A week ago, Tuesday March 8th Trudy, Linda, Connie and I headed down to the ferry docks for a walk up El Faro..the lighthouse. The pictures may not be in complete order and not as much script as my two handed typing is in a sling!
We started off on the green bus at 7am..Linda at Cerritos, Trudy and I at my place and Connie at El Cid and we all managed to get on the same bus. Usually the bus stops close to El Faro but this day he took us right to the entrancend...not sure how he got turned around after we got off. Lots of nationals heading up the long hill and us!
Up we go..in the earlier years lots of the trail was dirt but now it's all hard surfaced. Trudy, Connie and Linda.
Looking down to the cruise ship dock.
Here in Mexico you are free to fall off the edge if you wish..!
Connie enjoying the view.
A quick rest.
We made it! My left knee did not like the uneven step heights coming up and didn't like them going down.
A very nice Mexican man took a multitude of photos of us..good job! With a combined age of 296 years we did pretty well on our climb and our up time was a a lot less than I thought it would be. It was not a race and we wanted to enjoy the climb and the view.
Trudy and Linda...they're a speedy little pair!
Out of order photo on our way up...
At the top..we did NOT go out on the glass walkway and none of us will be doing the zip line to the Observatorio when it's built!!!
Down we go.
336 steps to the top.
Down and on our way to...
You can see it is a bit of a walk from El Faro to La Puntilla. The blue dot is where we started out.
This restaurant has a buffet breakfast and as it was only 10 am...breakfast was in order.
All sorts of things being served and only one thing left on my plate...small pieces of liver in gravy. I like liver gently cooked with fried onions.
Breakfast was over and we were on our way into Centro. Up Carnival street on the blue line. There were blue shirts stationed with information pamphlets. We knew where we were going but a cruise ship was in and they were there to help.
Jack fruit tree.
Once into town we browsed a little and then took the bus back home. A good day!
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