Oceano Palace

Hello Again (or still!) It's the beginning of year two of our great adventure, living and traveling in Pyke's Palace, our Monaco Windsor motorhome. We'll do some looking back in the rear view mirror, sharing some more of the many photos we took this past ...

... a 2 mile by 1 mile field of 3 foot mud walls - apart from one section which they have restored. It is a palace complete with courtyards, plazas, relief lined corridors and funery temples. Although not as impressive as Huaca Del Luna (which is completely ...

... you can see impressive streets that go up and down. In 1755 a big earthquake destroyed most of the city buildings, including the royal palace, that had to be moved to the neighboring village of Belem, which is now on the West side of the city. On this ...

... and drove to Barra, an oceanfront neighborhood that greatly resembles Miami/South Beach. Like the Ocean Drive of South Beach, "Avenida Oceano" is an eclectic mix of lights, colors, and sounds radiating from the many bars and cafes that line the street. ...

After a rainy day looking around Santiago, we took a bus to Porto in Portugal, where we stayed in the Pensao Grande Oceano, a central, family-run hotel, for 30 euros.  Porto is a picturesque, hilly city, probably an overlooked city in an overlooked ...

Well today we head back to Mazatlan. Almost like going home since we just spent 4 days there. Looking forward to the rid through the jungle again. We decided to take a different road through Tepic instead of the coast. Trying to get a little different ...