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<\/a><\/p>\nI’m really glad that I did this route and then traced it because it’s really helping me get orientated. Maz’s roads run diagonally to the compass points. I am definitely getting to know my way around to a point, but not the most direct routes.<\/p>\n
From the panga, I headed to Olas Altas Boulevard the way that I knew to go, through the Mercado and by the cathedral. I, of course, stopped for ice cream! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The vendor offered me strawberry and vanilla. I said that strawberry was fine and did he have prune? Yup. For my third flavour, I said I wanted more fruit, not vanilla, and he proposed mandarin. Great! I asked for the prune on the bottom and after some reflection and nearly going for the strawberry next, he decided that the mandarin should be in the middle. Gosh I love that stuff, more like sorbet than ice cream, and not too sweet. At 20 pesos, it’s an affordable treat!<\/p>\n
I did have another reason to go this way, wanting to stop into a bookstore on Constituci\u00f3n between Plaza Machado and Olas Altas, hoping to find a verb conjugation book. The clerk said they didn’t have any and wasn’t keen on telling me where else in the city I might find one.<\/p>\n
From there, it was a few blocks to the Malec\u00f3n. I walked till I was ready to drop, taking photos of interesting things. There were a few vendors near Olas Altas, but there soon really wasn’t much, to my surprise, just endless miles of beachfront walking with some beachside seafood restaurants.<\/p>\n
I made it all the way to the touristy ‘Golden Zone.’ I was hungry by this point, but the only open restaurants I found were Gringo-oriented ones that were very pricey. Anything that would appeal more to locals opened later since Mexicans eat a late lunch. I wasn’t that keen on eating out, so I flagged down a pulmon\u00eda to take me back to the panga.<\/p>\n
There were tons of pulmon\u00edas on that boulevard and many had stopped for me, so I figured that now that I wanted one, they’d be elusive. Nope! I got one in under a minute (so much easier than hailing a cab on Broadway in Manhattan!).<\/p>\n
I’d done my research and knew two things. 1) Get the price before getting in. 2) The ride shouldn’t cost more than 60 pesos and I should expect, as a tourist, to be quoted 70 or more and then have to bargain.<\/p>\n
So I asked how much to get to the panga, specifying the north one off of Emilio Barrag\u00e1n, and was told 50 pesos! Perfect, no bargaining required! We had a brief chat before it got too noisy and then the driver played loud music. He had a much more direct route back to the panga, but it was still quite a drive. That was a lot of walking!<\/p>\n
Back on the Isla side, I picked up some tortillas and had three before I even got home. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The whole trip cost me less than 7CAD and I got some exercise and to see new things. It was really nice to go to Maz just to go, with no plans to shop or eat out or spend much money.<\/p>\n
<\/a>First steps on the Malec\u00f3n. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>I love the bright colours of the buildings here.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>And the tilework!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>More gorgeous tiles!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Homes literally carved into the cliffs.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>And a bridge.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The devil’s cave.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>This part of the walk is dedicated to Sri Chinmoy, an Indian spiritual leader. This is the first time I’ve heard of him outside of Ottawa.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dolphin statues.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The fancy resorts off in the distance.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>A poem is born in your smile.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Birds of pray of some kind.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>This one’s apparently a hermit.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The world needs people who love what they do.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>This ad made me laugh. This dog is wondering how he can teach humans to keep Maz clean!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The marine science faculty of the Sinaloa Autonomous University.<\/p><\/div>\n
The resorts are getting closer!<\/p><\/div>\n Lots of fishing boats (and a really unpleasant smell).<\/p><\/div>\n No Jack Sparrow in sight.<\/p><\/div>\n The verb molestar means to disturb, not to molest!<\/p><\/div>\n Antonio Haas theatre.<\/p><\/div>\n First sign I’ve seen for the Golden Zone.<\/p><\/div>\n The famous fisherman’s monument.<\/p><\/div>\n It features the lighthouse, which is on my must visit list.<\/p><\/div>\n I thought Banjercitos are only at the border!<\/p><\/div>\n I was really hoping to find the famous pulmon\u00eda monument!<\/p><\/div>\n They’re not golf karts, but sure look like them!<\/p><\/div>\n The resorts are getting REALLY close.<\/p><\/div>\n Maz has a casino.<\/p><\/div>\n Funny translation<\/p><\/div>\n Maz bus depot thataway. And then, in tiny letters, as an afterthought, please fasten your seatbelts.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>