In the downtown shopping district of Mazatlan it looks not much different from downtown St. Vincent - there is just much more of everything, crowded, traffic squeezing, lots of shops and a big indoor market building with touristy stuff but also meats, fish and vegetables.

Sometimes, not often, you have a merchant who knows some English. One item I tried to buy is nowhere to be had: a can opener. There are Made in China kitchen items, but not an opener.


On the main shopping street the buses back to Cerritos and other places pass by, and I locked my bike to a post and still have it. But I was told to NEVER leave it unlocked. Oh well, it is just an old bike.

There are hundreds of "Supermarkets" all over, in the center and along the entire road systems - not offering much "super" stuff, and no matter how limited or small, they call it SUPER Market. There are at least three or four huge shops (MEGA, Soriana and Walmart with "everything" on the shelf: including an incredible selection of meats and bakeries and vegetables. A kg of chicken $3, vegetables between 1.5o and 3.50, fish (MahiMahi) 8.- etc. Will not go hungry, I guess.

Till next..