Bays and Beaches

Huatulco, Mexico
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Beautiful Bays and Beaches
Huatulco is a Pacific coast resort area south of Acupulco. The tourist area has nine bays with resort hotels, white sand beaches and clear azure waters. The temperature is in the high 80's all year round. When we stepped out of the ship we were immediately hit by a wall of humidity and heat that immediately wrinkled my pants and started me perspiring. We walked along the pier past some shops selling silver jewellry and local arts and crafts. I particularly liked the round multi-coloured Aztec calendars made from thousdands of pieces.
Then we came to a square and a park with small cart kiosks selling tourist souvenirs. Jan and I walked past and talked with a taxi manager who spoke good English and arranged to hire a taxi for an hour to tour the countyside and village - price, US$40.
Our driver, Peppi drove a Nissan Sentra with air conditioning. Thank God! We went to the surfing beach at Tangolundo Bay and up onto the top of the mountains overlooking the bay where our ship was docked, from both sides. The roads were paved, in excellent condition and the traffic very light. We felt safe. The streets and buildings were clean and fresh -- a stark contrast to our other stops in Mexico. There were a number of resort developments with condos starting at US$140,000.
The local restaurants are famous for their seafood but our stop here was brief, arriving at 8 AM and departing at 12:30 Noon, so we never had anything to eat.