Roseate Spoonbill

Mexico 2017

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January 17th 2017
Breakfast at our hotel, then off for a day at the beach at Isla Ixtapa. Picked up the bus in Zihuat, about $1.50 total for both tickets. We went through a part of old Zihuat, then made a U-turn taking us along the highway to Ixtapa. Ixtapa was built up as a tourist destination, so it has a completely different feel from Zihuat. We drove by the well manicured lawns of exclusive hotels and golf cour ... read more

North America » Mexico » Guerrero » Ixtapa

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more