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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Awaiting Your Return FROM Shore

Once a sleepy seaside village, Cabo has grown into a bustling, expensive

international resort and one of Mexico's foremost tourist destinations. The

town fronts a small harbor facing the rocky peninsula that forms "Land's

End." A prominent landmark is the arch rock formation known as El Arco. Just

off these rocks, the ocean bottom drops to depths of about 1,200 feet. Along

the edge of a deep canyon formed by the San Andreas fault is a unique

undersea waterfall; there cascades of sand continuously pour over the edge

of the canyon below. This extraordinary phenomenon has only been recorded in

Cabo San Lucas. All of San Lucas Bay has been declared an underwater park

and a marine sanctuary.

Because of the clean drinking water FROM underground springs, the sheltered

bay was once an obligatory watering point for pirate vessels and treasure

ships FROM the Orient. Hidden coves around the cape provided ideal hideouts

for pirates who preyed on passing galleons. Many of the Pacific's most

famous pirates raided and plundered in these waters. An occasional treasure

hunter still may chase after rumored treasures and poke around the rocky

shores with a dream and a shovel.

In recent years, Cabo San Lucas has become a popular port of call for cruise

ships. The Baja Peninsula was briefly a territory of the United States after

the Mexican War in 1847; envoys FROM Washington reported that apart FROM

cacti and rattlesnakes, there was not much else of interest and Baja was

returned to Mexico. This desolate area slumbered until the summer of 1939

when Cabo was devastated by a hurricane; eventually it was resettled on its

present site. Today there are condominiums, hotels, restaurants, gift shops,

discos and a marina catering to the many "gringos" who come for the

world-famous sportfishing or to find a retirement paradise. Despite the

great influx of tourists, there are still areas that remain as unspoiled as

they were in the days of explorers and pirates.

Awaiting Your Return

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