Our final port of call was Puerto Vallarta. This once-sleepy fishing village became a popular tourist resort after The Night of the Iguana was filmed there in 1964.

The village was put on the radar when Elizabeth Taylor accompanied her lover Richard Burton there, while still married to Eddie Fisher, while he was filming Night of the Iguana.

Despite this, Puerto Vallarta has more charm than the other major ports, it’s quieter and quainter - red tile roofs on whitewashed buildings and rows of balconies spilling over with colourful bougainvillea still line its cobblestone streets. Vallarta is also a popular shopping destination for tourists, with a wide range of Mexican arts and crafts, leather goods, silver jewellery and pre-Columbian replicas on offer in flea markets and along the Malecón (the main shopping area in “Centro” Vallarta).

Our last two days were spent back on the ship, trying to catch the last few rays of sun before sailing north back to California and the colder weather.