Thursday, March 18, 2010

On our own in Mazatlan

So easy on the eyes... This guy reminded us of China! I think I could've gotten him in my carry-on. This was a large market downtown much like our Q-mart at home - well, in some ways. You don't have to pay to use the bathroom in Pennsylvania. Otherwise I might be broke.
There were some beautiful buildings in downtown Mazatlan. Neo-classic architecture, according to our city-tour guide. Also behind me, is a mode of transportation exclusive to Mazatlan, called a Pulmonia, which is Pnuemonia in Spanish. When these things were first starting to be used, the taxi drivers told people not to use them, or they'd get pnuemonia. Apparently no one cared, because these are everywhere!

The opera house...we could hear a voice lesson going on inside.

Daytime picture of the cathedral - so beautiful.

This is the only catholic cathedral that has the star of David on it...in each of the 28 or so stained glass windows is a star of David....a thank you to the many Jewish contributors to the building project.

Sweet girl we were playing with on the bus...we'd bought a hand-made doll from she and her mom the day before. See her sweatshirt - all around the world, girls love princesses!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Loved your pics! Mom

Lynne said...

Oooh, the cow's head is pretty creepy! Love the cathedral, though!

Ruth Buck said...

Nice cow's head Sarah! :) Can't tell you enough how much we enjoyed having you at Casa de Buck for the short stint you were here. Am hanging onto the memories of "fellowship"!