Today is our first day of being here in Estrella del Mar, Mexico which is 17 miles south of Mazatlan. This translates to 30 minutes drive because only the crows fly in a straight line.
We were VERY tired when we arrived yesterday afternoon - Jan. 25th. Our flight was delayed to 11am, from the original 9am due to illness of pilot - we figure he was probably just hung-over.
Within less than 10 minutes, our shuttle drivers had whisked us, along with our ton of luggage, into the van and 10 minutes after that we turned in Estrella del Mar. We then drove for about 8 minutes till we arrived at the hotel desk, checked in and received our keys, and were driven to our condo. It's pretty nice guys.
So we of course had a look around inside, found that our groceries - most importantly our BEER - had not arrived!
Everyone here is either American (seems like a lot from Colorado, but dozens and dozens of Canadians of the best kind - WESTERN Canadians!!
Now for the funny part - when these people found out we are staying for 5 weeks ... THEY mistook us for people with moola
We slept good with glass doors open to the pounding surf. The surf was pretty wild last night and actually kept us awake for a while. It truly sounded like a horrible winter wind ... just howling and then something we don't hear ... crashing ... almost like a cannon shot! Al actually got up and closed the glass doors which only lasted until I woke up sweating and opened the doors. If you close doors, you need to turn on the air.
Anyway, got up this morning before the sun which rises about 7am. Mazatlan is one hour behind Regina. Puddled around here before walking down the beach to the Golf Club Restaurant for breakfast. We met one person and it's about 7 city blocks from here to there. Ocean has settled down today and is quite lovely. Breakfast was great and then we walked next door to the club house, examined their gorgeous golf clothes, talked to the golf pro about lessons, and headed home through the golf course. Oh my GOD ... this place is HUMUNGEOUS ... and gorgeous! And we managed to miss one turn so had to scoot across the fairway to get home. And sweat? Wowzers ... it will take us a few days for our bodies to manage the 'cool' setting.
Spent all afternoon in and out of the gigantic pool, which we shared with 6 other people. It's amazing how private this place is. We've had appies of fresh fruit (fresh has a whole new meaning here
I shall now attempt the upload some pictures, and then some videos on Youtube.
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