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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Joan and Randy's new house

As I mentioned and documented last year, J&R are building their house in the famous "Historic Center" of Mazatlan. Joan stayed here all summer to assure that the building makes progress. She says that progress is slow, but progress there is. You may recall (and can of course go back and access) my blog from last spring, showing the building site.

Well the gap has been closed, and here are some shots: Walls ceilings and floors still are raw concrete and the interior finishing has to be started. lets take a look:

Upper floor (3rd of three) - leads to this lofty outdoor area, looking to the Malecon (seaside promenade) as well as at the trees of a new park under construction.


Looking towards the city center to the east:


Same, a bit more to the north-east:


Zeroeing in towards the new park:


Looking over my shoulder uphill - not so exciting, but all these transmitter towers on the Icebox Hill, as it is called, serve as a landmark if you get lost:

  

On the wide open lower, middle or main floor will be a kitchen, and when I left there today they expected delivery and installation of a 3-section sliding door:


On a lower floor will be utility areas, parking and work area - no pictures for now. But let's step outside: The new place is between those two posts




A view from higher up - remember there is a shrine for the Virgin of Gouadeloupe across - shows the flat roof with the large water tank.


The car is parked inside behind the large iron gate:


Well, Kian and family will be visiting soon, and I am sure that until then there will be significant further improvements!

On my way back I got a bit confused on thus my first downtown visit this fall, and \i took the bus in the wrong direction, ending up in the harbor area. No problem, I just rode all the way back and arrived home, just a bit later.

Back in Mazatlan - Fall 2017

Hello friends:

I am back in my winter quarters at the Punta Cerritos Trailer Park in Mazatlan.  If you want to hear about some activities here, consider entering your email on the side bar - so that you automatically will received notifications whenever I add a new post. It is too cumbersome - with my small portable laptop that is not working very fast - to send messages to all as I usually do. Much easier to let you know any news via this blog.

Hasta Luego!