El Burro Borracho Zihuatanejo

... having our last night. The storm was right over us drowning our tent like crazy. Is that a déjà-vu? You betcha! Gee, we were so upset stressing like in old times and just ready to give up. Next morning we dry out our tent, clean it real neatly and decide to get a dry accommodation until Jason’s parents get here. We went to our favourite place, Troncones! Abuelita was more than happy to rent out one of her little rooms to us, since we were the only guests she had. We were ...

Its been about three weeks since Tracy and I got to Zihuatanejo (see wah tah
NAY ho), which is in the Mexican state of Guerrero. We picked this town solely based on what we saw online as far as: population (not too big or too small), access to many different beaches, and the potential for lots of restaurants to choose from.

Zihuatanejo, or "Zihua" as the locals call it, is a fairly new city. There are no giant cathedrals or colonial buildings like you would find in Mexico ...

This past weekend I went to Ixtapa, which is a beach city about 6 hours from where I'm living! I was invited by a woman named Daphne from the church here, and so we went with her mom, sister, daughter, and nephew. It was a lot of fun, very hot, and and sometimes very difficult with the language barrier.

Daphne and her mother are new Christians. Apparently Daphne came to the women's group at the church about 4 months ...

... seemed as if the young men were bored and just wanted to stop us to check out Christina. Both times they told us it was a routine search but they didn't really search much and when they asked for ID, it was poorly viewed.  In both situations the soldiers were friendly and did not give us a hard time. Furthermore, in both situations, they asked Christina if I was her Husband… not sure how that relates to anything?

After Barra De Navidad, we climbed in La Familia and headed to Zihuatanejo. This 8 hour drive was some awesome coastal driving with lunch in a surreal beach stop along the way. Our hotel had the most beautiful bay view with a vanishing edge pool and lots of areas to play cards, relax, and read. We made daily trips to Troncones, driving on the beach to surf, play coconut bowling, and have cervezas. We went through the smallest, poorest puebla (town) you'd imagine but ...

... whether the large sailing yacht that in 2003 was lying on its side quite close to shore was still gathering barnacles six years later. I was almost surprised to see that it was no longer there.

If Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta and Zihuatanejo have anything in common it is that all three are located on beautiful bays. Nevertheless the scene here in Zihuatanejo is particularly beautiful because the bay is much smaller and protected making the scenery much ...

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Casa Celeste Hotel, Hermenegildo Galeana No. 6, Tel: 01 (755) 544-7413, Web: www.hotelcasaceleste.com. This small luxury hotel, with 15 rooms and a pool has only recently opened and is located in the heart of Zihuatanejo. All the en-suite rooms are nicely furnished with king-size beds, wireless, and cable TV. The hotel sits on the town ...

... what he meant and took off. We walked this perfectly paved street for a little bit, always downhill and surrounded by deep jungle. Then we started to see some houses. The houses or I should rather say villas, were almost finished and we could tell that construction had stopped at one point in time. The villas looked impressive! A fancy ghost town! We didn't see one single person and we continued walking until we got to an intersection with nice street lights and ...

On March 15, 2007 we finally decided to leave Puerto Vallarta behind. We pulled into the gas station and filled up 'Nilla before trekking through the entire town of Vallarta to reach the highway on the other side. It was a hot day and we were sweating just rolling through town. The highway breeze could not come soon enough. We were barely out of town when we noticed signs to a highway roadstop that included waterfalls, crystal clear ...

... packet, stripping off the foil, and packing a whole bud into it. We had a beer and kept watch for this little boy, because the boy was looking for money from him, this guy kept ducking down behind the beach wall and making me lie to the little boy, telling him I hadn't seen his amigo. Now, there's been a bit of slanderous commentary regarding my choice of beer, in the vein of coronas being an ill-advised, unauthentic cervesa, or, worded more succinctly, "gringo beer ...