Witch Beach

Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

A day at the beach.  Not swimming mind you - water is just a little too rough and probably a little cold as well.

We spent the best part of a day exploring to the north of the marina.  A short walk took us to the start of a reasonably nice looking beach area, lined with a few hotels, condominiums, time-shares and even a few houses.  Unlike the Golden Zone to the south, this area is still being developed and has a bit of an unfinished look to it.  Not a lot of people around either - what there were were concentrated around a couple of the larger resorts.  Occupancy in the hotels and resorts is down throughout Mazatlan, and Mexico in general, in a large part due to the exaggerated tales of violence, particularly by the US government.  Very sad as this area has a lot to offer.

The beach itself is a few miles long and mostly deserted.  We of course walked the entire length (took about an hour and a half) to get to the reward at the end; a nice friendly restaurant with an oddly spooky motif.  Presumably this is Playa Bruja (Witch Beach).  Be interesting to know how it got this name.

The walk back was just as long (the better to wear off lunch), but somewhat quicker as we took to the street side of the resorts and did not have to wade through the soft sand.  The street alternates between upscale high-security gated communities and resorts and vacant lots used primarily as garbage dumps.  Needs work!  Would these be called tree houses do you think?

The weather here remains warm during the day and cool at night.  The locals assure us that it will be much warmer in a couple of weeks.  We have contracted a local entrepreneur (Pedro) to build us a new Bimini (a sun-shade for our cockpit) so we will have to stay here for at least a week more; probably longer if the Mexican marine workers are anything like the ones in Canada when it comes to adhering to promised delivery dates..

Susanne just loves the dainty glasses of fresh-squeezed orange juice that she gets here.

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