Blogs from Guerrero, Mexico, North America - page 7

We flew in on Aeromexico. I am still impressed by the seat comfort and service they provide on board. The cockpit staff and flight attendants are always friendly and cheerful. We breezed through immigration at the brand new terminal in Mexico City; a big improvement over the old one. There were plenty of shopping, eating and drinking diversions to keep us occupied for our 3-hr. layover. We made the 1-hr scheduled flight from Mexico City to Acapulco in 30 minutes time and whisked through baggage claim and customs. We were greeted by only one timeshare salesman from the Mayan Resorts. A breath of fresh air compared to getting bombarded by them at other Mexico resort airports. He politely accepted “No” for our answer to taking a tour and walked us over to the taxi stand and ... read more

Day 17 We caught a bus to La Placita where we watched as they butchered a cow on the street with an axe. We got back on the bus and continued on to Lazaros Cardenas where we walked 1 block and immediately caught a bus to Zihuatanejo. It was a long day of riding the winding coastal highway 200. Zihuatanejo is a collection of a small group of beaches most of which are connected by a pleasant winding board walk. After not hearing english for so long we couldn't help but be disappointed at the number of english speaking tourist wandering the beaches and streets. Zihuatanejo is located in a bay which is great for boats seeking a safe harbour and families with small children seeking it's shallow gentle waves. Day 18 We decided to leave ... read more

Having flown AA twice in the past 5 years and both times having issues with mechanical problems with the plane, we weren´t surprised to find that when we arrived at the air port at 4:30 am that our flight had been cancelled due to mechanical problems. The first attendent placed us on stand by for another flight to Chicago but apon arriving at our gate we were informed we were dreaming if we thought we could get on the next flight. This attendent put us on a stand by for Dallas that would connect to a flight to Acapulco. After an anxious hour we were thrilled to receive boarding passes with actual seat numbers. Although Neil remained skeptical not believing our good fortune until sitting in his seat. While standing in line to board the plane ... read more

And so we are off on another worldly adventure. On May 16 we sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge signaling the end of our 2008 world cruising. Six months later on November 16 we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge on our way to Los Angeles to begin our next round of cruising. We certainly enjoyed our time on terra firma and made several trips in the United States. We visited family and friends in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Arizona, Nevada and California. When we were in Sausalito we enjoyed numerous boating trips around San Francisco Bay. It was nice to reconnect with our friends both in our marina and at our swim club. We were kept busy attending to our yearly medical appointments, tax reports, visa applications, boat maintenance and all the other day ... read more

Taxco (pronounced tahss-ko) is built on a mountainside. It is a beautiful town with many hills. Seriously, if you wanna lose some weight and build huge legs, move to Taxco. I gained 20 pounds of leg muscle just by walking around town....many times uphill. There are no sidewalks either, so you also build speed by dodging cars that drive inches from you. A little more time here and I could try out for the NFL. All the buildings in Taxco are designed similarly and share the same white paint job. The Mexican government wanted to keep it's colonial look, so it enforces new structures to make sure they fit with the town's look. The houses are all built very close to one another...tight fit. The mercado is a maze. I kept getting lost in there. There ... read more