Sent-off from Marina Mazatlan.

Today, December 31 st 2011, we let go of our warps and left the slip in Marina Mazzatlan, which we had occupied all the time. It was quite exciting and also emotional.All our fellow cruisers were seeing us off in style.












Rick and his crew were making sure of no last minute problems.
Sergio is holding the warps and Julio to the right. Our cruiser friends are looking on.






Rick with Mexican wife, Margo.
Margo presented me with a beautiful crystal necklace with a cruisifix and a picture of the holy virgin to bring us happy sailing. I was very moved by her kind thought.








He, Rick is very happy and pleased to have completed all the jobs on Aros Mear and ready to turn to projects on other boats. Rick has looked after the boat for many years and knows every corner of her. He has always been there for us with help and advise. Can we manage without him?




Life is good on the ocean wave!
















Mazatlan Light house is the second highest in the world.











Balmy sea and sky.

Christmas Day

David and I felt very privileged to be invited along to Susan and Dennis Everington's beautiful Christmas Party in their lovely house on the Isla.
Three other couples were along and we had a wonderful time.








Marni and Michelle help themselves at the buffet.
We had turkey and all the trimmings including mashed potatoes, tray-baked potatoes, red cabbage, cucumber salad, many other salads much more.













Dennis, our wonderful host made sure our glasses were full and that we had plenty of his coffee-rhum-toddy, egg-nog and other specialities.
















Susan, our lovely hostess, is a wonderful cook and makes all of her specialties from scratch. She cooks beautiful dishes with exotic ingredients and bakes lovely cakes and 'moreish' sweets, which are to die for.










The other cruisers at the party.
















David and Gitte.












Ladies at the dinner table, while the men are busy at the buffet behind.











My Christmas dinner.











Two different very tasty cakes, and to the right are candised limes with sweet shredded coconut. Yummy!













Sunset from the house.











Notice the Christmas tree inside!

More sweets and cookies!

Re-naming ceremony of Aquarius to Aros Mear.

On December 22nd we had our re-naming ceremony for the boat from Aquarius to Aros Mear.
We had a great celebration and David made his address to Poseidon, The Greek god of the Seas, and the four Winds and asked for blessings.

Renaming Your Boat - BoatSafe.com See this web-site.

A stone belonging to Aquarius was sent to the bottom of the sea, and champagne was poured from east to west, north to south, and the other way as well. It was all done very formally.

!st photo : Gitte serving mulled wine

2nd Photo: Rick unveiling the new name,
Aros Mear, , written on the stern.








Gitte and David are drinking a toast to the boat.














Rick and his crew were at the ceremony together with friends and neighbours in the marina.













Fred and Ed from our dock.












David serving Haggis Bites to fellow Scot, John Graham.












Julio tucking in to a pizza.













Here is Nardine's ( from another boat on the dock) beautiful contribution the our party!












Mike and John enjoying themselves.












Sergio, Chris, husband Mike, and Bill enjoying beer and mulled wine.

Our after- mas celebration inside the cabin!

More from the dump!

Children queuing for food.














Food hand-out.

Dog having a pee in the dump.

Cans in a bag for a few pesos.

Men in the dump queuing for food.













And the vultures are looking for scraps.

Visit to the Slum -area and Dump in Mazatlan.

Members of The Vineyard Church go out to very poor areas in Mazatlan two times a week and hand out lunch-packs, water and fruit to the children and men in the dump.

First we buttered and packed the lunch in the church hall.





















Photos from the slum.



























This is how some people live.



























Photos from the dump.















Scrounger in the dump.












Scroungers collecting lunch from the bus which took us out there.














The dump and its men.













Children in the queue for food.

























More kids in the queue.














Waiting for food.















Is the any food left for me?