Mazatlan Cruising style

The mixing of the ocean waters results in a rocky ride at night.

Mazatlan, is just across the mouth of the Sea of Cortez or the Gulf of California as it spills into the Pacific. This mixing of the two waters must result in changes in the water temperature or something. In the four times we have made this crossing at night each night was a rocker. This trip was no exception.

The NCL Star rocked an rolled all the way to Mazatlan. In the morning we entered the harbor with the Isle of Piedra on one side of us and the busy industrial dock of Western Mexico on the other. We pulled right up to the dockside and there was to tendering. The dock is a busy industrial dock with many imported cars and business shiping in and out all of the time. So how do you cross the dock to the city and shops and the tours.. elephant buses (or at least that is what we used to call them after the trailer connected trams that are used in zoos.) We all boarded one of those and we were off.

Just outside the dock is a rather rough part of Mazatlan so you better know where you are going if you are doing it on your own. This year we took a careful evaluation of all the outside excursions that we had done in Mazatlan in the past and decided to do the little shope with mom, drink a great margarita on shore and call it a day. In the past we have done bird watching, colonial tours to the foothills and watched the Indians come down the 75 foot pole. So what more was there left to do? We all had a great time low keying it and Mom made another stop to the shops which pleased her immensely. We even worked some bargins and got some great deals.

Mazatlan was in the low 80's and after all of the rain and close to rain and cold we had experienced in Nor Cal recently.. it was fun just to be outside and in in a different enviornment.

Besides after a couple of top shelf margaritas it didn't much matter anyway.

Ole

Pat