Blogs from Guerrero, Mexico, North America - page 13

As I told you in the previous entry, we visit the market every day. I have been to many markets in different countries, but they are still fascinating to me. Every city, town, pueblo, etc. has a market and you can buy anything you want. Theses markets are more like mini malls, but obviously all outdoors and made of large sheets of plastic. We just picked up a small screwdriver the other day right after and right next to the fruit we bought. The San Francisco Market is where we go here in Chilpancingo. The attached photos are from the mercado. The prices are incredibly cheap. We can spend $50-$60 for vegetables and here the same will cost you maybe $10. The fresh fruits and vegetables in Mexico are so different in color than those ... read more

Four days after we arrived to Mexico we celebrated my birthday. The morning of my birthday was kicked off with Carlos and his father blowing off firecrackers for at least 5 minutes outside of the home. I was sound asleep and was convinced there was a horrible crash outside when I heard the almost deafening sound. This is very common in small Mexican towns. Carlos organized a grand party for me at his parents home. The party was to start around 8:00 p.m., but you have to remember we in are Mexico so really the party started after 9:00 p.m and lasted well into the morning...around 4:00 a.m. There was singing, dancing, drinking, eating, etc. with all of Carlos family and friends. I even had not one, but two birthday cakes. I was treated just ... read more

I know it has been too long since I updated this blog. And the worst part is...it is not for lack of time! I have tons of time on my hands....but the internet on the ship is pretty expensive...so I wait until I'm at port...and this is our last week in Mexico before we head up to Alaska...so I've been busy having some adventures before we head to the cold. So here is a summary of the last few weeks....I went Bungy Jumping in Acapulco last week from a 50 meter tower....all by myself. Then I went swimming with dolphins in Puerta Vallarta. I went Parasailing in Cabo San Lucas too. It has been a few weeks of adventure! It has also been a really difficult few weeks. We got news that my Dad has pancreatic ... read more

Anyone familiar with the above quote made famous by the spectacular movie The Shawshank Redemption will know where I am. The quaint town of Zihuatanejo sits on the southern Pacific coast of Mexico just north of Acapulco. It's everything I thought it would be, and more. Just a three hour flight from L.A. it's the perfect location for a short getaway. Gregg and Angela run Angela´s Hotel & Hostel, rated "Hard To Beat" in 2004 and 2006´s Lonely Planet. I called before leaving (011-52-755-112-2191) and Gregg´s warm and friendly personality sealed the deal. (Loads and weather altered original plans and I lost two days in the process, cutting the trip to just 4 days.) In the heart of Zihua and close to everything important to me (banks, beach, restaurants) Angelas Hostel is clean, charming, comfortable, fun, ... read more

so here we are, in the legendary Zihuatanejo. you may remember it from such films as the shawshank redemption. you know, where he goes at the end. i apologize if i am spoiling the end of that movie for anyone, but seriosuly, if you havent seen it, you´re probably a cinematic idiot anyway. no offence. yesterday we drove from puerto escondido to a little place called pie de la cuesta. its just laittle ways north of acapulco. acapulco was really hard to drive through and the outskits were pretty dirty. the center looked a lot like LA, complete with drug violence. pie de la cuesta was a lot quiter and relaxing. brendna got kinda sick though and he puked up his dinner. in the meantime, i hung out with a montreal couple and some guys from ... read more