The Huatulco area contains 9 bays. Our original plan was to hire a taxi to drive us to the 5 road-accessible bays. However, after disembarking the ship, we were approached by several people offering boat tours. One of them, Aebo, offered us a decent price to take us and another couple (Wes and Marsha) on a boat tour to several of the bays (including some of the ones only accessible by boat) as well as the “blowhole”, a rock formation that occasionally spurts water out of the top like a whale’s blowhole. After the tour, Aebo referred us to his “cousin” Sergio who gave the four of us another reasonably priced taxi tour of the town and remaining bays. Sergio’s superior English skills allowed him to explain the history of the region and the current state of affairs in Huatulco and the Oaxaca state. Both Aebo and Sergio were excellent guides and even though we probably could have negotiated lower prices for their services, both tours combined cost substantially less than the overpriced ship tours.