Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

We parked the coach in the shade on a side street, put fans on and opened windows (in a way that limits how far the window can be opened - for security...) for Tiki.  It was just too hot to take him all around town with us.  He happily slept in the coach while we were gone.  But don't tell him that we told you that.  He thinks it's his job to guard the coach while we are gone.  With the windows, we use this great 'tried and true' method of opening them wide enough for air, but not wide enough to climb into and then securing them with a flat piece of wood in the window groove.  Works great!

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

This man and his daughter were bringing their fish to the market to be sold.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Fresh fish at the market daily.  Look at the one woman watching Barry take the photo and the other one further down saying a friendly "Hola" to Cindy.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

We can't help but be healthy here in Mexico.  Look at all the fresh fruit and vegetables!
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

We get a kick out of this kind of thing.  Someone was selling there wares, in this case, fruit from this wheel barrow lined with a pretty plastic table cloth. 

Notice the 'cool' young man waiting for customers outside of the cell phone store.  He did not know he was in the picture.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

We get a kick out of this also... there are stores all along the street, and often times the owners homes are attached.  Most of the time they're attached in behind the stores and in some cases we see this roof top type shack added on.  We joke around and say it's for the mother-in-law or the teenager :)
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Isn't it pretty here?
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

What a great place for this gentleman to ride his bike, right through the square along the waters edge. 
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

This was a happening spot, with swimmers, boaters, fisherman chatting in the shade, the government dock in the distance and a marina along side the dock.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

We have shown you this sort of thing previously, Mexican men strolling along, playing music for anyone that will give them a few pesos.  It is really sweet and they are usually very good.  These three happily posed for us and even strummed a few bars.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

We walked by a fishing charter place and had a chat with an American owner, he was really nice and offered to take our picture.  We don't often get full length pictures of the two of us in one shot, so we jumped at the chance. 
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

This is the government dock and the marina...so pretty and clean.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

This is where they hang, weigh and take pictures of the catch of the day!
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Cindy heads for the shade.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

These tourist shops were set up as far as the eye could see.  In the first shop, a patron gave us a friendly two handed wave and hello.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

In the older parts of town, the parts we love best, it is probably wise to use your bike as a mode of transportation.  We would never have been able to take the coach down this street!
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

The area around this bridge was very nicely painted and landscaped.  The bridge crosses over a river, just a short distance from the beach.  Actually, the river is a cement 'canal' to contain the runoff waters after a big rain.  There was no water in it when we were there...
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

There's that 'river' we were telling you about...
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

There was a very pretty walkway all along the waters edge, we walked quite a while...
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Near the end of the walkway, we saw these two friendly policemen.  We may never get accustomed to those guns.  Although with a smile like that, we felt quite comfortable asking them if we could take their picture.
 

Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico

Well, that's it for our wonderful day in Zihuatanejo.  We really enjoyed ourselves here and would like to come back and spend some more time here in the future.
 

Heading south towards Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

We are now continuing our travels towards Acapulco.  We came across this little town, saw this fellow and his 'store' at the side of the road and just had to stop.  He was so ingenious to set up his stand where you had to slow down for the Tope (speed bump, see it on the road?), that we thought we would give him our business over the many other vendors.

We found out they were selling coconut candies.  We couldn't resist and bought a jar. 
 

Heading south towards Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

These candies were made and packaged right here in this little town.  Here you see one man whacking off the shell of the coconut with his machete and the other man was cleaning off all the last bits with his knife and rinsing them in his bucket of water.  Very cool!.
 

Heading south towards Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Yummy!!  They were so fresh and delicious, once we had one we had a really hard time stopping, and skipped a meal that day, because we could not control ourselves.  I guess you know what one of our weaknesses is.
 

Heading south towards Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Heading south towards Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Notice how lush and green everything is.  It is still very hot, but it rains in the evenings now and the landscape is so pretty.
 

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

Here is the turtle sanctuary we mentioned in the intro above.  It is called Piedra Tlacoyunque.  Isn't it just gorgeous here?  We spent part of the day walking the beach and letting Tiki run in the sand and roll around in the water.  We all had a great time.
 

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

Aren't the rock formations neat?
 

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

There was an old lighthouse here, that is obviously no longer in use, however, it worth taking some pictures of.
 

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

Piedra Tlacoyunque, Guerrero, Mexico

We couldn't resist taking a picture of the contrast between the beautiful view and the pile of garbage.  What a shame.  Oh well...the garbage is not what you notice when you arrive at this beautiful spot.
 

Heading south towards Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

We thought it would be neat to show you this "open" Coca Cola truck.  They travel along the highway just like you see them here, this one was passing us.
 

Heading south towards Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Isn't this a neat shot, and taken in 2005!  Not in the 1800"s. 
 

Heading south towards Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Look at all of those beautiful hammocks!! 
 

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