Friday, December 18, 1964 En route to Mazatlan
Full day at sea. At noon ,
ship was 29˚08’ N. Lat. 116˚16’ E. Long, had traveled 292 nautical miles from
L.B. Laving 719 to go to next port. WE average 15.29 knots per hour. Air
temperature was 61˚, sea temp was 61˚.
Saturday, December 19, 1964
Bright sunny day (La soles frillo) Captain announced Cocktail Party for passengers at 5 PM. Dinner at six. It was our first evening to be quite mild. All of the passengers spent most of the early evening on deck.
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| Shopping List: was stuck between pages. |
Sunday, December 20, 1964 Mazatlan
We passed up breakfast and slept until 10 am. Actually only 9 as clocks were advanced one hour for the different time zone we were in. Weather quite warm good breeze. Hop to off Mazatlan about 12:30 PM to watch for Pilot. Mazatlan is spread along the Mexican Mainland at the foot of the lofty Sierra Madre Mountains and opposite the top of Baya California. It is the largest Mexican Port on the Pacific. The exceedingly long beach is fringed with grooves of cocoa palms, a south sea island theme. After lunch we learned the Pilot would not come aboard until 7 AM tomorrow, so we spent a lazy warm afternoon, I listened to radio shortwave of Buffalo Bills playing at Boston in a snow storm.
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| Mexican Pesos |
Monday, December 21, 1964 Mazatlan
I awoke a few minutes before seven and realized the ships was under way. It was slowly heading for the narrow opening between the ends of the breakwater. A tug assisted in leading to dock and after tieing a line, procided to push the ship so it would face the open sea when ready to sail. This was necessary as there was only dock space for four ships.
We were ready to go ashore. All details with customs and immigration were handled by Purser. We started out with the Nelsons. It was truly a Mexican town, population of 50,000. We were impressed that we were not approached by a single child or adult begging for a handout and only one person persistently followed us trying to sell us (a small rug) on the street. Weather was very mild, good breeze. We covered quite a few miles walking and returned to ship for lunch. I took a short nap then a walk by myself over to hotel and beach section. Millie stayed in bed all afternoon to rest her tired feet. After dinner on ship, ten of us took a city bus at dock gate for a round trip fare 40 centavos - 3.2 cents. It was a wild ride over some very bumpy roads with the driver turning sharp corners with abandon. Topped off the day with bridge.
Tuesday, December 22, 1964 Mazatlan
Expected to sail in PM. Ten of us took bus into town and another one (no transfer) that ran north out of town along the beach and then the residential, motel and hotel section. We went to the end of the line and then climbed some famous promontory jutting into the sea. The name of which escapes me for the moment. Back to town on the next bus wanted to look over the hotels but time did not permit so we hailed a dock bus and contributed our fourth 3.2 cents for quite a few miles of transportation. We arrived at 12:15 PM and were told the ship would not sail until Wednesday as there was some cargo (cotton) coming from the interior which was delayed and would not arrive until late tonight and that stevedores would work all night. Sailing time 6 AM 23
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