Good Taste is the Worst Vice

Zihuatanejo, Mexico

We rang in the New Year in Mexico with D’s parents, who introduced us to Zihuatanejo.  It’s on the Pacific coast (part of the Costa Grande), originally a fishing town and now a popular holiday spot.

Zihuatanejo is built on hills around a bay – the steep inclines remind me a bit of San Francisco – and the water is busy with fishing boats, oyster divers, and seabirds.

Many of the fishing boats double as water taxis, ferrying people across the bay to the various beaches. During our visit, given the holidays, both the boats and the beaches were packed!

One afternoon we walked into town to see the piñata fair – catnip for shutterbugs like D’s mother and me.

There are hundreds of huge, colorful piñatas hung in stalls and on trees along a stretch of road, each handmade and ready for for the holidays.  So pretty to see the streamers blowing in the breeze!

We stayed at one end of the Playa la Ropa, a long and broad beach lined with hotels and restaurants and filled with a mix of locals and tourists.  Lots of people splashing in the water, with watchful pelicans on the rocks.

Our hotel had a front row view of the water and I spent happy hours reading and watching the activity: fire and rescue teams keeping watch, men free-diving for oysters, and birds swarming fishermen in their boat.

More on Zihua to come!


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Comments

  1. As the Crowe Flies and Reads says

    Ooh, that looks lovely. I once read a trip report on Fodor's many, many years ago that described a fishing village very much like this, and while I've forgotten the name of the place, it's hilly seclusion stayed with me as place that looks deeply appealing.

    I look forward to hearing more about your travels. Great photos!

    • Jennifer says

      Thank you! It was an interesting change from Anguilla – different landscape for sure, and such a different "scene". The food was just as good!