Mazatlán visit

Another bright and sunny day awaits us. We arrived in Mazatlán about 0630. Looks like a lovely town, much smaller than Acapulco. We watched the usual morning scramble as all those who had tours books were off on their adventures by 8:30. Because this is a working port and not just for cruise ships, they do not want people wandering all over the place, willy-nilly, so they have little transport trolleys that ferry the passengers between the ship and the port terminal.
Nestling up to the wharf

We cast a huge shadow

Our port transport waiting for us

Port entrance and a cargo ship tied up in front of us

Tour guides for those on organized outings

Various sized buses ready to take people out on their adventures

The usual military presence - we are sure there are arms preset but we did not see any.

Some serious cutting happening - this is a working port

Again, we did not book any tours, etc. or have plans to go very far. We went off the ship at about 10 AM. We wandered around the little market that was at the terminal. Prices were much more reasonable here than in Acapulco and there seemed to be more variety as well. Not so much high-end jewelry. Did a little shopping, sat and had a drink, enjoyed the sunshine and the not so hot heat, the musicians that were playing, people watching and had some authentic Mexican tacos, beer, and a Margherita.
Views to Old Mazatlan

We returned to the ship about 12:15 and the bright sunny day quickly dissolved into a grey, foggy rainy one for the rest of the afternoon.
Another medical evacuation from the ship

The fog and rain moved in fast

More tents were set up to keep passengers and staff out of the rain

There is another ship docked behind us, we could not make out which one, except to say that it is a Carnival ship. We pulled out at our scheduled time, no stragglers to wait for today. We are headed towards Puerto Vallarta, strangely, because we passed it on our way here yesterday, so we are backtracking. The only reason we can think of doing this is to get the ship on track for starting its weekly runs roundtrip from Los Angeles to Mexico when this cruise is over. It will be a slow cruise as we only have about 180 miles to travel.

Cars waiting to be transported out