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Sunday, May 7, 2017

Our trip to Mazatlan and Guadalajara PART 2

We packed a lot in to a 5 day trip!

Sunday brunch at Jamie & Yuri's beautiful home in Mazatlan.

Leanne is trying to work out how she can tempt Juanita, their housekeeper, back to La Paz.

Jamie's new toy.

Huge forest fire on the way to Guadalajara.

Jose Cuervo = Joe Crow. And this is a really big crow in Tequila!

Very 'refreshing' fruit juice/tequila Arotte drinks in the town centre. And you get to keep the cup!

Friendly fellow, in Tequila.

Fancy tequila tasting

Absolutely Fabulous - Georgina is a natural, even though she has never seen the tv show!

In Tlaquepaque

Another (larger) fruit juice/tequila drink called a Casuela (casserole!)

These birthday party girls took a shine to Leanne at El Barian in Tlaquepaque.

I wish we'd seen these before we bought all our furniture...

It's no wonder Raul got lost now and again!

Stunning church in the centre of Guadalajara

All shapes and sizes are available!

I want to go on the Tequila Barrel Bus next time

The house band at Bariachi were superb.

Adios amigos. This will be our last blog until we return in November!

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Our trip to Mazatlan and Guadalajara PART 1

We had a wonderful trip to Mazatlan with Raul and Georgina. Lots of photos tell the story.

We set sail with mucha cerveza and (very small) tequilas.

Thankfully, the food tasted a lot better than it looked

Raul tries to reduce the amount of frozen air entering the cabin. Leanne slept in her clothes!

Sunrise 6:30am Friday morning

The wind on deck does terrible things to a lady's hair.

Leanne - "This would make a great blog shot"....

The view from Jamie & Yuri's apartment was spectacular. Thank you!

In the back of a 'Polmonia' - the local taxi.

Valiente, Raul (with large hat) and Jamie.

We were having so much fun on the 'bridge' we forgot to take a photo of the boat!

Our lunch, pre grill.

La Bamba is part of the international musician's language

Leanne hanging out with another band on the beach.

A quiet lunch on the beach at Stone Island

The 15th birthday is the big one for Mexican kids

Chicos guapos. Colour coordinated.

A family band playing in the square on Friday night. The kid on drums was brilliant.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

What crappy bloggers we are! It’s been 3 weeks since our last blog.

We have had more visitors in recent weeks - Kathy and Erica Scott for a week, and now Helga for a week. We are so pleased that our friends and family want to visit - we really mean it when we say “Nuestra Casa es tu Casa”.

We had lots of fun with Kathy and Erica - it was their first visit to La Paz so we tried to show them as much as we could - the beach, the boat to Espiritos Santos to swim with the Sea Lions and the Whale Sharks, great fish tacos, pool time, Margaritas, Pizza Party, Exploding Kittens (card game - you know who you are if you have been here and become addicted) and surfing at Los Cerritos….Phew - lots of fun.

Last night we had our first big party (“fiesta”) here at the house for the Tennis group. All 22 here were Mexicanos… we have learned that their focus is all about “Eat, Drink, and be Merry…. sing loudly but badly and not care….The teens were in the pool, the men close to the fire (is this a Caveman thing?) and the women chatting, laughing….. A late night, but so fun to host for our friends.

With 3 weeks left until we fly back to Vancouver for the summer , we have booked a short vacation this week. We take the Baja Ferry overnight Thursday to Mazatlan for 3 days, then drive to Guadalajara (5 hours) for 4 days. We will be with our Mexican friends Raul and Georgina - how awesome to have our own drivers, guides and translators!