Thursday, January 7, 2010 Mazatlan

In the late morning we walked up and down the main street in front of our hotel. There are numerous hotels, resorts, shops, and restaurants. Almost as numerous are the people trying to get you to attend a time share sales pitch. They accost you every few hundred feet. Some of them are really persistent, but they eventually give up if you keep saying no and keep walking. I tried saying we had already been to the pitch, but then they wanted to know which one, in case we missed theirs, so we kept it simple after that.

We read our books on our balcony until late afternoon when we embarked on our City Tour. This tour bus was built as an old style trolley. First stop was a jewelry store – Surprise! Surprise! But they gave us each a free glass of beer while we snooped around, so it was OK. From there we drove down the main street along the shore to the Old Town. .We stopped and watched a cliff diver. Our guide told us that one of the divers died just last week. We went up to a lookout and watched a cruise ship sail out of the harbour. Then we drove down one of the oldest streets, observing the houses, stopped at the main cathedral, and found a nearby pastry shop. The final stop was at another craft and jewelry store, where we scored free Margueritas

We returned to the resort where we ate in the buffet restaurant and took in the night’s show. They did Aladdin. The costumes were very elaborate and professional; the performance was good; but I was not really into the story and music. Too much of a kids show for me. We didn’t reserve in another restaurant because we weren’t sure what time we would be back.

Our guide tonight was very good and very entertaining. Unfortunately, the bus was kind of loud and it was difficult to make out a lot of what he said. Another downside was that our tour was so late in the day that much of it was in the dark. Much of what we saw was lit anyway, but, for instance, we did not get a very good look at the houses on the old street.