Mazatlan :)

We finely made it into Mazatlan after an extremely long day and a half of flying.  When we arrived we came in just behind another Alaska Airline plane, so there was already a considerably long line for immigration.  I unfortunately led us to the line that decided to move the slowest.  We finally made it through immigration without any troubles except the loss of time.  From there we went on to pick up our luggage and head over to customs.  In Mazatlan they utilize the “red light, green light” method for screening passengers.  You had the customs person your card, and then push a button on a big street light.  If it turns green you go on about your way.  If it turns red, you move over to a table where they search through all of your belongings.  We were lucky enough to catch the green light.
Once outside there are a bunch of people trying to get you to use their taxi service, and it is a bit overwhelming.  Erin had set us up with a shuttle from the travel agency.  They crammed a bunch of us into a van, and we were on our way.  It is about a 30 minute drive from the airport to the hotels along the beach.  Erin was stuck sitting next to a couple that had been there 10 years prior and felt it was their duty to tell Erin all about Mazatlan.  We were the last ones to be dropped off at our hotel.  We got checked in and were provided two keys, two towel cards, a remote for our tv, and a bell hop to take us to our room.  So as we follow the bell hop to our room instead of going deeper into the hotel he takes us back out the front door across the street to where our room was.  we were on the first floor of the building, where our key that didn’t quite work well let us into this dark room with bars over the windows.  It felt very dungeon-like.  We went out to check out the beach which was back across the street, and through the hotel.  We took a look around, things looked nice, but we weren’t too excited about our sketchy room.  So on the way back through the hotel we stopped by the desk and inquired about an upgrade.  They said they could accommodate us, but not until the next day.  That was fine by us.
We then went out to dinner ordering some very tasty fajitas, and margaritas.  After which we were exhausted heading back to our room and were asleep by 7:30.
The next morning (yesterday) we got up around 8:00 and went to the desk to change rooms.  After getting our things moved over to our much nicer room in the main building on the third floor with a balcony, we headed down the the pool to lounge in the sun.  During the day we ordered some chips and salsa and a few Coronas that were delivered to us in a bucket of ice and a cup of limes.  The salsa and chips are very tasty here, and you can’t beat laying out in the sun with a bucket of Coronas chilling in a bucket of ice.
After laying out in the sun we went out for dinner once again having fajitas and margaritas in a restaurant overlooking the ocean.  After dinner we went out walking around town last night picking up some ice cream along the way.
Today held much of the same for us with the addition to some guacamole to go with our chips and salsa and corona.  The guac was a good idea.  We are about to head out for dinner, and sign up for a tour of “Stone Island” which is a glorified booze cruise out to an island where you can play in the sun for the day.  Lunch is included in the package.

Be sure to check out the pictures at the gallery.

Well thats all for now.  Hope to blog more later