Blogs from Guerrero, Mexico, North America - page 10

We anchored in the Acapulco harbour early in the morning on the third day of the cruise. We only had a few hours there so to maximize our time we decided to take “ The City Tour plus the Cliff Divers” , ( an organized tour for $58.00 each , for 4 hours in “air-con” motor coach ….. and thank goodness for that …. it was about 90 degrees and SUNNY). Most of Acapulco is just another little Mexican city, (… mind you, there are MANY new condo developments on the go on every hillside) … but the setting is spectacular, with high blue mountains in the distance and the blue and turquoise water of the ocean. After touring the city, checking the harbor and “photo spots, we went to the El Mirador Hotel with its ... read more

Hello All We've been having some more fun since we spoke to you last, staying in Taxco, an old silver mining town in the mountains south of Mexico city. Highlights included browsing all the silver shops which brought out the magpie in both of us. Si was on the verge of buying a silver topped walking stick when I found him, but I reminded him he wouldn't have much use for it having forgotten to pack his tap shoes. We also had a great trip to the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, gigantic caves with thousands of years worth of build up of mineral deposits which have formed crazy shapes. It's quite hard to describe, but imagine the inside of a giant cathedral dug out of rock and you´re getting there. anyway it was super impressive, the only ... read more

Have just spent 2 days in a lovely little town called Taxco (tas-co). It"s built on a mountain side (lots of exhausting walks about) and it is famous for its silver. There were squillions of shops selling lovely jewellery and I"m pleased to say that I managed to avoid temptation! More yummy things to eat. I had an interesting soup yesterday which was made from chicken, with all these weird white things that I though might be some sort of cartilidge (sp?)but actually turned out to be some sort of maize or corn. Then it had half an avacado sliced on the top of it and loads of pork scratchings! Weird. My original itinery is changing quite a lot cos of all the crazy weather here. Don"t worry- I"m keeping well away from all hurricanes! Wish ... read more

Decided that I needed some serious beach time, so set off from Puebla on a 6 hour bus journey to Acapulco! Buses in Mexico seem to be really good so far. This one had loads of leg room and seats that reclined way back. They also show films on tv screens. Some are in English with Spanish subtitles, but so far the ones dubbed in Spanish have been quite good as I´ve seen them in English and it helps me work out what they´re saying quite well. When I arrived it was raining, and each night here the weather has been rubbish (I´ve been awoken by downpours each night) but the days have been fab. I´ve finally got something that would pass acceptably as a sun tan, so even if there is bad weather now for ... read more