by the marina.
The area was full of all kinds of boating and water sports activities.
The hillsides were brown. We were told that during the rainy season they turn green.
Signs of development in the area were on top of the hills....hotels, condos, and resorts were beginning to appear in this remote area.
We continued walking on to the local Saturday market. There were so many interesting arts and crafts, jewelry, plants, foods, etc…..
but the best part was the live band. They played a combination of Mexican and American tunes.
Two locals actively got the audience involved in letting their hair down and dancing to an awesome band. It was down right entertaining. Santa Cruise was a quiet, peaceful setting; however, this band livened things up.
Larry and I had planned to take a cab into the next town, La Crucecita; but, the music was so good that we decided to stay and save the town across the mountain for the next time. HA!
After the music ended, we had a good walk about the town. It was quite hot and humid so we side tracked to the beach, walking from one end to the other.
We walked back to the cliffs and rocky area to spot some good shade and gentle breezes that made being outside tolerable. I took a nice dip in the bay along with all the locals who were enjoying a Saturday at the beach.
I watched the banana boats, the jet skis, and the swimmers racing from the shoreline to a buoy and back.
Larry loves swinging on the beach.
Larry and I toasted V-day with a couple of cervezas while talking with some Canadian folks who were vacaying here for the week.
It was marvelous!
Around 4:00 we moseyed back to the ship...
stopping off at the quaint open air church. It had some gorgeous architecture.
We managed to get back to the ship a tad earlier today, but we're in no hurry to leave this secret Mexican gem of a place.
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