For The First Time In Mexico
03 May 2010 | Mazatlan, Mexico
jodee
For the first time in Mexico we were kick out of the Isla Palapa Patio. Here is how it went.
We are anchored out in the old harbor. It is a very short dingy ride to the dingy dock at Club Nautica. To dock the dingy for the day it is $30 pesos. With Taco and Lucy in tow we walk to catch the Sabalo Central bus for $9 pesos. This bus takes us across town to Marina Mazatlan. The Isla Palapa is a short walk from here.
We find a place and sat down at a table in the shade on the patio to finish our fresca's. It was 12:30 pm. We were sitting with Randy & Jenny from Mystic. The waiter came over and said that the dogs could not be there.
Keep in mind that the dogs are contained sitting in a chest pack on our chest. We continued to finish our fresca and at about 12:45 pm another guy who was starting the grill came over and told us we could not have the dog here.
I told them not to worry we will be leaving and that they just lost business. On the walkway leaving out of there the first waiter said "see ya later" I said "no you won't". We left and went over to Gus Gus and ate lunch. No problem with the dogs here and they were allowed to be on the floor with a leash. After lunch we caught the bus to the gold zone to look for a leather mask for me. We found one, but it did not strike my fancy. We caught another bus that took us to the market place and we walked over to Ken and Lori's place, where we have a really nice visit for a couple of hours.
Now it was time to leave and we walked to Nidart to check out the masks only to find out that they were closed for the day for a re-union party. Oh well, off to the Cathedral square. We found that a stage was all set up and there were about twelve guitars playing and one singer so we got a couple of chairs to sit and listen, to our surprise after the music there was traditional Mexican dancing. We watch until about 6:45 pm when we walked to Pedro Y Lola's to watch Ken and Lori play. We had dinner as we watched and the wind piped up at around 8:00 pm and we took a taxi back to Club Nautica to dingy back to the boat.
The anchorage is not the best holding so when the wind pipes up you head back to the boat.
We watched a movie and hit the sack. WHAT A GREAT DAY!