Hotel Review: Hotel La Siesta in Mazatlan, Mexico

Better Than a Tijuana Donkey Show

It occurs to me that I have yet to tell you about my many adventures in Mexico. Let me right that wrong with a review of the Hotel La Siesta in Mazatlan...

So I woke up one morning and realized I was bored to death and in a rut. How to solve that..hmm.. why, I think I'll go to Mexico! By the next morning I was in Monterrey, and after two days decided to go explore a bit. I walked into the bus station and just started scanning the boards for places that sounded interesting... Mazatlan! Oh yes, that will work... 30 minutes later I'm on Del Norte and wondering what have I done??

You see, this is like a whole continent away kinda bus ride. That's a slight exaggeration, but it was quite far indeed... with a driver who's goal was to get there asap and if the passengers don't survive, oh well! Truth be told, I enjoyed the majority of the ride. There was much to see. Unless you've traveled the interior of Mexico you have no idea of the poverty level here... and how happy they are over all. Smiles were on faces everywhere even as you saw the ruined excuses for shelter they lived in. A great lesson in human nature, that.

So, after all the cool scenery and whatnot we hit this mountain...fast. I decided it was time to take a nap! That was some scary stuff. Anyway, this is about the hotel, not the trip itself, but will tell you why I was so harried and tired that I allowed myself to get duped that first night in Mazatlan.

We pulled into the Mazatlan bus depot and I grabbed a cab. The cab driver did speak some English so I told him to just take me to a bed. I didn't care about room service and I did not want in the touristy area at all, I wanted the real Mazatlan.... about 30 minutes later we pulled up at the Hotel La Siesta.

The lobby was spacious and very inviting with a tropical feel to it, potted palm trees in the corners and whatnot. I liked the place and it was very within reason at 10 US dollars per night. I took it.