Irma Hotel Zihuatanejo

... some nice times together we unload everything and settle in. <br><br>That&#8217;s been 10 days ago now and we are taking it super easy. The place is a one room apartment and we are four people and I think we are managing it like champs. We get up at around 8 am, drink coffee, look at the waves, Jason goes surfing, I hang out, he comes back, we go for a walk, we go surfing together, we get shores done, drive to the pueblo Los Llanos, we take a nap, eat, relax, play with Lucy ...

... or Oaxaca. Up until the early to mid 20th century it was just a small fishing village. But with the Mexican resort boom in the early seventies, the area were perfect for building a government planned resort village nearby called Ixtapa. <br><br>Its the best of both worlds. If you want to stay in a resort area with mega-resort amenities then Ixtapa is your place. If you want to experience rural Mexican living, like we do, then Zihua is for you. Its just a ten minute bus ride between ...

... and accepted Christ as her savior. A few months later, her mother also accepted Christ. As Carminda told me, they are "fruit" of the church here...which is yet more proof that God is present in Irapuato, working in the lives of the natives. <br><br>At the beach, there were many times where I wish I was better at Spanish...they would ask me questions and I didn't know what they were saying, let alone how to answer. I know ...

... be a good place to go if you wanted an all inclusive, stress free vacation with beautiful beaches and hotels.<br><br>Before we arrived in Ixtapa we were pulled over by two military check points. These areas are usually heavily armed with at least 10- 20 soldiers guarding the area. We passed many in the last couple weeks but we are both expecting that this time we were pulled over because Christina was driving ...

... had a kick ass arcade for the kids. Go figure. Helen and I had a great dinner way a top the bay one night and dinner in the downtown area another night. We had this great bay access path below our hotel that gave us a thirty minute walk to town and made a great jogging path in the morning. I even gave the surf a try right in front of our hotel in the bay but was way to close to the rocks for me. This little local nut on a surf board would ride waves right into the rocks.

... and then bother my sister Anita in Berlin : ) where we will be staying until October before we'll come back to the land of the ever-shining sun, Mexico! Since we got back to Zihua a few weeks ago, we were very lucky of having found some good friends before, who helped us to get settled very fast. We are staying at an apartment of our friend Dafne, who is spending the time of our stay in the US and lets us use her place, which we gratefully accepted. The apartment is ...

... Mangos No. 25, Tel: 01 (755) 112-2191, Web: www.angelashostel.com.mx. This excellent budget friendly Canadian owned hotel/hostel is tucked in behind the market. Run by Greg and Angela, the hotel offers en-suite rooms, dorms, and a communal kitchen. Their current rates are 100 peso in a dorm and 250, 350 &amp; 400 peso for 1/2, 3 or 4 persons. <br><br ...

... in October, let's see. Well, back to the rain. I'm dedicating so much attention to it because it just amazes me how much water can come down within a few minutes. The consequences of just 30 min hard rain are quite, how can I say, stinky and dirty!! The mud and dirt from the mountains are washed down the hills and get into the canal system. System is probably a pretty strong word here, not sure we could call something like this a system in Europe, but most of the time ...

... all seemed to be very uneventful. The checkpoint after the repairs was the most thorough one to date. They wanted to see everything. The only question they asked was "What's in here?". We now have a better command of Spanish and communication with the soldiers was much easier. We actually used Spanish terms to describe the things in our van. What progress we have made. The drive along Mexican Highway 200 provided some amazing views ...

... lawn to listen to the music and even bring your own food. It really is a magical place. I especially should have loved it because I got to see the play "Gypsy" featuring a Broadway legend: Patti LaPone and also the Joffrey Ballet and even a night of Jazz, a night of Classical,some Blues and even the B52´s. Yet, I still really wasn´t happy and plus there was no one to go with because everybody was "Busy" busy doing what? I have no idea except that ever since I became sicker people ...