Mazatlán

Yesterday afternoon we enjoyed sitting on our balcony, watching all kinds of boats and jet skis zipping around. Dinner that night was at Hooked.  Charlie had the baked oysters—the best ones are topped with champagne Brie! His catch of the day was overcooked, so I shared some of my fried seafood platter. 

Charlie watched a boat tow away the platform used to load tender passengers and captured this pic.


This morning after the gym and showers, we returned to the Solarium to relax and give the attendant time to do our room. We had a quick salad in the Windjammer for lunch, the first time we’d been there on this ship.  We continue to enjoy watching the ship containers being loaded and unloaded.  Today they were emptying stacks of lumber and loading them on truck after truck. Yes, we’re easily amused.

After lunch we boarded a trolley for our tour.  We first stopped at the cathedral in the market area. Here are some photos.




I was taken with this enormous bougainvillea in the cathedral plaza. 


We then rode to a beachside area for this photo op.


Next up was a quick stop to see a cliff diver. Charlie took a video, but the ship’s WiFi isn’t up to loading it  sorry! It WAS impressive.

Then we drove through the oldest part of Mazatlán and spent a few minutes in a square that reminded us of New Orleans.  They had just had their Mardi Gras, and this figure was still ruling over the square  


A girl was having photos taken of her quinceañera dress, and she was delighted to have us take them, too. 

We got back to the ship shortly before our dinner reservation, back at Jamie’s Italian.  It wasn’t a great tour, but we saw some of the area and, hey, we left the ship for a few hours!


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