Tue, Apr 9 - Exporing Mazatlán

We decided to try the hotel massive breakfast buffet which certainly had a lot of variety and wasn’t too bad. At 9 AM we waved down a pulmonia,  the local open air taxi, in front of the hotel which took us to downtown Mazatlán, quite a ways away. He let us off at the malecón, the waterfront esplanade that almost all seaside Latin cities have.

 Hilary had downloaded a walking tour of the city and we set off. Even for a Latin city, Mazatlán is amazingly colorful! We really didn’t aim for any museum, but used the guide mainly so we wouldn’t get lost. We walked into Machado Plaza which was full of eclipse-themed sculptures, photos, posters – it must have been quite a sight yesterday crammed full of enthusiastic Eclipsos! 

 We made our way back to the malecón, and as we were feeling peckish, stopped at El Muchacho Alegre, a fish restaurant overlooking the beach. It appeared to be quiet until we were taken to the rear of the restaurant which was jammed and quite noisy. We had a delicious lunch of shrimp in garlic with Pacifico beer. A small mariachi band appeared next to our table and any conversation we were having was obliterated!   

We took a pulmonía back to our hotel for a short nap. I joined the girls and we walked along the beach as we hadn’t actually set foot in the sand as yet! We sat under a palapa for a while and chatted with our favorite waiter, Antonio, who had enjoyed the eclipse so much!

 At 5:30 we walked across the street to an Italian restaurant, Victtore, for a pleasant meal of pasta, some of which wasn’t too oversized! We said goodbye to Janet who is leaving at 4 AM to fly to Mexico City to continue her adventure. We will drive through to Durango tomorrow and start the journey back to Tucson.