Zihuatanejo Centro

... Chihuahua, play poker with beach beans, listen to lots of Cheese from visitors about anybody in this little beach village (soap operas were probably invented here), more surfing for Jason and looking at the waves and so on…. Jason’s dad is on his second business trip already, so we try to keep Maudy a little distracted and she doesn’t feel so lonely. We spend two days in Zihua getting things done and meeting Carolina, but most of the times it’s a little ...

... two so we have been back and forth several times.

We have found a nice little hotel that only has four rooms, called La Casa del Suenos. We are in the largest room with a kitchenette, tv, hot water (which we never use now), a/c, the works for just 4500 pesos for the month. Mostly we spend our time in the market shopping for veggies and fresh bread to bring home or having lunch at our regular lunch counter for a couple of bucks each. The food in the market is terrific. Better ...

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 ...

Ixtapa surprised both Christina and I as the area was like one big Resort.  Much different then the rest of Mexico, the gardens were manicured, no garbage, and decent roads. This was one of the first RV Parks we found that was in good shape offering all the amenities at a reasonable price, 140 pesos (US$10.37). We checked out the town and market, they were really set up for the American tourist. I would have to say it ...

... 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.

... as the old axiom - "you get what you pay for" - comes into play.

Her main complaint about Zihuatanejo was the lack of expats so essential to social contact in one's own language. She has met one small group of expats and "she is not sure whether she is welcome to join them".

She remains enthusiastic about Ajijic noting that one cannot live year-round on the coast as it simply gets too hot. Ajijic is the only place with a relatively temperate ...

... to other people as possible. Therefore, when you are in line at a cashier, you'll sure have Mexicans behind you with their cart in your ass. Private space is not known at all! Mexicans love parades for no particular reason: On a regular basis, we hear loud music and streets are cut off, as there is a parade going on again about which we didn't know anything. Most of those parades are taken by horny old dudes to check out little young girls in their little skirts and jumping up and ...

Accommodation

If you're not on a budget and would like a bit of luxury then stay in the neighbouring resort area of Ixtapa. Here the high-rise hotels dominate the beach front and offer all the amenities that you would expect from top end hotels. A quick Google search will list many of these hotels.

Angela’s Hotel & Hostel ...

... us and remembered all names, asking for Marie and Bene! We promise to stop by later and do some shopping at the mercado in the Zihuatanejo. All the driving and topes (speed bumps) had quite some consequences on Rosa-Maria whose muffler came apart and resulted in her sounding like the toughest girl on the street. That noise gave us quite some looks from people and as we weren't able to hear our own voices in the car anymore, we decided to get that fixed, for $10, good deal! We get ...

... white cranes soaring over head, rivers and waterfalls flowing into the ocean, and a mix of million dollar houses and wooden shacks being held together with load bearing twine. The end of our drive took us into Cuesacamonte, just outside of Melaque. Since we were in the neighborhood and all, we thought we would stop in and say hello to Rick´s Uncle Toms beach side resort "Villa Alegre." Tom and his wife Patty were there entertaining some really nice friends of theirs from there ...