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Most people think a Mexican cruise is one big party barge.
But a cruise through the waters of Baja California is a quieter affair, in which the high points of the day might be watching seabirds, whales or sea lions from the relative privacy of your 100-passenger ship. Sometimes the best introduction to an immense place is a small ship. To the west, the Sierra de la Giganta mountains, the backbone of Baja California, lie in jagged silhouette. A few hundred yards off the coast, dozens of frigate birds, pelicans, ospreys and boobies circle and swoop. At the water's edge, sea lions honk and loll.