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CRUISE DESTINATIONS
Baja California
Bay of Campeche
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Pacific Ocean
Yucatan Peninsula
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Puerto Vallarta Mexico
It may have
taken a few Hollywood gossip columnists to coax this former small-time
village into the international limelight, but the hugely popular beach
resort of Puerto Vallarta is now well and truly addicted to the dazzle
of big-time tourism. Considered one of Mexico's principal Pacific
hangouts it attracts hordes of domestic and international visitors alike
to its bayside setting near the jungle-studded foothills of the Sierra
del Cuale range.
The resort has tried to hang on to some of its bygone charm by leaving
some adobe houses standing for the sun to bounce off, and giving its
cobblestones a good scrub (and, on the practical side, setting the
sometimes-wobbly buggers in cement), but the skyscraping penthouse
suites of numerous luxury-stuffed hotels, the waterfront bars and
restaurants, and the boat- and swimmer-filled bay define what Puerto
Vallarta is really all about.
Mexico Cruise Destinations
The state is bordered by the United States on the north, the
Pacific Ocean on
the west, the Gulf of
Mexico and the
Caribbean Sea on the east, and Guatemala and Belize on the south.
Mexico is more than 1,200 miles wide along its northern border with the
United States, but narrows to only 130 miles in the south, between the
Bay of Campeche
and the Gulf of
Tehuantepec.
In northwestern Mexico, the peninsula of
Baja California
extends southeast below California. In the southeastern part of the
country, the
Yucatán Peninsula extends northeast toward Cuba, separating the Gulf
of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea. |
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