I think the same way. I am lucky because I will meet you! See you then.
By the way, just for those who are a little confused. Many people think that 5 de Mayo is the Mexican Independence day. It is not, Independence day was yesterday, Sept 16. 5 de Mayo is when the Mexican army won the battle in Puebla against the french. I have been told several times that a Mexican Beer company was pushing 5 de Mayo as a Fiesta day to sell more of their Beer. Could be.......
But in the meanwhile VIVA MEXICO! Even though I am one day late..... I was celebrating, hahahaha
I call Mazatlan a real City because it was not developed for tourists like other Cities in Mexico. It started off as a Spanish fortress in the 1500īs. In the 1800īs it was a very important Port, actually the next one south of San Francisco. We also had sort of a gold rush in the Sierra Madre mountains so there were a lot of businesses in Port. The import and exports were also big in those days from Europe, as well as China and the Phillipines. After that it was a fishing port and later it became a tourist City. So now, tourism is big but also we still have fishing (shrimp, with one of the largest fleets in Mexico and tuna fish),also Industries like Pacifico Beer, Marino Coffee, shipyards and many other manufacturing plants. Even though, many people think that Mazatlan is a little fishing village, but it is more then that.................
Hi Frank...we are looking forward to seeing you on Jan. 4th. We are still looking for others to join us to make at least 6 people. We are going with Randi in the morning and meeting you in the afternoon. we will be on the Sapphire princess so if anybody out there wants to join our trip with Frank, let me know. I am looking forward to visiting you beautiful city.
Lori
I have you on my list after Randi. You will have a lot of fun! If anyone would like to join, you are welcome! If anyone wants to go in the morning instead of the afternoon, it can be arranged also! All of you out there, have a great day!!
People ask me a lot about restaurants in Mazatlan. My favorite is Tonys on the beach. They have excellent Mexican and seafood. Mazatlan is the shrimp capital of Mexico. They have a dish called the Imperial platter, which has 2 lobsters and 6 jumbo shrimp (and I mean jumbo), they also give a choice of green salad or tortilla soup (I recommend) and it is for 2 people, for aprox $39us, but it is a lot of food. They have many goodies on the menu. And the prices start at around $4,50 for enchiladas, or club sandwich. Tonys on the beach is in between Fiesta Inn and Caravelle Hotels. It is past El Cid resort. There is another restaurant next to it called the Chili peppers. Enjoy it!
Finally after waiting a few months and only recieving the Carnival Pride and Disney Magic in summer, now we get many ships for the season. Starting on Monday we get the Dawn Princess, Wednesday, the Vision of the Seas, Thursday, Carnival Pride and on Sunday the Ryndam and Mercury. We are looking forward to all these ships and more to come.
If you have questions please ask! Gracias!
Yes, we will start getting very busy, FINALLY! It has been so slow that we are all very rested. Now we need the business and we are ready for it. Looking forward to meet you dobie! Have a great weekend!
I am sure that many here about the Golden zone and do not have a clue of what it is. Well the Golden zone is a certain area North of Mazatlan where all the big Hotels, shops, jewelry stores, boutiques and restaurants are. It was called that way in the 70īs because they wanted a new area for Hotels, similar to la Zona Rosa (pink zone) in Mexico City, but with a different color. I would say it should be the Green zone, because many things are in US dollars, hahaha, just joking.
But, if you are going there, you will find great jewelry stores like PARDO (Fire opals), Pacific Jewelry, Diamonds International, Diamond Marquis, Maya (Great real Talavera) and many many little shops selling from t-shirts to silver. A taxi ride from the ship to the Golden zone is around $10us each way, per taxi. The time to get there is about 20-25 minutes.
If you want to go to the shopping mall, we have a nice one that is called La Gran Plaza. It has a Mega (which is like a Walmart), a nice Department store and also Movie cinemas, Recorcholis (video games, very nice!) for kids, Sanborns (a chain of nice restaurants and stores), a fast food area (including Burger King and Dairy queen) and many other little shops. This is not a tourist mall, you will find things that we locals buy, like sandals, shoes, cloths, food, etc. It is all air conditioned so that is great! Specially for these months. If you like to go there, just tell the taxi driver to take you to La Gran Plaza. It should be aroud $10us one way from the ship. It is also 5 minutes away from the Golden zone, next to Sams Club. Enjoy it!
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Hola amiga!
Good morning Frank!! I'm glad that you are about to get busy!!! Thank you for all of your information!
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