February 3, 2008

Mardi Gras - Mazatlan, Mexico

Here we are all decked out for Mardi Gras. Photo taken on the day of the big parade.

We bought seats at this disco place. We sat up on the platform so we had a great view of the parade as it came up the street. You can see the people gathering below.

It was dark by the time the parade began and because my digital takes lousy night pictures, I didn’t get any good shots. But this one turned out pretty good and it is just a sample of the kinds of floats that were rolling along. They were spectacular.

It was predicted that there would be a million people on the Melacon the day of the parade. We couldn’t see it, but the Melacon is 6 miles long, the longest in Mexico, and we were sitting at the end, so who knows, maybe???

Here is a picture of us with new friends we met at the parade. Cliff and Denise are from Edmonton. We shared a few cervezas and a few laughs.