Feb 8 Day 18
Today is a free day for us to do whatever we want. In the morning Gene washed the motor home while Sue used the internet to check and send emails to friends and family. After lunch we took a bus to the city market which is downtown. We just walked around looking at all the stuff they have for sale there including clothing, food products, meat markets, housewares, gifts, jewelry, artisan crafts, etc. Then walked around the adjacent blocks to the city market. The one things we see in Mexico at any grocery store is the way they display the meat products. There are no glass cases. The meat is just out there, hogs heads, fish heads and other yucky stuff. Don’t think we could buy meat at one of these kinds of meat markets where people can touch, drool over, sneeze on or other whatever else we can think of that is gross. Tonight is the Mexican Fiesta dinner and show so we took the bus back home mid afternoon. The bus picked us up at 5:30 to take us to the Playa Mazatlan Hotel for our evening of entertainment. This hotel has a beautiful restaurant which is open to a view of the ocean. We thought we would be seated there but instead we were taken upstairs to a large dining room and dance floor. There were many more people there than just our tour. The Mexican Dinner was served buffet style with unlimited cocktails and beer. Foods included authentic Carne Asada, which is roasted beef, smoked fish, tostados, beef flautas, pineapple tamales, stuffed enchiladas and more. This was followed by live music and dancing for everyone. Fiesta Time! Is a show-stopping performance featuring live music, dancing and variety acts from all corners of Mexico including the dramatic Fire and Machete Dances, magic shows, comedians, the classic Native Sacrificial Dance, rope twirler, folk dancing and much more. They were exciting performances. We are so very sorry that we forgot our camera so we could remember this evening in our old, old age. These pictures came from the internet. If any of you who were on the tour with us has pictures they would share with us, please let us know We would appreciate it.