Guy: The Spiritual Blader - One of the Interesting People I've met in Mazatlán

By Angela Jackson

Anyone who walks the Malecón knows
him, at least by sight. You can see him rollerblading along, fluidly navigating between vendors, cyclists and pedestrians. Dressed in black, he resembles batman on blades. His name is Guy; he’s 62 years old but looks years younger and he lives here full-time. I wanted to find out more about him, so we met for coffee, and I was impressed by his genuine love for Mazatlán and its people. He got here because his daughter was visiting Mazatlán and he asked her to check into property. She found a condo and he bought it over the telephone, sight unseen, he says. “Moving here radically changed my life,” Guy acknowledged. “I left my job as air traffic controller in Montreal, and moved here. Mazatlán did for me what I could not do for myself. I live a simple life; I don’t