Mexico – Acapulco 5/11/16 – 9/11/16

6 hours on a bus/coach and we landed in Acapulco. When I say bus, what I really mean is first class luxury travel. Only 21 seats on board a full size coach, each extra large seat was soft and squishy leather that reclined to an almost horizontal position. Each seat with its own TV screen with lots of movies, concerts, TV shows and games. Each seat with its own USB connection point and free wifi. The coach had both male and female toilets on board, and had a hot water dispenser for tea/coffee. The price of the ticket was 650MXN that’s just over NZ $40 or £20 GBP and a packed lunch was thrown in as well. To say it was a great experience would be an understatement, as the journey seemed to take only a couple of hours.
We arrived in Acapulco feeling very refreshed and jumped into a taxi for the 5 minute drive to our hotel, costing only MXN 50. We’re staying at the Ramada Acapulco in a king room with ensuite. Our room is on the ground floor and has access straight out to 1 of 2 large swimming pools. We’re here for 5 nights at a cost of just over NZ $350. Pretty amazing very large room, light and airy with all day sunshine. We also have a lovely soft squishy superking size bed. It’s early November, 31’C and were told we’ve come “out of season”. Pretty amazing as there are no queues, plenty of sunbeds and prices are low.
As night approached we ventured out to find we are only 10 meters across a busy road, from the beach. Quite a few places were closed but a few beach bars were open. Mexico’s second famous drink, Corona, was on our minds, and the first bar we came to was selling them for MXN 20 a bottle that’s NZ $1.20, that’s 60p in UK money. WOWZERS PARRRTTTY town it is, and we’re loving it.
Next morning we ventured out, just to the beach and found a beach bar open, so had breakfast on the beach. Lovely. The views are amazing around La Diana bay, the skies are blue with not a single cloud in sight, azure coloured water with waves crashing on the shoreline. Each beach bar has its own set of palm topped beach huts to sit under, each overlooking the Pacific Sea, and each with its own array of hammocks tied to the palm trees growing out of the finest sand. No wonder it used to be called Paradise for the rich and famous, it is stunning.
Next day we wondered further afield, still along the sea front and we came across a few shopping malls. Although they were quite small, they offered a cool indoor environment in its air conditioned shops. Today really was a lazy day. When we got back to the hotel we spent the day lounging by the pool, with only 1 other couple here, we felt we were in luxury.
The following day we rang our taxi man up – Noe – who came to pick us up. He charged MXN 200 per hour, that around NZ $14, so we asked him to give us a guarded tour of Acapulco. He drove us up into the hills and around a few bays that most tourists don’t know about. Wow white sandy beaches, cabanas, (beach huts), everywhere with palm leaf thatched roofs, and seas with white ripples perfect for the surf boards. As its “out of season” there were only a few people around. This area is stunning. In all we had spent around 3 hours being taxi around viewing spectacular scenery from different view points, including jungle areas, beach areas, and Vistas from the highest point in Acapulco. This is a must activity to do in Acapulco.
That evening we asked Noe to drive us to the traditional Mexican Cliff Diving show, which he did. We arrived for the 7.30m show and had intended to just have a couple of drinks, however we were pretty hungry and had something to eat. Noe had said there are many other places to eat, which had better food, but we were hungry. Wish we had taken his advice. We only had starters from the restaurants menu, but they were bad enough. The show with 2 drinks each cost MXN 180 about NZ $12, so that was a bargain. The show lasted around 20 minutes and wasn’t as spectacular as we had heard, but again the views were to die for. A night setting, the waves crashing 100m or so under us with the cliffs all floodlit and the restaurant perched on the opposite cliff top. A great venue, shame about the overpriced food. Still when in Acapulco you have to see this show.