14 day Panama Canal Cruise...part 6....Gautemala, and Acapulco.

Good afternoon.
Sorry for the delay of this post, but I got busy with booking air and hotels for my summer trip back to Michigan.
We decided we didn't want to do that long drive again this year, and I calculated and discovered it will be about the same price to fly and rent a car, as it would to buy gas and rent all those hotel rooms. So i did all that today.
Anyway, on with our cruise.......
After Nicaragua, the next day we stopped in Guatemala. Since there weren't any excursions that interested us and we had just been on long bus trips the last 2 days, we decided to get off the ship and go to the little shopping area they set up just for cruise ships. And to say we were on Guatemalan soil.   :-)
Bought a couple of t-shirts, and back to the ship.
Then it was a day at sea, and then Acapulco, Mexico. Here, we had an excursion to see the city and the famous cliff divers.

The cliffs in the middle right of the above pic shows where they were going to jump from.

We were seated at a cliff side restaurant so we would have a great view.

You have to look close or click on the pics, but there are guys climbing the cliff.

Above, you can see them near and on the top, with one guy diving from the middle.
Below, a guy diving from the top.

To me, it looks crazy dangerous. From what the tour guides told us, there are 54 divers that belong to a union. The union decides how many divers go for each performance. Could be anywhere from 3 to 10. We had 8 divers for our performance. It was quite a sight!
Below are some skyline pics of Acapulco......

Acapulco sits in a large circular bay with a narrow opening. A perfect area for beautiful beaches and swimming. That's why Acapulco became so popular as a tourist destination many years ago.

Above are Gloria and Dave. Our neighbors who went on the cruise with us.

We really enjoyed our stay here.
Tomorrow, another day at sea, and then our last stop....Cabo San Lucas.