Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa

View of Bay in Jihuatanejo

Iquana

We leave Acapulco and overnight we travel to Jihuatanejo. We are stopped and parked? in the middle of the bay as there isn't any dock large enough to tie up. From here we are tendered to the dock. They use some of the lifeboats to haul you to town. One doesn't have to wait long and there is also one ready to return you back to the ship. We decide to get a taxi & tour. This we find out to be a good idea and our driver speaks english enough so we understand and we speak enough Spanish to communicate to him where we would like to go. He tours us all over the town and out to Ixtapa. He takes us to the highest peak so we can get a good view of where we are & of the ship parked in the bay. He takes us to a RV park as I am interested in the park and where it is. We stop & get a brochure at the park. Then he takes us to an area where we can shop. He told us not to shop in Ixtapa itself as prices are inflated... tourists...... and directs us to a more reasonable area in Jihuatanejo. We are about 3 hours touring the whole area and we like Jihuatanejo the best of all the places we visit. We are tendered back to the ship and the ship departs the bay for Manzanillo about 5:30m. Apparently not all make it back to ship we hear, so they have to find there own way to Manzanillo. Click on Webshots - Our photos & click on the Jihuatanejo/Ixtapa link.

Tender to dock