Today is the annual celebration for the Ejido community and there has been loud partying going on since around 6:00 this morning! I headed out around 10:00 for a walk around the main part of Isla, to see what was going on today and what has changed in the last year.
This was a vacant lot at the end of my street last winter. Big house going up now!
Low tide on an almost deserted beach. Looking towards Isla de Chivas and the Faro.
Lety’s and Victor’s restaurants. Haven’t been to Victor’s yet.
More restaurants I haven’t been to. Osuna is new. I really should make it a point to try each one!
The vendors were listening to music since there really weren’t many customers.
More restaurants.
The oyster seller was there last year.
I enjoyed watching the large ships in harbour.
And looking at Icebox Hill. Exploring it should be on my to-do list for the winter!
I also had fun watching the crabs. I had no idea they can jump! This guy was like Spiderman, jumping and crawling up stuff!
I paused to get a $10 Solero bar, which is a high end fruit juice popsicle. This one was lime. Very refreshing!
Gobs of (Mexican) tourists) getting on a tour tractor.
There is going to be a parade, so there were a lot of floats.
A big chunk of Calle Principal was blocked off near the school for a party. Lots of tables and chairs under open tents and musicians were setting up.
Where did you recently see something similar?
The new paint job on the tortillería looks great!
New restaurant that I’ll need to try. They sell tortas, which I have never had.
There’s a carnival inside the baseball stadium.
Looks like fun for the kids!
I used to love going to these things when I was a kid.
Patty’s defunct restaurant is under renovations. I wonder if she’s gone for good or just redecorating. I miss her $40 burger and *real* fries!
These pretty flowers smelled divine!
The mechanic has been very busy. I’ll stop in next week and see if he can fit me in to look at my clutch.
The butcher shop made a nice sign in honour of the festivities.
Very different setup inside than last year. Looks like they’re expanding into a full service abbarotes and not just doing meat.
No sign of chicken at 11:45 means no chicken. 🙁
Amazing work done on this house since I was last here, but I don’t like the glass railing.
One thing that surprised me about buildings here is that their main electrical breaker panel is outside!
My neighbour’s horses headed to work.
Another neighbour is using a child’s car seat to hold up the clothes line on her roof!
This same neighbour has opened up a restaurant of sorts.
I’m still not 100% sure we want to go to Mazatlan again this year. We truly enjoyed La Isla but no the noseeums. The other is to boondock where Ruth and Kevin did or take a front row seat at Tres Amigos. If you get a chance, could you drop me a mail and tell me why they are small concerns? Thanks.
I have emailed!
I enjoyed the photo tour!
Thanks!
Does that house belong to a North American – it does seem a little over the top – at least to me.
I am 99.9% sure that that house is owned by a Mexican. There are tons of crazy and over the top houses like that on Isla!
That house wouldn’t be bad if they had stopped at the second floor, but that third level is definitely de trop. (I agree with you about the balcony; better wrought iron.)
There are also plenty of over-the-top houses in Mazatlán proper, which I suspect are owned by folks whose main business is based in Culiacán. And I’m not talking about tomato farmers.
Saludos,
Kim G
Boston, MA
Where we have “taste police” in the form of various historical societies.
I love everything about that house except the balcony railing. I just have this thing for over complicated structures with lots of floors, rooms, turrets, etc. And I agree about the folks in Culiacán…
I’m keen to start building my place in SK before we get building codes in place because I want to do something utterly whimsical that includes a tower. 🙂