My daughter and I decided to save the elevator ride to the top of the sombrero for sunset, and do a little shopping while the sun shone. You never know when high winds may shut down the tower. We definitely didn't want to risk that. After you've done a few shops, you begin to detect a theme. Pedro ashtrays, Pedro backscratchers, Pedro mugs, magnets, matches, coloring books, glasses, key chains and T-shirts.
Sombreros are too big to haul back north on the plane, but they're available at most shops.
Pedro has six restaurants, but something about the ambience inside, cow and sombrero themes, Hamburger Heaven, Hot Tamale, and the Cafe of the Pink Turtle made us decide to save our appetites for later. This was a highlight of our outing, and we had wisely chosen the perfect time. Once again, South of the Border took our breath away. A world of bright red and blue and green and yellow and orange neon spread before us. Lured back into Pedro's wonderland by the sight of all that colorful neon lighting up the dusk, we were rejuvenated by seeing a bit of the place by night.