Carnival Monigotes and Odds and ends

This year is the 125th anniversary of Carnival here in Mazatlan. The theme of Carnival this year is
"Dejavu, Dreams of a Carnival". They are already putting the statues up on the Malecon and in Centro. I guess I shouldn't call them statues - they are really called  Monigotes.  (The term “monigote” is completely colloquial and refers both to a “ridiculous doll or figure made of rags or something similar”, but also to a “poorly made painting or statue”.) There will be ten of them. So far we've seen nine.

This one is at Valentino's. You can stand inside the bottom of the dress for picture 

These are all on the Malecon between Valentino's and the Fisherman's Monument  Not in order of placement.

At the Fisherman's Monument. 

Plazuela Machado

Before Olas Altas in front of Casa del Marino 

Will be on the lookout for the tenth one. Just a few more unusual sights we've come across while driving around.  Interesting, weird, different, pretty, and wondering about. This garage door is in a residential section of Centro and houses an auto repair shop. 

Are they for sale to any one, or being delivered to a specific place?

On the side of a home. Was it once a fountain that worked?

Inside the restaurant La Antigua in Centro a pretty tile fountain.

A beautiful stained glass window, that needs some repair work. 

A bicycle planter. 

In a Panama Bakery window. Elaborate 15th birthday cake. 

The back of a parking lot. A lot of history of different structures there. There is always laundry hanging out of the window on the left. Another window has been bricked up. The freshly painted upper story of another building. Remaining walls of old buildings. What tales could these walls tell?

An interesting old building. Reminds me of a castle. What is its story. What was it when built? What is it now. A single dwelling or apartments. 

Some graffiti seen while driving around. 

More garage doors. 

New murals on this building. 

Beautiful work. 

An ice truck delivering to a beach restaurant on the Malecon. 

Panchos.

A bush trimmed to look like a basket

Where else can you find a Devil's Cave?

Another beautiful mural 

When I see him I wonder if he is thinking  "Why on earth did they paint those beautiful buildings such a drab color? What were they thinking?"

So many things to see and do here.