Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Mazatlan Part 2


Tuesday we went on the Pueblo Bonito tour. We had a very nice breakfast buffet and had the tour. The sales woman was very nice and didn’t get angry when we decided not to buy. For our time we got a city tour and also $250 US credit for dining in the Pueblo Bonito restaurants.
The city tour was sponsored by Dianomds International and was pretty fun. We rode in a trolley bus and saw various things around town. After the tour we went to dinner at one of the Pueblo Bonito restaurnats called Angelos. We had a nice meal, it was an Italian place.
After dinner we went to a coffee shop and had a frappe and checked our email. It gets dark much earlier in Mazatlan than Puerto Vallarta so it seems late when it really isn’t.
The next day, Lee and Ken came to pick us up to go out to lunch. We went to one of their favorite spots called El Memin. It is in the small shopping center adjacent to one of the grocery stores. The specialty is seafood, mainly shrimp. We started off with ceviche tostadas. I had Kahlua shrimp, Harold had coconut shrimp, Lee had a really gooey and yummy looking shrimp dish with loads of cheese and Ken had breaded, fried shrimp. All had lemonades and the total bill was about 400 pesos. We were all stuffed, but Harold managed to choke down a slice of chocolate cake from the dessert lady.
After lunch, Ken took us on a great tour of town. We got out of the car near the cruise ship dock and watched one of the ships leave. From a vantage point high up on a hill, we saw it go out into the ocean and another ship leave. We saw the shrimp fleet and many sites around town. After the tour, we went back to the hotel and relaxed.
Thursday after breakfast we joined the hip and happening crowd at the grand opening of the Mazatlan Home Depot. There was plenty of activity and lots of shoppers. We bought light fixtures for the rental house, ceiling fans for our rooftop patio and the guest bathroom and a few other items.
In the shopping mode, next we went to the Gran Plaza Mall. It has quite a few stores, some pretty nice, some quite plain. There is a Sanborn’s, which surprised us as it is like a small department store. We thought Sanborn’s was only a restaurant.
Returning to the hotel, we took a dip in the ocean and the pool. After the swim, we went to the Pueblo Bonito hotel to meet Lee and Ken for dinner. Since we still had plenty of credit from our timeshare tour, we treated them to dinner. The place was right on the water and we had a great sunset view. The dinner and vist were very enjoyable!
After that, it was back to the hotel to relax

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