We’re winding up some things in preparation of leaving, yet we’re still finding fun things to do in Mazatlan.
Every evening the kids hit the beach. They boogie board the “sand dunes”—the little hill of beach sand next door, and then hit the waves.
The city park. We were happy—and yet still strangely unhappy—that they finally got rid of the caged animals scattered throughout the park. No more jaguar, boar, or deer to be found.
They go off each morning, the happiest kids in the world, to see their Spanish tutor. Honestly, I’ve no idea what they do there that can be so much fun.
The ocean pool finally reopened recently. For years it’s been shut down and decaying. It’s pretty cool, though I suppose it’s unnecessary, considering the miles and miles of beaches. Still, it’s pretty unique having waves crash against, and over the top of, the pool you’re swimming in. The kids sure loved it.
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Through picture and word you’re paving a historical legacy. At this point in time, how do you see the final chapter written. Not contrived, just inspired. Travel on endless traveler.
Ah ha! Don Juan is real. He must be getting on in the years though.
Mark & Cindy
Watching the way you two are raising your children is like stepping back in time. You ROCK! They are so fortunate!
Me alegro tanto que sus ninos visitan cada dia a un ensenador de Espanol !! Felicidades !!
MF.
Precious moments, thanks for sharing. What a beautiful family.
Awesome photos, Ali! And that ocean pool looks rad.
Another post full of beautiful photos 🙂
How exciting that the kids love going to spend time with their Spanish tutor. If only all children were exposed to learning another language at an early age…
We have dozens of ocean pools in Sydney, a fantastic place to swim laps etc. Have never seen one anywhere outside Australia.
I read the other day that most of the ATMs in Mexico are corrupted and steal your info and your money. How do you get cash?
Funny that you write that today. We just had to call our bank yesterday because of some fraudulent ATM withdrawals. This is the second time, if I remember correctly, that this has happened in all our years here. We use ATMS everywhere. Frankly, it’s not something I give much thought to, even with this recent incident. The banks won’t take the simple steps to fix the problem, and they always take care of it without a hassle, so it’s easy for me to ignore it. We do, however, keep a very close eye on our accounts. We caught this one within 24 hours.
We mostly use the ATMs found in Sorianas or bank lobbies, and havent had any issues – aside from once forgetting to tell our bank when we were going to be in Mexico; and they saw the Mexican transactions as “suspicious activity”.
I worry less about ATMs in Mexico than I do in the USA, where you can buy new or used ones on ebay, including card readers to upgrade older ones to work with the EMV cards, and folks selling ‘software services’ to make your ATM do ‘whatever’ you want.
Pat,
The pictures and all the adventures are priceless!
You could make a picture of the kids eating a peanut butter sandwich look like a historic event!
Oh, I think you already have.
Love you guys! Safe travels!