Hey got a bit of a tour today. We wanted to see the cliff divers and the
market, downtown. Fortunately, I speak just enough Spanish to let our
driver (speaks Spanish only) know I wanted a little side trip to let the "new"
folks get a better experience. We got our side trip and got to where we
wanted to go. Of course, I gave our driver an extra tip for allowing me to
massacre the Spanish language.
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| A few shots of Mazatlan in the distance.. over a million people live here.. |
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| A nice shot of the Patterson family.. |
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| Our pick up/cab driver helping Ashley up to the edge of a cliff to access a nice view |
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| A couple of small islands occupied by birds and seal lions.. see the residue? |
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| This is the shot, straight down from Ashley's assisted viewpoint.. |
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| The cruise ships make Mazatlan a port of call.. |
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| Here's us in an affordable means of transportation |
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| The mexican flag |
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| Cliff diver preparing for his jump |
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| He's about to enter the water.. I took some videos of this, I'll post this later.. |
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| The main cathedral in downtown Mazatlan |
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| We took quite a few shots of the interior, but I'll have to enhance them..it's dark in there.. |
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| One more before going on.. |
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| A street scene approaching the public market |
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| One corner of the market.. It covers several square blocks in area |
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| Inside... |
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| What a charmer! |
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| Ashley had to leave the "meat department"..there is a goat section, but she didn't see it, fortunately |
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| Pretty clean, neat and refrigerated. I'd buy meat there, guaranteed fresh! |
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| The veggies are good too.. lots of variety and some unknowns in there.. |
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| We're taking a walk to the "square". It's actually about 6 blocks away from the market, but we took the 1 mile "scenic" route.. |
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| A nice home on the way to the square. Not too typical of homes in the area, except of government officials, doctors and retirees from the U.S. |
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| Finally got to the Square.. |
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| Having a burger and some beer...this restaurant is owned and operated by an American. The pictures on the wall are his employees/daughters. |
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| What is the name of this place? |
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| Oh, that's what it is. Kinda nice ordering a real hamburger and fries w/beer. Also the NFL playoff's were on TV..cool. |
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| A sunset, we'll try to take more when less cloudy.. |
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