Last night we had a good nights rest in the Fiesta Inn. This is a new building and it has quiet air conditioning.
This morning we went to a nearby restaurant for a buffet breakfast. It was OK. I forgot my hat there so I went back and there was a mariachi band playing for some of the restaurant patrons. It was nice to listen to.
With a whole day to use and nothing much to see here in town we flagged down a cab and asked to go to the beach (about 20 minutes away). We first planned on stopping in the town of Topolobampo but as the taxi driver took us to the malecon there we were completely turned off by the large amounts of garbage everywhere. The town was disgusting. While still in the cab we decided to go farther north to a beach that we were told was nice; so off we went.
We were taken past mangrove swamps and over several bridges before we were dropped off on Maviri Island. We walked the beach (this was at 10 AM so there was hardly anyone around).
We found a beach front restaurant that had been recommended to us so we grabbed a table and chairs next to the beach until a huge palapa and over the next five hours had some fish, some crab,some beer and some pop. Caro went swimming a few times in the ocean and said it is the warmest ocean water she has ever been in. We were located on the Sea of Cortez so the water is protected from the Pacific Ocean.
By 3 PM we were in a cab on our way back to Los Mochis. The driver asked if we wanted to see the nice houses in town so we drove around for 20 minutes or so before being dropped off at the hotel.
A short time later we walked over to a botanical gardens/picnic /play area that is the #1 thing to see here. HO HUM.....
I picked up a milkshake at Carl's Junior which was fantastic and then Caro went to a nearby Liverpool store. Right now it is 7:11 and we are getting ready for a 4:30 AM wake up and our day on the Copper Canyon train. Can't wait!
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