Mazatlan Stories and Tips

Quote: --Get your hair braided. One of the vendors on the beach will want to braid your hair. You can have just part done, or your whole head. Beads are negotiable. The cost is $10-40 US. You get what you pay for, but bargains can be…

Quote: The things we really enjoyed were: the swims in the very warm water, the boogie boarding till we couldn't even walk anymore (including the crashes when we tried to double up on a board), the sailboat ride, the games in the pool, the beer drinking…

Quote: My home state, Sinaloa, has the biggest and most intense narcotics industry in North America. Never mind about the famous Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez "cartels": they are dependent upon Sinaloa financing, production, and control. Apart from most of them having come from Sinaloa…

Quote: Some of the most beautiful Mexican music, and the music which is easiest for foreigners to appreciate, is Trios. I don't mean that in the jazz or classical sense of anything played by or written for three musicians: Trios is a special kind of…

Quote: Musically, Mazatlan is a major spot on Mexico's musical map. Not as much so as Mexico City or Guadalajara, perhaps, but for a city of our modest size (currently about a quarter of a million souls, another few thousand of the soul-less), and isolation…

Quote: This was great. We're big baseball fans, so when we found out the Mazatlan Venados had a playoff game, we had to go. Our concierge was able to get us tickets---not usually a problem but these were the playoffs---for about $10 each. It's very much…

Quote: Getting around in Mazatlan is very easy. Grab a bus for just a few cents and you can get anywhere you want to go. Pulmonias are open-air taxis that are also very reasonable. Taxi drivers are not tipped in Mazatlan, though I…

Quote: Each year when we spend our week in Mazatlan the first thing we do is hop on a bus to the market in the central downtown area. What a colorful place! You will find bakeries, cheese makers, vegetable and fruit stands, and a…

Quote: As soon as we arrived in Mazatlan, we felt the general air of fun. Tourists and locals alike just seem to be happy, relaxed, and friendly. While there are guidebook recommendations of places to eat, we are convinced that it would be difficult to have…

Quote: Highly recommended is a trip or two or three by bus to downtown Mazatlan. By this, we do not mean the Golden Zone, but the streets outside of the market, Viejo Mazatlan, and all the areas of the ocean walkway known as the Malecon. It…