Quick Trip - Days 4 and 5

Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

The last two days have been about nothing but travel.

We had a very lazy morning, with a late breakfast at the lodge, then made our way to the train station to catch the 11:47AM train.  The day started off nice, but by around 11AM it got cloudy and a cold wind started blowing - just as well we were leaving - we are simply not acclimatized to these cold temperatures any more.

The train was on time and we again were able to travel in second class, saving even more money this time since it was a longer trip.  We took the train all the way back to Los Mochis, where we arrived around 10PM.  It started raining after about the first hour into the trip and drizzled on and off for the entire way.  With the rain and clouds and the windows getting wet, and getting dark around 6PM, there was very little to see on this leg of the journey.

When we arrived in Los Mochis, we shared a taxi with a couple of Mexicans who were staying in a nearby hotel.  We elected to continue our deluxe tour by staying overnight in the nicest hotel in town, again a Best Western.  We had made a reservation when we were in Creel but I doubt it was necessary - it did not look very busy.

In the morning, it was still overcast but it was not raining any more.  We walked to what we thought was the TAP bus terminal, but misjudged and ended up taking an Elite bus instead - we had to wait less than 10 minutes before we left at 8:40AM.  The Elite bus was not quite as luxurious as the TAP bus, but it was not bad, and it only had one stop along the way.  Six hours later we were in Mazatlan, where we reversed our previous route and grabbed a local bus back to the marina.  The weather remained dreary and overcast the entire way.

When we got back to the boat, there was some water on the decks so we were happy that we had closed up all the ports before we left.  All in all, this was a good day to be travelling.

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