Feb 08, 2013
Mazatlan Carnaval 2013 has started. The city is coming alive with more and more tourists. Just over 1/2 million people are expected over the coming days. You can see more of these giant paper mache statues on Nancy’s blog Countdown to Mexico. Carnaval 2013 is expected to benefit from the Mazatlán-Durango highway, eighty percent of […]
Jan 20, 2013
Saturday was spent resting in the morning in anticipation of the grande soiree. Tonight was the official crowning of the 2013 Queen of Carnaval and I had front row tickets, well sort of ?? The evening began with an early dinner ( ? 5PM ~ American standards; it would have been much more exciting to […]
Jan 15, 2013
Our first massages since December 11th when our very very special therapist Maria decided to fly back to Canada for three weeks. So very very happy to have her back and most especially today. Her fingers and her mind are magic. Not only do we get a marvellous massage but as needed some cranial sacral […]
Feb 21, 2012
We had a fabulous time last night. The actual parade lasted two hours. We could see that some of the performers on the floats were already sagging and they still had a long way to go….some were so very very young. Throughout the entire parade the crowd was captivated by the floats, the marching […]
Feb 20, 2012
This is our third winter in Mazatlan but the first time we attended the Carnivale Parade. I have read that this is the third largest carnivale parade in the world! This is a huge event plus it is a night parade, our first! Lots of choices in the method of attending from renting a hotel […]