Last updated Monday May 26, 2008
Here are some of the sights within a few blocks of our Mazatlán home.
The closest attraction is our neighbor's dogs who live on the roof next door. Nancy couldn't wait to go to the store and buy some doggie treats to hand over the wall to them. They don't bark at us anymore.
One of the things we really enjoy in our neighborhood is this juice stand near the mercado. They make all sorts of concoctions of fruits and veggies, some familiar and many I've never heard of. Their mango milkshakes are our favorite. We had one every day on the last trip.
Inside the mercado there are little stands packed with vegetables, fruits, meats and cheeses. We can't wait to get our kitchen done so we can go shopping and cook at home.
Nancy did some fishing and decided to buy some shrimp for bait. Two blocks down the street from our house is where the shrimp ladies ply their trade along the curb. They all have the same blue umbrellas and blue tubs full of huge fresh shrimp. Nancy got one of the ladies to fish around in the bottom of the tub for some small ones.
One block down our street is a whole block full of flower shops. They are open even late into the evening with a full display of colorful flowers for all occasions.
Mexican Independence Day was coming up so there were many flag sellers hawking their patriotic wares.
A couple blocks down the street are several restaurants where we ate often. This one is a breakfast and lunch place. The one next door is a sushi restaurant with a young chef in charge. We might have been their own customer that night.
In Mexico tamales are usually a dinner item but Nancy asked for a special breakfast with a tamale and egg and here it is. I liked the chorizo and eggs that was not at all greasy like the chorizo we get in the US.
Mazatlán if full these little snack shops. There are at least four within a block of our house and I keep finding new ones. Since we don't have a refrigerator we visited this one often for supplies of cold Diet Coke.
We kept hearing a whistle blowing every few minutes deep into the night. Finally we realized that it was the referee at the basketball court in the park. On these hot, humid days the court stands empty during the day, but come nightfall it's packed.
People in Mazatlán love parades. There has been at least one every time we have visited and we are not talking a couple of fire engines and the high school marching band. There were thousands of marchers in the Independence Day parade from all branches of the military, universities, high schools and even grade schools. And yes there were fire engines.
Here is another parade right in front of our house. This time it's thousands of Little League baseball players and their families. We have no idea when these parades are coming until we hear a truck going by blaring loud music. Then it's time to grab the camera and run out to the street to enjoy all the people.