Blogs from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, North America - page 2

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

Saturday: It seems that Acapulco is a magnet of sorts for mistakes in our Mexico travels. Some of you may remember that we ended up in Aca last time after having made the mistake of skipping it on our way between Zihuateneo and Taxco. (We decided that Taxco was too noisy and turned around the next day and came back to Aca.) Well, this time we have now decided that we should have stayed in Pie de la Cuesta and made a a day trip or two into Aca. So, here we are, at the Acamar for just one night, and planning to return to Pie tomorrow! We just couldn’t find the charm we’d seen the first time here….especially compared to the Villa Nirvana and Pie itself. It didn’t help that we arrived on Saturday afternoon, ... read more

We're figuring out more of the rhythms here. We were eating around 7:00, after sunset, and most places seemed to be closing up then. So we went earlier, before sunset. The same problem; we were the only ones eating. We asked the hotel owners who told us most Mexicans eat their big meal around 3:00.....so that's what we did yesterday. But we were hungry by 8:00pm, and went out to hunt for food. We found a great place by the lagoon, filled with Europeans eating....we had a snack there in a beautiful setting.... Yesterday we went down to beach and sat just above the surf, to watch the sun set. There were many people on the beach, and everyone was turned towards the horizon....as the sun disappeared, clapping broke out.... The waves are a bit smaller ... read more

We arrived here around 4:00 today, after flying overnight to Dallas, and enduring a 6 hour layover, then another short flight, a taxi and a local bus ride....It has been so great to get back to Mexico....we both love traveling on local buses, so the trip here to the small beach town of Pie de la Cuesta from Acapulco was a great way to transition back to this culture. Our room is the best in the place...there seem to be only a few others staying here right now....we are on the beach, an endless beach with huge waves that sometimes make our room tremble a bit...horses, kids, palm trees! It is very warm, but with a breeze that makes it pleasant...our balcony is shaded by palms, and has a hammock, from which I am writing.... We ... read more