Day 4 - Mazatlan

Day 4 was Mazatlan and it was OK. I really wasn't all that impressed, but that just means I will have to go back to be impressed. Right?

We started off the day with breakfast as usual. Then we decided to finally get off the boat at about 10:00 am. This is what we saw as soon as we got on the trolley that would take us to the port. As we were walking through the port trying to figure out how we were going to see Mazatlan we saw a sign for a trolley tour of Mazatlan. The tour would take us to all the sightseeing stops and let us shop. So it said. We bought our tickets and grabbed a seat.

The tour started with a short drive along the coast and we could see the boat from the top of one of the hills. The we were off to see the cliff divers of Mazatlan. THAT was cool. We didn't actually see anyone dive off the cliff because the guy that was doing the jumping hurt himself right before we got there. We still got some great pictures though!

After the cliff diver, we took the trolley over to the Cathedral of Mazatlan. It was so pretty. And here is a little tid-bit of information for you. Upon completion of the cathedral, there were 28 Star of David's put into the stain glass windows in the cathedral. The windows were put in as a tribute to the Jewish families that donated money to have the cathedral built. And the reason the number 28 was chosen was to represent the 28 days in a Jewish calender month.

After the Cathedral, we went to the shopping district. We were told when we bought our tickets that we would be able to get off here and shop and that there would be a shuttle to come pick us up later. That was not the case. Well after a not so wonderful afternoon portion of the trip we made our way back to the port.

Once back at the port, we ran into one of our waiters, Christian and his friends the chef Marcelo. They asked if we wanted to join them for a drink and we decided to to grab a seat and have some fun. Four beers a piece later, Marcelo had to get back to the boat and DeeDee and I thought it might be a good idea if we headed back to the boat and rested a little before dinner. We were very tired and felt a little dirty as the trolley was an open air trolley and it was a very humid day out.

We headed back to the boat, DeeDee took a nap and I went up to the pool for a little. After the pool it was time to head back to the room, shower and get ready for a nice casual dinner.

We met our other dinner guests this night at dinner. They were a nice couple by the name of Stephanie and David. They were newlyweds on their honeymoon. There were a lot of newlyweds on their honeymoons on this trip.

After dinner it was another early night.... with another friend waiting for us when we got back...