Monday, June 30, 2008

Our Neighborhood in Guaymas


Finally some pics of our little neighborhood, el Centro, in the downtown area of Guaymas, Sonora Mexico.

Our landlady, Lolita, owns Hotel Ana which is across the street from Lolita's "compound," including our apartment, her daughter's house and her son's apartment. Luckily, Lolita has good signage for Hotel Ana and whenever I get turned around I can just look for a Hotel Ana sign to guide me home. Our driveway is just beyond the pink building on the left.

And this is another Hotel Ana sign on another street behind our apartment. The one-way streets get tricky, but this sign was really helpful in the beginning. And this last sign is up on one of the main streets leading into Guaymas.

We need to paint "free wi-fi" on her sign to drive in some more business!










We live just blocks from an area of plazas and parks with monuments and an amusement type of park for kids with rides. This is a large monument to Guaymas fishermen, with a beautiful church in the background and the amusement park to the right.



Below is the Palacio Municipal - I'm not sure what happens in this building, but I think it houses the local jail.









Below is the Tres Presidentes Plaza...all three of these Mexican Presidents were from Guaymas! GO GUAYMAS!!




And this is the Guaymas Marina - with plans for development on the billboard. Cruise ships are scheduled to begin visiting Guaymas in the next year.



So if you're wondering what our little slice of paradise is like, there is a taste for you. More to come!

5 comments:

1st Mate said...

Great photos, Cyn, you folks really do live in a nice part of Guaymas. Sometime ask Lolita about what her house was like when she first got married. It used to be a historic site, but it was crumbling so the whole thing was rebuilt from the ground up.

Steve Cotton said...

Thank you for the tour. Do you know which cruise lines are going to stop in Guaymas?

Brenda Maas said...

The Palacio Municipal is the government office building for the city of Guaymas. Same as your city office building would be in the USA.
Have you gone into the building? You can, it is built around a central courtyard with rooms all around the outside of the courtyard.
The jail is not located there, it is located in the area called Guaymas Norte and is quite large.
You can also go and visit the "old" jail. It is on Calle 14 I think, south off of Serdan about 2 or 3 blocks. They are turning it into a museum and sometimes they have art shows there. A very interesting place to visit.

Margarita Mirasol said...

I'm getting all nostalgic.
Great pics.
I can feel the heat, too.

Nancy said...

Thanks for the pictures - Paul and I passed through in kind of a blur on our way to Mazatlan last fall - so it is nice to see your photos.