Sunrise as we approach Huatulco
April 25, 2025: Roca Blanca (also referred to locally as Piedra Blanca), located near the entrance tp Santa Cruz Bay/Huatulco Harbor in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Entering the port at Huatulco on Discovery Princess
April 25, 2025: Capilla de Santa Cruz (Chapel of the Holy Cross) located on the beachfront of Bahia de Santa Cruz, just steps away from the Huatulco cruise harbor.
Beachside Restaurants are popular here and the staff are persistent in trying to interrupt your plans so you can visit.
April 25, 2026: Papel Picado in Huatulco decorates the street but more importantly, via thermodynamics, they keep the street and anyone under them very cool.
April 25, 2025: Yellow-winged Cacique (Cassiculus melanicurus), in Huatulco, Mexico.
The back of the Caribbean looks like a tower building in the city of Huatulco, Mexico.
April 25, 2025: Citreoline Trogon in Huatulco, Mexico.
April 25, 2025: Arboreal Termite Nest, in Huatulco, Mexico. Constructed by specialized tree-dwelling termites using a mixture of chewed wood, soil, saliva and fecal matter.
Seed pod of the Pachira aquatica, also know as the money tree, Malabar chestnut or Guiana chestnut.
April 25, 2025: The Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistula) in Huatulco, Mexico.
Catching up with the real world
April 25, 2025: The Church of La Crucecita courtyard. Red hand prints left behind from past civil protest, usually protesting violence or requiring some form of social justice.
April 25, 2025: Parroquia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (also commonly referred to as the Inlesia de la Crucecita or the Church of La Crucecita)..
April 25, 2025: The 65-foot mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe featured in the ceiling nave of the Church of La Crucecita.
Time to ring the bell at the Church of La Crucecita, Hautulco, Mexico.
Stained glass porthole at the church.
A loom in the city that actually works.
Coconut water in a plastic bag in Huatulco; a most unusual way to buy coconut water from a street vendor.
April 25, 2025: Swimmers in the same waters as the Caribbean Princess. Not a usual site. Huatulco, Mexico.
Sea Shells on the Sea Shore.
Exploring the rocks on the beach in Huatulco.
Local beach goers paused to watch our ship leave the docks and sail away!
Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico