Cruise of the Confidence 03-Jan-2013 to 06-Jan-2013

Mazatlan is a beautiful city. We spent our first day cleaning all of the salt off of the boat. Actually I did - it was an excuse to hose myself down every so often in order to cool off. David worked on repairing a few of our bug screens as we understand that we are starting to get into mosquito country though no sign of them yet.

We ran into a couple (Mike and Judy) who we met in Bahia de Los Muortes. We were all craving a good old hamburger and we were all tired from the two day crossing so no one wanted to cook. Lucky for us there is a really good burger and sports bar right in the marina so we didn't even have to walk far. 

Next day David and I took the bus into town. The following are some of the beautiful sites of Mazatlan.

The Plazuela Machado is a beautiful park surrounded by nineteenth century buildings.

 

The Catedral Basilica de la Purisima Concepcion

 

 

 

Central Market where you find fresh vegetables, butchers, cheese and just about anything you might want and also some weird things that you might not want - like the head of a pig!

 

 

 

Great latte at a street side cafe. Beautiful old buildings that have all been restored in the old part of town.

 

Competition! I won!

Part of the beach walk.

 

 

Just got out of the taxi and walked past the sports bar and Mike and Judy were there for happy hour (beers are 75 cents each) watching one of the wild spot games for NFL. It was a great game.

Sunday we did some provisioning for the next leg and then we went to visit some friends of Sandra and Harry who have a condo in the marina. Susan and I know Sandra and Harry from Belize. We got a ride into town with Ken and did some more sightseeing and shopping. We also decided to stay here an extra day.