Posada Pacifico
Travel Blogs from Barra de Navidad
Dia de Muertos and Acapulco
... Dead” or Dia de Muertos. But more of that later! I mentioned in my last entry that I was once again escaping to the beach after the end of the last lot of exams. In the end there were just 4 of us who met and headed off on the bus to Acapulco last weekend. It turned out to be a very relaxing experience but not in the way I had intended! We arrived on Friday evening and the first clue that all was not going to plan was when ...
2nd time around was not a disapointment in Melaque
You might remember our St. Patrick's Day festivities from last year. Anyway, they were so fun that we had no doubt in our minds that we were going to do everything possible to be in Melaque again this year. I'm not sure what the traditional Mexican St. Patrick's Day is like; we didn't see ...
Back to the beach
... morning after breakfast, hot showers and getting Hazel ready to go, we had a real nice visit wth Estevan and his friends at the campground. The rc planes started at 9:01 which is like music to some of us flying buffs. There were a few more rc pilots out today, being Sunday, and some nice planes. A few ultralight lessons were starting around 11:00, people were coming and
going, this closed airport has more activity then a lot of open airports.
After saying our ...
Wake, Bake and Roll
... Their website is www.adventuresidecar.co.uk. We all decided we needed a break from the high temperatures and set a course to Tixla, where there are promised waterfalls and good swimming holes in cooler, higher elevations. We made it to Chilpancingo, the capital of the state of Guerrero by nightfall and slipped into the inexpensive (300 peso) Hotel Muniz for the ...
Melaque - A Lesson on "Ejido Land"
... it. They reclaimed it as being theirs since it was originally built on "ejido land". Subsequently, the federal police took the land back. The town of San Patricio de Melaque then hired a firm from Kelowna, British Columbia to flatten the hotel complex to allow for its reconstruction. They were paid 30% of the cost up front but for whatever reason, the complex was never demolished. That and the continuing conflict over "ejido land" have ...