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Stone Island is just across the harbor to the south of Mazatlan's city center.
Depending on where you are on the "island" (which is actually connected to the mainland), you will find very different scenery.
On the north end, closest to Mazatlan, you will find the most densely populated areas with homes on the north east and the tourist beach on the north east.
On the south end, you will find some agricultural land with very few structures and some deserted beaches.
The south east end backs up to a lush, jungle-like, mangrove estuary.
Just south of the "mountain" on the north, is a more typical Mexican rural style community with dirt roads and "unfinished" buildings.
It is interesting to see the contrasts on this small "island" alone.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON MAZATLAN
Travel: January 2019
This location has earned an overall four star rating (very good) for interesting variety
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Looking across the water at Stone Island with Mazatlan's main harbor beind us, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
The popular tourist beach on the northwest end of Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
(Click on this image to go to my page on Stone Island Beach)
Typical residential street scene nearing the more dense areas east of the "mountain," Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
A sushi restaurant lost in time and space, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Group of typical stores, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Village store, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Some rather impressive bones grace this tree in the quieter part of town, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
One family has a peanut roasting business along a village road in the sleepy part of town, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Typical home construction, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Road through plantation land on the south end of Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Large house among the plantation crops, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Coconut palms, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
A look inside a coconut, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Burning off the palm fronds after harvesting the coconuts, Stone Island Beach, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Turkies puff up for visitors, Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Mostly empty beaches at the southwest end of Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
Lush, jungle-like, Mangrove estuary on the south east end of Stone Island, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 2019.
(Click on this image to go to my page on birdwatching in the mangrove estuary)
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page last revised april 2019