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Walt & Malia Young

We had a tough time picking an excursion here because we didn’t really like any of the choices. Ultimately, we chose a privately booked Stone Island Excursion. Pretty lame. Same as the one off the ship, but only $35, which included a boat ride out of the harbor, around some rocks & sea lions, then back to a 3-wood from the ship, across the channel, and on the beach. If you don’t have a better option, just take a water taxi across the channel, then bum a ride or even walk the couple of blocks south down the beach and hang out. That can probably be done for all of $10 each. Heist some fruit from the cruise ship or something. All in all, we don’t feel the need to return to Mazatlan, with one exception: When we were returning to the ship, we had arranged to take the scenic route back, with a more extensive tour of the city, and our guide took us to this awesome little shop called Sea Shell City. Northern end of the Golden Zone. We have been to Mexico about 10 times in the last 6 years, from Cozumel and Cancun to Tijuana/Rosarito Beach, and we have never found better prices on carved stone and wood animals, and shells, and other fun little trinkets as we found in this store. We already wish we had bought more things, just for inexpensive little gifts. Example: The little carved stone “families” of 7 little fish/elephants/sea horses/dolphins, etc, for just $5. Obsidian carved masks that are always $35-$40 elsewhere were only $15-$20. Huge selection as well. So if you like that kind of inexpensive stuff, don’t miss this store.