Day 21 Monday 26th January 2015 A sea day, with lots of sea and sun, and a few clouds.

On the port side we can see more of Mexico in the distance, shades of pale lilac mountain ranges against the blue sky.  We have stayed this close to the coast since we left Huatulco and are making great progress towards Cabo San Lucas, where we will arrive tomorrow morning.   It has been 26C most of the day, with a not at all unwelcome cloudy spell allowing very comfortable time in the pool area. Binoculars at the ready, and you will be the first to know if we spot a whale!

At dance lesson we had a go at Rumba One, which we now know is a sequence dance, and then a sequence quickstep to Irish country music – sorry I have forgotten its name, but it was fast and confusing. We then reviewed the Square Tango.  So in theory if we ever did go to a dance we could join in with…..waltz, foxtrot, tango, rumba, jive, cha-cha-cha, quickstep and a few sequence dances.  My only concern would be not having a teacher to call the steps out!!!!!  It is wonderful having a professional dance teacher once a day for an hour. He’s called Jeffrey Dobinson and was himself in the first stage performance of Cats, and today he had a call from his son in the middle of the class which he took, only to find out that his son has got the part in Cats of Mr Mistophiles (sorry about the spelling), so Jeffrey was very happy and excited for him.

Art gave those who are colour blind an opportunity to come into their own with a pencil drawing of Mohammed Ali as a young Cassius Clay.  I have to say Khachik is a most talented artist, and ought really to enjoy more pencil or charcoal drawing. His work will be highly sought after in the exhibition on 29^th.

It’s Australia Day today, and as there are over 100 Australian’s on board there are a lot of things happening to celebrate the day.  Judy and Jim two of our dining partners are from a village near Brisbane, and reminded us of a Barbie on deck tonight, so we are not having the Black Tie 5 Courser, but instead open air eating.

After our trip to Cabo tomorrow there are two sea days (and one art exhibition) to San Francisco.  We have already been forewarned about the logistics of 2000 people having face to face interviews with immigration in San Francisco, so hopefully the excursions will happen without too much delay, or any hiccups.  We are relieved to say we do have the right visa waiver documents.

We are planning an independent visit Alcatraz on 30^th and have booked a 1960s hippy trip with appropriate flower power music in a psychedelic bus on 31^st.  

Time to get ready for the Barbie. See you tomorrow.