Mazatlan is Mexico’s second largest coastal city (after Acapulco), with nearly 600,000 inhabitants. It has the largest port facility between Los Angeles and the Panama Canal, and is home to Latin America’s biggest fleet of commercial shrimp vessels (over 800 boats). Nearly 40 tons of shrimp are processed each year, making Mazatlan “the shrimp capital [...]
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Mazatlan on The Pacific Coast of Mexico
March 26th, 2009 
Sheila Simkin 
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Tags: accommodation, adventure, cruises, destination, event, events, family cruise, family trip, family vacation, food, hotels, information, landmark, log, Mazatlan, Mexican Riviera Cruise, nature, NCL, Norwegian Star, sightseeing, travel 
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Cabo San Lucas on the California Baja Peninsula
March 25th, 2009 Sheila Simkin Cabo San Lucas. I visited Cabo San Lucas around 1975? 1976? Whatever year it was, there was nothing there but beaches and fisherman. Now there are still fishermen and incredibly posh hotels. Quite a few extremely expensive, world class hotels on the Baja Peninsula where the rich and truly famous congregate. The One&Only Palmilla is [...]
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Breakfast May Be Your Most Important Meal but…
March 24th, 2009 Sheila Simkin …Breakfast also happens to be my favorite meal of the day. Give me a huge menu or buffet and you’ll see one very happy camper. If you want it, The Norwegian Star has it. Huge buffet breakfasts served every morning in the Market Cafe until 11 am with anything a person could possibly want. Eggs [...]
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A Cruise Day At Sea on The NCL Norwegian Star
March 23rd, 2009 Sheila Simkin Grandchildren came back and forth last night. “Grandma, I don’t feel well, the boat is tipping.” Children and grandchildren took pills for motion sickness “just in case,” and I had trouble sleeping listening to the ship creaking in the open sea. The nightly Freestyle Daily told us to move clocks forward one hour heading to [...]
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Cabins on The NCL Norwegian Star Cruise
March 22nd, 2009 Sheila Simkin To the cabins and more aggravation. Key cards that didn’t work. FYI: They become demagnetized if you put them near iPods, cell phones, keys, coins, anything metallic. Heard at reception, another family was missing 7 bags for two days, thankfully, not us. A long wait for luggage to be delivered to the room. And… on…and…on. [...]
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The Norwegian Star Cruise Embarked in Los Angeles
March 21st, 2009 Sheila Simkin Another early morning with continental breakfast at the Travelodge with lots of time to kill before the shuttles picked us up at 11:00 a.m. for transfer to the Port of Los Angeles. Back and forth between rooms with an announcement from Tracie that her room was filled with ants and son, Jordan even had ants [...]
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The Travels With Sheila Family Group Flies To California
March 20th, 2009 Sheila Simkin This was it. The big flying day to Los Angeles from Chicago. ex-Marine and I both nervous wrecks since Chicago had a horrible December with three times the normal amount of snow, bitter cold, a minor ice storm during the night making roads slippery and hazardous. Two families arrive at our house at the ungodly [...]
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Plannning A Family Cruise Down The Mexican Riviera Continued…
March 18th, 2009 Sheila Simkin Next? The all important Air! The headcount was 20 persons…you read this correctly…airfare for 20. Four coming from Denver and everyone else in the Chicago area. I busily added up my accumulated miles on United, called them and got four free tickets! TA-DA!!! That helped a bit. Hotel? Yes, we needed a hotel/motel for one [...]
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How to Pick A Cruise Line and Destination?
March 17th, 2009 Sheila Simkin Deciding what ship to take was very difficult. There were exactly three cruise lines with departures on December 27 in both the Caribbean and down the West Mexican Coast. NCL, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. Prices were comparatively the same. After lots of should we do this.. should we do that…picked NCL, Norwegian Caribbean Line. NCL [...]
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A Family Holiday Cruise Along the Mexican Coast
March 16th, 2009 Sheila Simkin You would think that planning a family cruise would be a no-brainer wouldn’t you? Bah…humbug. Trying to schedule a trip around school, vacations, sports, dentists, orthodontists, illnesses is a logistical nightmare. It may be easier to plan an OPEC Summit than a family vacation. Thanksgiving? Out – only two grandchildren have vacation over the entire [...]
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