Mazatlan, Mexico

A mariachi band greets us as we leave the ship and head into town.

We first went to a Mexican Folklorica, which is like a show with traditional Mexican dances, costumes, and customs.  I don't have any pictures to show of the neat costumes.  I do have a picture of Delaney's new braided hairdo that she got while we were watching the show.  You should have seen how fast these young Mexican girls were braiding her hair!  The highlight of the show was when the Mexican "Flyers" climbed up this really tall pole and then danced at the top before swinging down gracefully.  Kristi told me that Nikolai wants to pack up and go live in Mexico now and he wants to be a Mexican "flyer" when he grows up!  If you go to You Tube and type in  Mexican Flyer you can see a video of their incredible act.

Caedmon getting messy on the beach! No, mommy doesn't want to hold you now!

The kids loved the ocean.  Uncle Yuri rented a boogie board and they got to learn how to ride it.  We're ready to try out body boarding here on our own beaches now! It was really fun.

This picture is for those of you who have seen the SpongeBob Squarepants Movie.  We saw this sign and laughed that we had found Shell City!

Our cool taxi ride back to the ship.


These two just couldn't make it back to bed.  They crashed right on me as soon as the taxi got moving.   And we were really moving!  Kids can sleep anywhere.
Delaney got to ride up front.