Weekend in Mazatlan

Weekend in Mazatlan
I have been very bad when it comes to updating this blog – my apologies. It is strange, but somehow there´s not enough time to go around.
Last week was very busy at work but with the great advantage of being a short one (at least for me). Magdalena and I had planned to go away for some sun and beach, and decided to go to Mazatlan. It is a town on the pacific coast and a good place to get some much needed r´n ´r. So Thursday afternoon, we left the office in beachwear, said goodbye to colleagues and headed off to the airport. Mazatlan is only about one hour away with plane so perfect timing to get in, have dinner and start relaxing. Like most of these cities there are a few obvious drawbacks. One is the exploitation; the hotel zone by the beach reminded both of us of how it can be in Thailand (all of you who have been pack-packing there knows what I mean) with neon signs, palm trees and small tuk-tuk-like cars with drunk Americans in them. That brings me to the second drawback; Americans. There is just something about them, especially the ones you find in these kinds of places that makes me so happy I am a European. I wouldn´t go as far as calling all of them self absorbed, loud and obnoxious, but unfortunately enough of them are to make it slightly annoying. The good thing about Mazatlan is that if you leave the hotel zone there is a very beautiful older part of town as well. So when we got tired of the sun, pool and beach (and Americans) we went downtown to see some old colonial houses and more local environment.
All in all it was a great weekend with just the right amount of activities. We spent quite a lot of time at the pool (of course) working on our almost non-existing tan, but we also managed to:
- Crash a magazine launch and get wasted with the local wannabees
- Use boat taxi
- Sneak in to mass at the cathedral
- Almost sell a lindex dress to a beach saleswoman
- Attend a beach party
- Pet a goat (Magda) and a donkey (me) at Stone Island
- Visit an amateur flamenco show (god damned they were bad!)
- Buy souvenirs at the local market
- Find what is probably the only techno club in town and dance ourselves silly

I will get some pics for you as soon as I can to underline the fun and games we had. Now I have to get ready for bed; tomorrow is another work day. But I have this weekend to look forward to; Friday we have tickets to David Guetta. Ea eah!

Oh, and by the way; not burned at all despite the vast amount of sun oil and carotene used :)

/J

Hello 12 hour workdays!

I am becoming a corporate slave (well intern-slave) and I am barely even noticing it! The last days of last week plus this one has been crazy - preparing quarterly meetings, getting assignemnts and objectives done and spending an awful alot of time in teleconferences with different countries. Twelve hour later I am out of the office, home for a jog and dinner and then sleep. Not much time for other things and the wierdest thing is I am not minding it that much; I really like what I am doing. Ok, I am swedish and we are used to overtime pay and leaving the office at six the latest, but I am slowly adapting to this mexican way of working.

It is however not all work and no play; the weekend presented itself to be quite interesting (again) and just like last weekend I made up for all the overtime by partying into overtime. Went to bed around 9:15 am on saturday and boom, there went the entire day. So annoying - especially since it is starting to become warm and nice now (25-28 degrees). I am thinking about taking a vow of abstinence for this upcoming weekend - no more drinks and parties only enjoying the days and exercising. We´ll see....

Other good news; me and Mags booked a trip to Mazatlan for next weekend; finaly some sun and beach! Looking at hotels now, so I have to focus so I do not end up somewhere totally off. More on this later.

besitos! Juanito