Zihuatanejo, Mexico

After Ixtapa we moved a whole 8 miles down the coast to Z-town. This place is a jem for cruisers. Many people come down here in the fall and stay all season. It's definitely one of my favorite little cities out of our whole trip so far. The bay is large so there is plenty of room to anchor. It's also been pretty calm while we were here. With the exception of the floating disco (thank goodness it does not groove every night) it's a great place to be. Most of the time there is a guard at the dinghy beach. Believe me this is a big deal. Dinghy and outboard theft is a real problem for cruisers. Heck, people even get their nasty flip-flops ripped off right out of the dinghy. I have heard of this a few times, and these were shoes even the owners spouse would not touch. The other wonderful thing about Zihua is the food. Right off the beach there are dozens of bars with 10 peso cervezas andit seems that every block has a place serving mahi-mahi that the owners brother just pulled out of the ocean. The weather...well it's hot. I know some of you are still freezing as winter has not thawwed out yet, but seriously 90 degrees and 90% humidity is a bit much. We literally have to get up with the sun to get errands done before we are both dissolving in puddles of sweat. So it's up early, move slow and take a siesta. Everything moves slow around here. I don't think the buses have schedules, you just wait until you see one and then flag it down. People who work in the shops would not think of multi-tasking. It's common to have one small tienda with 5 people all working and each person is task specific. At the fabric store the one woman could only help us with fringe and zippers. I guess this is how everyone stays employed. I am not judging, just observations from someone who lived in fast-paced city of 4 million people. Our time in Zihua is up though. We are anxious to get going as we have a lot of traveling to do before we settle into our next country. We leave for Acapulco on Sunday and after an undetermined amount time there we will countinue south and start making our graceful exit out of Mexico.
Stay tuned....xo Liz
p.s. I know many of you are only in it for the pictures but there are none now as the signal is not strong enough to add them. I'll post some soon.
p.s.s. Happy Birthday Dad!!!! It's my dad 's b-day today so if you know him don't forget to wish him well or give him a birthday spanking.