Day Twelve

And we're in Mazatlan! Just like that. The night before, we had looked through all the excursions and decided not to do an excursion in Mazatlan. We thought we could just find something to do on our own and experience the city. So we head out from the boat and this guy walks over to us and wants to take us in his cab. So we agree (since we really needed a cab anyway) and he takes us to see the famous cliff divers. Now we didn't get a picture of them actually diving because we pulled up right as they were jumping! But we did get to see them and there is a picture above of where they would jump from. Then they walked around for tips. Kind of interesting that this is someone's job!

Before we got out of the cab, our driver asked us if we were interested in a tour of Mazatlan. We decided that it would be fun and he seemed nice enough. I think sometimes you just get that feeling that someone is a good person and that was how Mat and I felt about Pablo. Turns out, he was a nice guy and we spent the entire rest of the day seeing the sights of Mazatlan! It was way better than any tour with the cruise ship. Pablo was in his 70s and had lived his entire life right there in Mazatlan. He told us stories about his wife and kids, and was just an amazing person. He showed us where he goes swimming every morning and took us anywhere we were interested in. We felt like we really lucked out with Pablo and it was totally worth the money!

So our tour started with the cliff divers and then we headed to Old Mazatlan. There we saw this great old cathedral:

And then we saw these great street vendors who were selling fresh seafood. You can see they have shrimp and scallops in those buckets:

We headed then over to the newer part of Mazatlan, where all the new hotels were located. There were lots of shops and then the beach!

We tried to put our feet in as many beaches as we could, so we checked this one right off the list! Then we headed back to the ship and left Mazatlan around 5:30 pm. This was a great stop and we really enjoyed the stories Pablo told us. The one disappointing thing about the day was that our nice, brand new camera totally fogged up right at the beginning. You can see all our pictures if you click on the picture of Mat. So you can see where the camera got so foggy and I was so worried that it was ruined. We had our other little camera and that was what we took the rest of the pictures with. But we got back on the ship and it cleared right up, so it just must have been the humidity there.

Yikes! Only 3 days left of our recap! Perfect timing though because our niece's 1st birthday party is on Sunday and we can't wait!