We've barely made it into Mexico and we're already in love. Mazatlán has been so amazing that we truly don't want to leave this Mexican oasis! Mazatlán is just a few hundred miles from the USA border, and is our first long stop on our road trip from Canada all the way through Central America with our dog, Evie. We originally planned to be here for just a week or so, but three weeks later, we are still loving it.

In this video, we start our day of exploring in the Central area (Centro Historico) which is a gorgeous spot filled with restaurants and little shops aimed at tourists. Nearby is the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception which we took a look at from outside, because what visit to a Latin American city is incomplete without a quick visit to a holy sight? Lucky for us, nearby the cathedral is Mercado Pino Suarez, or Pino Suarez Market. This market has just about anything you could want, and Evie absolutely loved all the smells she was able to find hiding in every corner of this market. The main level has butchers, flower shops, souvenir spots, and desert merchants, and upstairs is filled with all things Mexican food!

For lunch we got ourselves some proper Mexican food with Evie at our feet hoping we would drop something. Mico actually ordered a breakfast dish of eggs, chorizo, and beans, and I was able to try tostadas for the first time. Oh my goodness were our meals amazing!! Trying Mexican food in Mexico is such a treat, and we are hoping we will learn more about Mexican food as we continue our journey south through the rest of Mexico in the months to come.

After lunch we had the unfortunate experience of finding one of the few places in Mexico that doesn't allow dogs El Faro Lighthouse. We had read online that it was okay to bring dogs, but evidently that is wrong because we were told we wouldn't be able to walk up to the lighthouse with Evie in tow. So, we went back the next day without her and made the short journey to the top of El Faro to get spectacular views of Mazatlán from above.

Mazatlán is a coastal city with an incredible malecón (boardwalk). The boardwalk covers 21 kilometers of coast and was made for pedestrians, bikers, and shop keepers to enjoy the beauty of the coast. With the beach right below, this boardwalk is easily one of our favourite things about Mazatlán. If we were to ever move to Mexico permanently, this boardwalk would definitely put Mazatlán on our list of potential cities to live in!

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== Chapters ==
0:00 Where are we and how did we get here?
4:27 Pino Suarez Market
6:15 Trying Mexican food
10:15 El Faro Lighthouse fail
16:40 Our favourite thing about Mazatlan
19:57 We might not leave...

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