Visiting Mazatlan, Mexico/Carlos Pueblo

Visiting Mazatlan, Mexico/Carlos Pueblo

Another two nights and one day sail from Acapulco, Mexico to Mazatlan,

Mexico on the Pacific Coast. We passed another famous resort city of

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, a city which was selected as one of my tennis

body as his retirement home. Another nice memory was that I did have

an opportunity to visit that city in 1981 as a guest of my late district manager

for a life sale promotion and fell to go due to a limit from Mexican Authority

of my Taiwan Passport and other reason. These three cities are very popular

in the U.S. and as a matter of fact that there are good size of American

Immigrant retirees communities. After the disembark, I marched to a residential

area near the port, the Old Mazatlan, and back to the other direct toward the

coast business area.

The city is very nice and lovely like our Houston Hispanic Area Heights and Montrose

and better than the Ship Channel Area. Single dwelling houses are located on a

very organized square subdivision. Some of the luxury dwelling with concrete wall

as a fence with broken bottle on the top to prevent vandalism that is very similar

to the old Taiwan scenery. The local provides English speaking guide on the street

corner to help to direct the tourists. I walked toward the old downtown quarter

passing through a Catholic Church and blooming mango trees along the way. Many

passengers selected the same interest to tour the old town to see a festival like

activity, artists show on the street and the music and dancers performing on the

Square, of course, there were many shopping stands outside the regular stores.

I marched towards opposite direction toward another part of the bay. I was released

when I found a portable toilet. some seafood restaurants were open for business

one with life band inside. There was a small restaurant with a staff to clean the oyster

for the menu and I watched the process. It was for raw eating oyster and I shied away

due to the cost. I saw a second one closed the port and walked away as well. I was

very impressed the street and subdivision kept very neat even with roaming chicken

sometimes disturbed by the community dogs.

I was asked by my daughters on board about my venture outside when I returned.

I thought that they were available to go outside for a visit yet there was a limit for

the staff that only one third of them were allowed. One third on duty and another

one third on call in case. Actually, it is more comfortable in the ship than outside

according to my routine.