Mazatlan-April 25, 2009

We have spent the past week enjoying our friends, Tom and Leslie, from Lancaster. They stayed in the El Cid Resort next to our marina, Marina Mazatlan. We spent time sight seeing, lounging around the pool and eating out at night. It was a vacation for us also.

One day we hired a tour guide to take us to the local historical colonial towns. One of our first stops was a local brick factory. The bricks are hand made. The workers make 1000 bricks in 12 hours for $300 pesos per day($22.70American).


We stopped in a small town, Melpeka, which had the best bakery items that we have tasted. The bakery was in a family home. The parents start baking at 2 a.m. and work until 12 noon. The aroma was smelled throughout the streets. Each item cost 5 pesos.

Another visit was the local tile maker. Each tile was handmade. The tile maker makes 200 tiles per day. They would be beautiful layed as flooring.

The town, Concordia, is known for its crafting in woodwork. 40% of its economy is in furniture and 60% is in agriculture. We watched as beautiful tables and chairs were made. If we did not all live on boats it would have been a great addition to a home.




Copala was founded in 1565 as a mining town. The town has narrow cobblestone streets. As usual with these small towns there is a Catholic Church and plaza. One of the interesting items we learned in visiting the old churches is that the crucifix was on the side wall of the church while the patron saint who the church was named after was above the alter.

One of our adventures was our new tatoos. Unforntunately Wally was allergic to the dye and had a huge reaction.









In an effort to expand our cultural experiences we attended a performance of the Festival Internacional de Danza. We wondered why it said for adults only, now we know. It was modern dancing in the nude!