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.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Hello from Puerto Vallarta where shockingly I was awake before sunrise.

6:51 AM

I would love to say I got up, got dressed, and got on with my day. Instead I have to say I got up, took the picture, went back to bed, and went back to sleep. I woke up again at about 9:00 and checked the temperature for the day. Pretty much a repeat of yesterday’s Manzanillo feels like morning temperature.

These temperatures aren’t something
we see here in the winter months. 

Since Ed and I will again be here this winter I wasn’t in too much of a hurry to get out and about. Or really do anything too exciting. My only real task was a trip to Walmart with the scooter to double check the curb cutouts. (We’ve been to the Puerto Vallarta Walmart many times in the past, jaywalking and dodging the sketchy traffic as we crossed the street. Can’t do that with a scooter.) Thankfully, I remembered there’s a supermarket near the ship not requiring the crazy crossing of the road. I know I can get to Chedraui if I have to so there’s no need to check for curb cut outs today!

Chedraui is right there

So what to do on a hot and humid day like this? Back to the Terrace Pool, complete with a view of Puerto Vallarta, all day long.

After another dinner at Crown Grill I made it just in time to watch what Ed was watching at home, Game 1 of the World Series. My outside viewing at Movies Under the Stars was better than his in the living room, I think. 

Up tomorrow is Mazatlan where I have definitive plans that will not change. And don’t include a pool. 

See you there!