at sea

Today on the way to Puerto Vallarta. Guatemala? looking for more visits to Puerto Quetzal from cruise ships. . . very friendly, gracious people. Trip to macadamia nut farm pleasant ride and cool shaded locale; farm with 300 trees run by a couple ultra concerned about the environment. In the morning could clearly see many volcanos including two active ones; however by the time we left port in late afternoon the smog made it impossible to see them. Burning sugar cane fields and other industry leaves the sky brown, even dumped ashes all over the top deck from the cane burning probably miles away. Will be tough for this port to attract tourists unless they get a grip on pollution; that seems to be quite difficult since they need to burn the sugar cane fields to rid the cane of snakes so that workers can do their jobs. Still, it's a country worth visiting.