Ahead of time I got in touch with Jesus Anderson at Scooter-Mania of Mazatlan. He set us up with 16 scooters and we were able to tour Maz in style. What a blast.
We heard rumors that the natives like to run you off the road, but that proved false. Most of our group had not been on scooters before and managed just fine. In fact many thought it was the best part of the cruise. I highly recommend it if you are ever in Mazatlan. Just be aware that you need a full tank of gas when you pick them up. They had to add some scooters from another company and they were not all full, so we needed to find gas part-way through the day. The scooters were delivered right to the dock, so it was very convenient. Jesus met us as we walked off the ship.Our route took us to the cliff divers and the Cathedral. We then took the Avenida del Mar north until we ran out of road. There is a small shopping area under construction with two typical beach restaurants there. Fresh hot tortilla's and fish. Leaving the restaurants we turned left after about a quarter mile and took this rural well paved road until we hit Hwy 15. We turned back around and made a leisurely return to Maz.
We just stayed on Avenida del Mar until we came to the road to the end of that road. Turn right toward "El Faro" the lighthouse. This is the second tallest land-based lighthouse in the world (after the Gibraltar). Free refreshments await at the top, and you'll deserve them. You can park your scooters right at the trail-head. You can see the trail in this photo. The lovely building in the foreground is the sewage treatment plant, so the fragrance of the sea is lost until you turn the corner of the trail.
After that we returned the scooters to the dock and sailed off into the sunset (literally).
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