Mazatlan, Mexico

 Hello from Mazatlan!

Looking at today’s 9 AM feels like temperature it looked like it was going to be another hot one.

But there’s no heat that would keep me away from today’s plans. We’ve been coming here for years and Mazatlan day ranks up there with the best days ever. I wrote about some of the things to do back in 2018, but since the pandemic when Mazatlan was our last cruise port before the shutdown we’ve been spending our time in just one place. The Green Bar.

The Mazatlan cruise port is a working port so you have to take the free trolley to get to the terminal. 

The noisy, loud, and rambunctious Green Bar is inside the port compound.

Screen capture from my video that won’t upload

$5 Tequila shots? Get a crown, lei, or light up ring. $1 Jell-O shots? Get a balloon hat. Let’s just say I walked away with multiple accessories adorning my body, thanks to Marco. 

Halloween themed rings today

Drinks are cheap and good. Gabriel knows I like rum and Diet Coke with a lot of rum and a little Diet Coke. A Miami Vice was refreshing on today’s hot day, but I knocked it over when I got excited talking to a crew member. Oh well. 

I love that we all know each other by name from all our frequent visits here. They even had our winter table saved for me for when I showed up.

Food is cheap, too. Only when I had all my drinking done did I partake. Just nachos for me today, though.

I also got my hair cut. Beatrice cut it back in February when I was here and she cut it again today. I told her I’ll be back in December for my next haircut!

I also saw Alma, my outdoor massage lady from last winter. I tell ya it was like we never left. Everyone asked about my husband not being with me and I assured them he’ll be back together with me in December.

Somehow despite tequila shots, Jell-O shots, rum and Diet Cokes, and a Miami Vice I made it back to my cabin. I fell asleep for a few hours and of course woke up with a headache. Now I know why I don’t drink very much!

Tomorrow, we’re in Cabo and I may or may not leave the ship. Heck, with the way I’m feeling I may not even leave my cabin! See you then.