Blogs from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, North America - page 5

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

Today we had a snorkelling tour but it wasn't that clear due to the recent storms. Tiffany lives in a remote town and hasn't seen the ocean since she was nine so it was worth it just to see her enjoy it. We took the courtesy bus after snorkelling to see the rich people's houses, including Sly Stallone's (whose house looks like it hasn't seen paint since the 80s). In the evening we saw the famous cliff divers at La Quebrada. They jump into the water on one side, fight the waves, climb up the cliff on the other side then dive into the water. It's pretty crowded so you have to get there early to get a good position. The divers are nuts.... read more

Thursday 23rd August An early wake up enabled us to call our mothers before arriving at the main bus station an hour before our 10am departure. Another relaxing day sitting in a slow bus that stopped at almost every small village collecting passengers. We thought it was supposed to be an express but we think since there were so few passengers they combined the local bus and the express. We arrived in Acapulco about 6pm. The taxi driver insisted on taking us to his recommended hotel, so Judy stayed in the taxi while Rags checked it out. Needless to say we continued on until we arrived at the place we had selected the Etel Suites which turned out to be cleaner, bigger, cheaper and were high atop the hill overlooking old Acapulco. Once we depositied our ... read more

Alright I wrote that in a rush and realized that I forgot a lot of important stuff and just wrote skin deep about the experience and some about bars. My bad, its just that the nightlife is the most famous part of Acapulco. Here are a couple of good stories. We watched the US mexico football (soccer to all yall back in the states) at a bar (there arent really restuarnts, just bars) on sunday which was lot of fun. When mexico scored the first goal, confetti blew up all over the place and everyone went wild. fog horns blew and there was incredibly loud music that could've only passed for music in a place like this. we won the game and everyone was quiet except for us. i was surprised that we didnt get attacked, ... read more

Acapulco!! Yesterday we docked at 8 am. I was awake, so I was lucky enough to see the city as we pulled into the bay. It was so pretty. I had always pictures Acapulco as a small resort town, like you might find on an island. I was so wrong. Acapulco is a city, and a big one at that. After the city briefing a group of us decided to explore. As we left the dock we were all bombarded with taxi drivers. It was a bit overwhelming. One guy approached us, and after some discussion he agreed to take us to the market for $1 per person. Thinking that was a great price we all jumped into the van, and pulled into traffic. All I have to say is that I am so thankful ... read more