Blogs from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, North America

We left Zihuatanejo Saturday morning to go to Acapulco. Acapulco was Mexico's first resort town and still serves as such. We do not really enjoy resort towns; if we did we would vacation in Florida or Missouri or maybe Hawaii. We travel to Mexico to experience the culture, the history, the nuances of everyday life, to escape the rat race of home and to survive without it. And, Acapulco is just another big city like Minneapolis, Chicago, whichever, where ever. But, it does not offer much for taking in local culture, traditions, history, customs. You can shop, eat, spend time at a hotel beach/or pool. Many people enjoy this type of vacation. We find it to be unsettling. Regardless, we went to Acapulco hoping to attend a bullfight; there's some culture and history! Many people condemn ... read more

Early arrival in Acapulco. We met the rest of our tour group at our cabin, got off and found Arturo right away. my friends Steve and Barbara recommended him and he was great. We first went to fort San diego which is a great stone ediface complete with moat. The spanish built it to defend the bay and in 1776 the dutch fought for it and won. Later the spanish were able to recapture it. Beautiful view from the hill. Next was a beautiful drive past the Hollywood hills of Acapulco. Georgeous homes and we visted the peach chapel at the top of the highest hill in Aca. Built by a rich businessman in honor of his two sons who died in a plane crash. Very tall cross and beautifully simple chapel. Went thru town to ... read more

Acapulco is nothing to write home about. It's kind of like a Mexican Surfers Paradise with more spring break type bars, beach hawkers, and a higher crime rate. We stayed our first night in a place called Hostel K3 which provided us with a room about the size of a standard New Zealand closet. It did, however, have air conditioning which we were very appreciative of. The next day we moved down to a Hotel near the Zocolo, just around the corner from the world famous Acapulco cliff divers. That night we walked up and watched a number of adolescents throw themselves off a 33metre cliff into a churning pool of water below. I have jumped off a number of cliffs and diving boards in my time but nothing even remotely close to 33 metres. Needless ... read more

We had been having a really great relaxed time in Puerto Escondido after spending so many hours on the bus over the past week, but we were keen to continue travelling. We had not been very impressed with the standard of the beaches at Puerto as they had a lot of black sand and the currents were too strong to swim in the sea on the main beach at Zicatela. It was also far too dangerous for beginners to surf, so we were unable to rent a board. We had originally planned to stay in Puerto Escondido for five more days to take some Spanish lessons, but we had not found a school to enrol in time. We decided to move on to Acapulco, as it was kind of on the way to Mexico City, our ... read more

My sister, Melanie, and her boyfriend, Andrew, are cruising with me this week. Before they came, we’d emailed back and forth about the things they wanted to do in the ports. The one activity they were really interested in doing was horseback riding. Today we’re in Acapulco and that’s the day we decided to go riding. There was some last minute switching around of tours and we ended up going on the sunset ride. We boarded a bus from the pier that took us through Acapulco and South along the coast. Unfortunately, the traffic in the city was awful today and the trip to the ranch took more than twice the amount of time it was supposed to. But eventually we got there. The beach was lovely. Light coloured sand, crashing surf. The sun was already ... read more

One of the “must see” things in Acapulco are the Cliff Divers. For generations, local men have been diving off a cliff from a height of up to 120 feet into a narrow channel where the water is only 18-25 feet deep. I hadn’t been to see the divers on my own yet, as it was something I wanted to bring my family to see. So tonight was the night to see the divers. We had a quick room service dinner in their cabin, then Uncle Allan, Aunt Renee, Kelsey and I got off the ship and took a taxi to the cliffs. There are a couple of spots where you can take in the show. We decided to go to the comfortable option of sitting in an open-air lounge on top of the cliff. We ... read more