Scott’s Adventures in Mexico
Zona Historico Walking the historical district
Walking streets in the historical district of Mazatlan, before people wake up, photo ops pop like bubbles from a glass of champagne. Inanimate objects are posing and don't require permission to photograph. With people there are always questions of...
Zona Historico/Mazatlan Historical district of Mazatlan
There are two city zones that tourists see most in Mazatlan. There is the Zona Dorado where newer hotels congregate and bars and discos service night crowds. The beaches are here as well as ten taxi drivers to every tourist and street vendors...
Night Dolphins/On the Malecon Sunday night in Mazatlan
On a tip from Pat, at seven thirty this evening, Alan and I pile into a pulmonia and tell the driver - "Dolphina's por favor ..." We are taken, for fifty pesos, to distant communication towers rising into the sky to the south of us. During the daytime...
Marina Norte Cheap Mexican home on the water
There are several marinas in Mazatlan. The northern marina tends towards pleasure while the southern marina gravitates towards work. This Sunday the only event that draws skippers off their boats are NFL playoffs on high def TVs in bars and...
Jack Kerouac in Mazatlan On the road
Back in the 1950's, after WW2, most people headed home to raise families. Men were tired of shooting bullets and women were tired of making them. Instead of killing humanity the focus became re-populating humanity. An era of big bands was...
Marlin Stew/ The Shrimp Bucket Good for hangovers
Down near the radio towers, at the south end of the Malecon, is an eatery called the Shrimp Bucket. It is right on the road and if you stick your arm out from a table closest to the rail that separates you from the road, a car will take your arm off your...
Roofwork Mazatlan Repairing beach palapa
Walking the Malecon, visitors come upon palm branch topped beach shelters that provide protection from the sun and are places to gather. The shelters line a sea wall and their tops look like giant Chinese coolie hats. This morning a crew of workers are...
Old Guys with Bicycles Mar Rosa RV Park, Mazatlan
Our original trip concept was to take RVs to Mexico, stay on the beach a month, drink beer, and check out bikinis. Our original destination was to be San Carlos, Mexico - up the coast north from Mazatlan. There was a RV park already picked out. But...
Gringo Lingo/Zona Dorado On the strip
Hotels and restaurants dot both sides of the street that takes you from the Mazatlan historical center to the marina at the north end of town. If each hotel was represented on a map with a red pin, and each restaurant a blue pin, you would have a long...
Americans in Mazatlan Green is most everyone's favorite color
In the morning, before ten, the beaches are empty except for romantics, beachcombers, and elderly walking their dogs. Around this place, people stay up late, dance into the late hours, have a few too many drinks, keep everyone at the hotel awake as they...
Mazatlan, Mexico Gold Coast
The Mazatlan geography is flat and vegetation hugs the ground. The predominant building material in town is cement and tile is used prolifically because it is easy to wash, mop, clean, and maintain. Around us this afternoon are T-shirts aplenty...
In the Air to Mexico Bright and early
Interstate 10 from Surprise to the Phoenix airport is slowed to six miles per hour at seven in the morning. Our clock is ticking and our plane departure time is absolute. Alan and I exit the freeway and head south to Buckhorn Avenue at 51st street, then...
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