Little girl on the boat ride to the island beach in Acupulco
We are back from the beach as they say. What was supposed to be a 45 minute boat tour out to a local island turned into a 2 hour marine endurance test. Nice beach and a good bar but we could have had that for a $10, 10 minute cab ride to another local beach. Oh well as they say here ¨welcome to Mexico¨
Another thing we have to deal with is laundry. Simple enough; we drop it off at the local laundry place and they do it for you. Cheap and easy. Except we dropped ours off yesterday and the nice lady said it would be done ¨manyana¨. Well, she did not open today which means we may not be able to get on the road at 6:00 am tomorrow as planned – we are leaving early to beat the traffic and heat of Acapulco – and may have to hold over for another day here.
Now that may not sound too bad to most of you but remember there is actually not that much to do in Acapulco. Other than the beaches and some shopping, maybe seeing the old fort there is really not much to do. I would rather be on the road heading south towards Guatemala and be a day closer to Central America than here in tourist heaven.
The roads her are better than anticipated but worse in some ways. One way is called Topes – or as we call them in Canada speed bumps. They are everywhere. Just north of her in La Misa (I think that was the town) there had to be 50 of them over about a one hour passage. Just nuts. And they are not small. You are talking about a speed bump large enough to take the suspension out of a Kenworth little less an old Honda ! And they are not necessarily marked or painted yellow. Why, because this is Mexico.
Don’t get me wrong. Nice people, great roads, beautiful scenery, etc but something’s really do mystify us Gringos. Like Dale say's they built it really good but they are a little shy on the maintenance department.
Well I am off to see if I can get someone to track down the laundry lady.
From Tourist Heaven
Ibby
Another thing we have to deal with is laundry. Simple enough; we drop it off at the local laundry place and they do it for you. Cheap and easy. Except we dropped ours off yesterday and the nice lady said it would be done ¨manyana¨. Well, she did not open today which means we may not be able to get on the road at 6:00 am tomorrow as planned – we are leaving early to beat the traffic and heat of Acapulco – and may have to hold over for another day here.
Now that may not sound too bad to most of you but remember there is actually not that much to do in Acapulco. Other than the beaches and some shopping, maybe seeing the old fort there is really not much to do. I would rather be on the road heading south towards Guatemala and be a day closer to Central America than here in tourist heaven.
The roads her are better than anticipated but worse in some ways. One way is called Topes – or as we call them in Canada speed bumps. They are everywhere. Just north of her in La Misa (I think that was the town) there had to be 50 of them over about a one hour passage. Just nuts. And they are not small. You are talking about a speed bump large enough to take the suspension out of a Kenworth little less an old Honda ! And they are not necessarily marked or painted yellow. Why, because this is Mexico.
Don’t get me wrong. Nice people, great roads, beautiful scenery, etc but something’s really do mystify us Gringos. Like Dale say's they built it really good but they are a little shy on the maintenance department.
Well I am off to see if I can get someone to track down the laundry lady.
From Tourist Heaven
Ibby
3 comments:
Way to go Kevan, sounds like you guys are having a great time! Your blog makes for a good read after a day at work.
Eric here:
So happy and frankly surprised you gringos made it as far as you have.( In such a short time) I was checking a map of Mexico and Central America. You are almost out of Mex already. Wishing all of you good health, strong backs and a box of tucks.
Cheers.
Hey Buff,
Glad to hear you guys are still in one piece! Frankly, I though you may not have made it past Tijuana, Ola TEQUILA! I sat down with the kids and showed them where you have been so far. Alanah and Gwen want to take ride with you one day. I hope you found your skivvies, it would not be too nice to have to go commando to Panama! Best of luck and I'm glad to hear that the trip is going well. I look forward to the next installment!
Shawn
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