Blogs from Guerrero, Mexico, North America - page 14

Nothing much new to report, just posting some extra pics, We visited the Acapulco Museum ´fuerte San Diego´ its a fort set into the hilside built to protect the port from pirates etc. we learnt all about the spanish trade routes to asia, it was like being back at school! got some good panoramic pics from the roof aswell. we went back to that club the other night, had the same crappy music on untill the foam party started, they barricaded off the dance floor so it got realy full up!! jack nearly got kicked out for sneaking the people outside the club on the beach drinks and we got semi chatted up by some mexican girls (they were trying but we cudnt understand alot of it) maybe i should have learnt some spanish before coming ... read more

yesterday we woke late, returned for the third time to climb the bell tower of the cathederal only to be told we had to be in a group of 4 people. we gave up and wondered about some more. Outside the Zocalo there was a Robot mime statue guy (EXACTLY like the one in the film eurotrip. i put some money in his collection box and he shook my hand..... and didnt let go!!! so we wondered about abit and then collected our bags from the hotel and tok the metro their equivalent to the underground which only cost 30p to the bus station. jumped on a nice luxury bus to acapulco which took 5 hours, very comfy though the seats reclined miles and there were leg rests and everything! we were on our way to ... read more

FRANÇAIS 9 heures de bus et nous arrivons à Acapulco en milieu de soirée. Les "plongeurs de la mort" nous donnent 2 minutes de spectacle... (in)oubliables. A bon? C'est déjà fini? Le lendemain, p'tit dèj' chez Mac Do avant de passer le reste de la matinée dans les bureaux de l'immigration (pour prolonger la durée de notre visa qui expire dans 2 jours). A 13H30, nous sommes à bord d'un bus pour Mexico. Quelle efficacité! ANGLAIS The cheesy cliff divers suck. The "show" was over in less than 2 minutes and they wanted tips. Ha ha very funny! We were only in Acapulco to get a visa extension, so all we saw of "Cancun of the pacific" was from the cab on the way to the bus station. Mexico City (D.F. to her friends), here we ... read more

Buenos Dias! We started off the day by going into Zihua to do some shopping - for both Christmas and provisioning purposes. In my Christmas shopping endeavors, I came across three basic types of shops: those that are established and cater primarily to tourists, those that are shacks on the beach and cater to tourists, and those in the traditional market frequented by locals. The first - the more established, upscale, official shops - are interspersed throughout the myriad restaurants that host the same crowd. I started my shopping here, only to notice that everything was ridiculously overpriced. Straw purses that should have cost $5 at the most cost nearly $50. A shirt that should have cost perhaps $10 was also almost $50. I soon gave up looking for a deal here and made my way ... read more

We've just arrived and spent our first day in beautiful coastal Guerrero, Mexico, where we're staying in a quaint little fishing village by the name of Barra de Potosi, just a few miles south of the more infamous resort towns of Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo. Our two-story bungalow is beautiful and fits right in with the Pacific Mexican coastline. It's shaping up to be quite a relaxing vacation; so far, the most difficult parts have been the language barrier, the heat, and bargaining - nothing that can't be dealt with using a little Spanglish and drinking some refreshing beers (more Coronas = better Spanglish). I expected things to be incredibly cheap here, and so far I haven't found it to be that way. I wanted fifty-cent Coronas, not dollar-twenty Coronas. It's only been one day, though, and ... read more