We left Jocotepec yesterday on the Quota highway to Manzanillo. It was smooth sailing, a good road with 3 toll booths. We arrived at our hotel on the beach in less than 4 hours.
We were surprised how satisfying it was to sit above the sea by our infinity pool in a grassy area with several Mexican tourists. The view is pretty with small mountains rising up around the Bahai. Ivan is happy to watch the huge ships (this is the biggest port in Mexico) then dip into the infinity pool for his almost daily 40 minute swims. The hotel just has a few Mexican guests, is relaxed and comfortable.
Lynda and I headed out to discover the downtown area. We quickly realized it was too hot to walk, jumped on a bus and became part of the multitude. There were no tourists downtown, we enjoyed watching "life as it is" in a port city. We did lots of wandering, some shopping and explored "El Centro" then caught a taxi back to our hotel.
We found a delightful restaurant at this hotel, Mirabella, where we watched the sunset while enjoying delicious seafood.
It's great to realize Jocotepec is less than 4 hours from the coast. The two areas are so different. Chapala has endless farmland, agava, fruit trees and vegetable farms. Here life is about the sea, fishing, and trade.
We were planning to go to Cuyutlan but the turtle sanctuary is closed today and it's so nice here we can't see any reason to leave. The beach is deserted, the ocean much cleaner than I've seen on the Pacific side of Mexico and our room air conditioned:) It's morning now so the sea breeze is cooling but yesterday when we hit the pavement in the afternoon it was 30 degrees and we were moving slowly.
We decided not to make plans today. The endless sandy beach is calling. Downtown is amusing, entertaining and the container ships are surprisingly colourful. The bustle of normal life appeals to me more than made up tourist towns.
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