Explore Mexico

 

Explore Guadalaraja, Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mx Beach ⛱ or something new.  This year my amazing husband and I will spend the first week of December in Zapopan which is one glitzy hood within Guad. Mike and I extend warm greetings to anyone who wants to get away for a few cultural thrills.  Since 2009 Barbara has been gifted with the zeal of NEW things in Mexico. In 2022 she met up with Jennette and Cheyl in Zihua which is situated in the center of Mexico’s Pacific coast. It offers an artistic downtown with artisan shops, easy access to 3 white-sand beaches surrounded by the towering Sierra Madre del Sur mountains. The old resort aspects of nearby Ixtapa offer golf and tennis for the snowbirds who have been flocking here for decades, while other unique experiences like sea turtle releases, tobacco plantations, coconut farms, paddle-boarding, and surfing are beginning to draw visitors to this picturesque cove that is best enjoyed between November and April for dry, sunny, and not too humid days.  Need a week's break from your routine? Come join us and after a few days at Lakeside, we depart by car at 9 AM and enjoy lunch at the beach in Manzanillo, Colima. 

In April of 2022 Barb flew from Mexico City to Ixtapa and discovered a delightful boutique hotel right on the beach. Zihua is the city where the escaped convict ran to from that great movie? One can fly direct from the USA to Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa, Mexico or to Guadalaraja. 

From our casa it is a 10 hour drive to Mazatlan and a 8 hour drive to Puerto Vallarta, and a 4 hour drive to Manzanillo in Colima, Mexico. To get to Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa fly to Mexico City, then to Ixtapa. Explore Mazatlan by taking a luxury bus, UBER to the Estrella Del Mar Resort and enjoy the finest accommodation on the beach in Mazatlan.  Golfers or those who just want to be spoiled, CLICK  Estrella Del Mar Mazatlan

We have flown to LaPaz to enjoy a village that hugs the ocean with the added bonus of great food and a wonderful malecon. We have bused to PV with various groups from church and have enjoyed the short drive to Manzanillo and Barra de Navidad through stunning landscapes.  To the beach? Pick one, pack light and just go. The quickest, safest trail to the ocean from Lakeside is Manzanillo. A new mall, a theatre, Starbucks, a blizzard at DQ,  and La Comer - all worthy of repeat visits.