Carnaval

 Once again the Salvation Army Orphanage kick off the Carnaval with their dance performance.  Not as many children as in other years, but still an excellent show for us and a great fund raiser for them.

Saturday we headed downtown with Willow and Doug & Lynne s/v Miramar to watch the Combate Naval (fireworks show) from the top of the Freeman Hotel.   We had supper at the Cava de Leon, then sat on the Malecon and did a little people watching until it was time for the show.  It’s quite amazing to watch the girls stroll along the very uneven streets and sidewalks in their stiletto shoes.

Cotton Candy a la Carnaval

How many pounds of candy apples on a stick ?

We watched the show from the 12^th floor of the hotel, a very impressive show, right over our heads, but unfortunately it was a very cold and windy night, and we were glad to get off the roof and back to the boat to warm up. 

On Sunday,we had bought tickets to watch the parade from bleacher seats set up in front of the Aquamarina Hotel.  The ticket price included a scrumptious buffet dinner and we could have gone for a dip in the pool, but again it was too cold.  We had front row seats, and both the major of Mazatlan and the Govenor of the State were kissing baby’s and shaking hands right in front of us.  When we returned from the fireworks the previous night, we had no problem getting a taxi…tonight, we were’nt so lucky.  There were 10 of us, Prairie Seashell, Willow, Jekamanzi and company and WindToy, so we needed a camionetta.  We tried for over an hour for a truck or a few taxi’s, but no luck, traffic was so congested that  even the busses couldn’t get through.  We returned to the Hotel for drinks, and an hour or so later there was no problem, we even had our waiter escort us to the best corner to catch a cab.