Anyway, today the sun is back in full force, but now (which is very late afternoon) the Saskatchewan winds have arrived - they followed us? This makes the surf pound like freight trains and there are even some white caps out in the ocean. Still, the sun shines, cocktail hour has begun right on schedule, Van Morrison is singing to us from the CD we purchased when we were at his concert in Northern Ireland 3 years ago, I've got laundry started, the chopping for dinner taco's has started, and life is just fine.
We went into Mazatlan again yesterday, but it was sort of in error. We went downtown to the OLD part of Mazatlan which is totally, totally different from the tourist or Golden zone ... and were greeted by hoards and hoards of cruise ship passengers in town for the day.
Then we were invited to join a bunch of people from EDM at a neighbouring town for dinner last night. The town is named Villa Union, pop about 20,000, and 14 kms. from here ... and is in another world from EDM. Typical Mexican town, but this restaurant is amazing! Al and I would NEVER have taken the necessary turn down a dark, narrow, scrungy little back alley, never mind ventured outside to get inside ... and at night it was even scarier. There were Mexicans all over the alley - hanging out, selling stuff (including some of the best 'cookies' that I've ever tasted of cinnamon and brown sugar), and men wanting to wash your vehicle ... BUT, people we were with go there all the time and it's almost everyone's favorite place to dine! It's called Cuchapeta's and started out as one house, that has now grown to two houses which they've joined by making steps down, steps up, steps down, steps up ... turn right, turn left, stairs down .... you get the idea. It is VERY old (1500's), super thick walls like Europe, all white with low ceilings, and packed with people - oh, and the smells!! Their specialities are seafood - shrimp, crab, oysters, octypus and fresh fish of all sorts. Only Tequila and beer are served. Kelly tried to choke me
Where EDM now sits was originally the holiday home of Art Linklater who hosted guests such as John Wayne, and other long gone people who's names we've forgotten at this moment. This is out of context I know, but I just thought of it.
Anyway, the main reason for the dinner last night was to celebrate Lance's birthday. We had/have no clue who Lance was, but who are we to turn down a dinner invite?
Chuchapeta opens at 11am, and closes at 7pm ... no exceptions!! Lance and his friend took a bus from EDM, to Villa Union only to discover the bus they were on was actually going to Mazatlan (opposite direction), so in Mazatlan they got off the bus and hailed a taxi to take them to Chuchapeta's - now about 1 hour away! They arrived about 6:20pm!! Anyway, in the meantime we had devoured some of the best seafood appetizers/dinners I've ever had as each dish was sent around the table for all present to sample. YUMMY! The person we went with had to leave early, so we were home by 7pm ... and happy for it. We were full of awesome food, and Tequila, and Pacifico's. As soon as you got close to finishing your beer or Tequila, the waiters swept away the empty and replaced it with a fresh one. Dangerous indeed, but great fun if you're not driving AND on holidays.
That's about it for now I guess. Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Family Day, happy long weekend, and Happy Valentine's Day!! Chat with you later and please keep the emails coming! They're fun!! Best of holidays to the Pearts, Zotsmans, and Pringles who are on the east coast of Mexico as of today - hope you get better weather than the Ortman's did - although it's always better than Feb. in Canada!.
Cheers all,
Al & Pat
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