Today was my beautiful neice Hannah's first one, and what fun she had! Some photos in the albums...
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| Hannah's Bithday |
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Hannah's first birthday
mmm.. aren't first birthdays fun!
Today was my beautiful neice Hannah's first one, and what fun she had! Some photos in the albums...
Today was my beautiful neice Hannah's first one, and what fun she had! Some photos in the albums...
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Acapulco
I know I have been very tardy in getting anything up here about Acapulco, but here it is!
We went to the Estrella D'Oro station on Saturday morning and I successfully, in Spanish, bought three return tickets to Acapulco - first class going down and in the special Diamante bus coming home! Ta Da!!!
We headed off on a very comfortable and uncrowded bus, and some 6 hours and innumerable stops at toll booths later, arrived in sunny Acapulco. The scenery on the way was nothing short of spectacular, and worth the trip by bus just to get to see sme more of Mexico out of the city.
In Acapulco, taxis were plentiful, but seemed to be very downmarket compared to DF.... lots and lots of VWs everywhere! We stayed at the Boca Chica Hotel, as recommended by the Lonely Planet Guide. This is not your high rise touristy hotel, and while it certainly lacked a little in the way of conveniences (no internet - GASP!), dodgy lighting and beds out of the Ark, it made up for these shortcomings by being quiet, green and lacking in tourists and spring breakers!
The first night we went to see the cliff divers... La Quebrada. MMM.. well maybe we were expecting something a little more spectacular - even though it was dark they didn't jump with the lit torches! We were very underwhelmed, although the ride there and back in a VW nearly took out breath away!
Other than this, we went to see the Fort and museum. For more than 250 years (1565-1815), trade between Spain (and thus a large part of Europe) and the 'Orient' was funneled through the port of Acapulco. Fuerte San Diego was built to protect the shipping and trade from English and Dutch pirates. The museum is really well done, and being Sunday, was free! Anyway after that we wandered to the Mask Museum, then down to the Artesans Market where we were badgered into buying things we didn't really want (now there's a surprise!) and then went back to the hotel for beer and swimming! At least the air conditioners in the rooms worked well, so we could cool down a bit. We also moved from the side with a view overlooking the island to the side with a view over the beach, as the room was bigger. The fold out bedllooked like it hadn't been used for a verrrry long time, so we skipped that and Jess and I bunked in together. Not ideal but only for a couple of days. The new side to the hotel gave us a great view over a family beach, where we sat for a couple of hours just watching the comings and goings.
The next few days we just took it pretty easy - swimming in the ocean until the jellyfish and the oil slick came in, and then into the pool!
We went to the Estrella D'Oro station on Saturday morning and I successfully, in Spanish, bought three return tickets to Acapulco - first class going down and in the special Diamante bus coming home! Ta Da!!!
We headed off on a very comfortable and uncrowded bus, and some 6 hours and innumerable stops at toll booths later, arrived in sunny Acapulco. The scenery on the way was nothing short of spectacular, and worth the trip by bus just to get to see sme more of Mexico out of the city.
In Acapulco, taxis were plentiful, but seemed to be very downmarket compared to DF.... lots and lots of VWs everywhere! We stayed at the Boca Chica Hotel, as recommended by the Lonely Planet Guide. This is not your high rise touristy hotel, and while it certainly lacked a little in the way of conveniences (no internet - GASP!), dodgy lighting and beds out of the Ark, it made up for these shortcomings by being quiet, green and lacking in tourists and spring breakers!
The first night we went to see the cliff divers... La Quebrada. MMM.. well maybe we were expecting something a little more spectacular - even though it was dark they didn't jump with the lit torches! We were very underwhelmed, although the ride there and back in a VW nearly took out breath away!
Other than this, we went to see the Fort and museum. For more than 250 years (1565-1815), trade between Spain (and thus a large part of Europe) and the 'Orient' was funneled through the port of Acapulco. Fuerte San Diego was built to protect the shipping and trade from English and Dutch pirates. The museum is really well done, and being Sunday, was free! Anyway after that we wandered to the Mask Museum, then down to the Artesans Market where we were badgered into buying things we didn't really want (now there's a surprise!) and then went back to the hotel for beer and swimming! At least the air conditioners in the rooms worked well, so we could cool down a bit. We also moved from the side with a view overlooking the island to the side with a view over the beach, as the room was bigger. The fold out bedllooked like it hadn't been used for a verrrry long time, so we skipped that and Jess and I bunked in together. Not ideal but only for a couple of days. The new side to the hotel gave us a great view over a family beach, where we sat for a couple of hours just watching the comings and goings.
The next few days we just took it pretty easy - swimming in the ocean until the jellyfish and the oil slick came in, and then into the pool!
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| Acapulco |
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Mexico City on foot
On Monday, we walked down to the Zocalo, via the LatinAmerica building. Now that I have felt several earth tremors I can appreciate the fact that this building was built with earthquakes in mind! More later but photos here...
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