Blogs from Sinaloa, Mexico, North America - page 15

This well kept lovely area is finally on the cruise line stops. Not good news to those Americans and Canadians that have been living there for years because it was truly inexpensive, still is but that will change. The new multi-million dollar golf course that will be completed in two years has the cost of housing skyrocketing. It is such a quaint city where the old town reaches the sea and the people are very friendly. I am considering moving there myself in the near future. I spend eight days there and every day the weather was special even when it was misty in the morning. It is fairly easy to get to as Continental flys directly into the Mazatlan airport. The drive down from Texas is about seven hours. People actually know how to drive ... read more

everything met to be right... met these two super nice people in casa margarita in creel sue y jorge, a couple that had sold their house and had been living out of THIS house for about 5 years, were kind enough to invite me on board their sail boat for a couple of days before sailing down to puerto vallarta.... thank you once again sue and jorge, even though the sea sickness got to me, and toilet ... read more

The fuller version... Wednesday 29th June - Long haul to Los Mochis Another slow morning, making the most of the hostel before catching the early afternoon bus to Los Mochis. A long journey, initially a few hours through sparsely-populated scrub to Durango just before nightfall. We were going to stay in Durango to visit the Wild West film sets but they are only open at weekends. After Durango the night falls and the road gets wilder and wilder. It is difficult to sleep with the winding nature of the mountain roads across the Sierra Madre Occidentale to Mazatlan on the coast. Shame we did not see any of it. Thursday 30th June - Mochis to El Fuerte We arrive in Los Mochis at something like 08:30, we had expected to arrive at 0600 but the buses ... read more