Puerto Chiapas is about 8 miles north of the border of Mexico and Guatamala. In 2005 these facilities were added for cruise ships -- basically two pyramid-shaped buildings. The one on the left houses small shops and the one on the right has a restaurant and outdoor pool area. There is really not much at the port area, and I didn't take an excursion.
Huatulco is also a tourist development on the coast. There was more development on the shore and at the cruise pier here. Lots of shops and what looked like condos, and some restaurants and a marina. It was nice to walk around, but, again, I didn't go on an excursion.
Puerto Vallerta was a much larger resort area. There is an older part of town, where I did not go. I spent most of my time in the tourist part of town. There were, again, plenty of shops and restaurants. There was a sculpture at the foot of each street along the boardwalk area at the beach, and a nice church. The ship docked at an even newer part of town, where there were built-up resort hotels and even a Walmart and Sam's Club.
Cabo San Lucas was very much a resort area. We used tender boats to get ashore, as the port was not deep enough for cruise ships. I didn't take an excursion, so I spent most of my time walking around the marina area where there was, again, lots of shops and some restaurants.
The setting for each of these ports was beautiful, with the mountains coming down close to the sea. And the famous rocks at Cabo San Lucas were impressive. This was a very relaxing part of the cruise. After this, we had another day at sea. Then we were in Los Angeles, where we headed to the airport and home.
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