We were in Cabo to use two timeshare weeks from March 2 to 16, the first week at Sunset Beach and the second at what is called Pueblo Bonito Blanco, for its being painted white. I bought the Blanco timeshare in1991 and have used the week most of the intervening years.
Because I did a long blog on Sunset Beach last year, I will not devote much space to it in this blog. This year our unit was on the first floor of a building which had a swimming pool directly in front of it. It was great for convenience to go to the pool but not so good on views of the Pacific Ocean. The nice thing about this pool, compared to the Sky Pool which we used extensively the last few years, was that this one was quiet. Most of the folks who used it were senior citizens. While this building was far removed from the wifi hotspot golf cart service to the Sunrise Coffee Shop was fine.
A new building was under construction beside our building. I was glad to see the workers working on the outside of the building being tied off so to minimize the distance one could fall. They all were wearing hardhats. The first time I was at Sunset beach a large building was going up and of the 50 men working on the site only two were wearing hard hats and none were tied off. But the ladder in the upper right was still made of 2 x 4s nailed together! Two other residential buildings also were going up, so the timeshare business must be good!
This is typical of the bougainvilleas throughout the resort. I did not notice any sign there that a strong hurricane had gone through the area six months ago. I was told that all of the glass at Sunset beach was broken by the high winds. I wonder if that was an exaggeration.
The shots below are at Blanco. Our timeshare there is a Junior Suite. But when we checked in we were told that our suite, 323, was occupied and that we could use the next larger suite at no additional charge. We welcomed the extra space.
Right side of living room. We watched very little TV at Blanco as the programming was almost all in Spanish.
Kitchen and dining area
Left side of living room. A patio door at the right opens to a shallow balcony.
View from our balcony with a cruise ship in port. Only three arrived the week were at Blanco, a new now in our experience.
Jo enjoys having a strawberries flambe dessert prepared at our table, probably more for the flame show than for the actual dessert.
This is the scantiest bathing suit I saw during this trip. The front was equally brief.
We were told that the hurricane took out most of the landscaping at Blanco, particularly the palm trees. While we were there one palm tree was planted where there had been one before. At the back of the resort stacked debris from the hurricane was still in the process of being hauled away.
Above, workmen are replacing the blue tiles on the domes of the resort. The one at the right was completed while we were there, and the center was almost done leaving the two at the left to be tiled.
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