Zihuatanejo to north of Guagua Mexico
December 30, 2009

Tizupan camping beach
Bev at our lunchsite
Sunset at Tizupan
Tizupan coastline


Today’s drive was not a long one but very fascinating. We are about 100 miles from Tecoman on Hwy 200 going along the west coast of Mexico. We are closer to Tizupan than Guagua. Today we passed into the State of Michoacan from Guerrero State. The coastline here is very similar to thee northern California/ Oregon coast with rocky cliffs that plunge to the sea and rocky small islands off the coast with surf crashing over the tops of them. Then you will round a bend and go down a mountain (these are really small mountains) and you will be on a shoreline with beautiful sandy beaches and the surf coming in long rolling waves that just invite you to go swimming. Only the coconut plantations and papaya plantations along the beach made you realize that you were not in Northern California. And, the water here is warm.
Traveling north along this coastline, we did not have anything in the guidebook listing an RV park or place to stay but sometimes you must just trust your instincts that one would be there when you needed it. We stopped for lunch on a cliff overlooking the ocean and had a great lunch. Bev had a whole fish that was just covered with garlic and other aromatic spices, rice, a salad, french fries and some really hot salsa. I had a kind of breaded and fried shrimp but not the usual breading it was more of a special sauce breading, and again salsa, rice, french fries, and a salad. Of course fresh warm tortillas that are made very thick here.
First off trying to select a campsite we came across several potential sites that the roads to the beach were just too steep for Big Tigre. So at one, I asked directions from four Mexican students who were trying to go north. They said that the best beach was still 1 ½ hours north and would I give them a ride if I went that way. So sure enough we gave them a ride. Most interesting kids.
Next a leisurely drive again heading north and then we came to a wide beach with a restaurant, hotel and RV park and just 20 minutes north of our hitchhikers. So I told them that if they stayed the night there I would give them a ride in the morning but they wanted to be on their way so we said goodbye and they were glad for the lift that we had given them. Well now we had a place to spend the night and enjoy the pool as well as a large pallapa to sit under and a hammock to relax in. All the while we could watch the ocean waves curling and pounding as the surf hit the shoreline. Wow, this is just a great place to be. We have full hookups for 200 pesos a night ( about $17.50), almost no one on the beach and a great restaurant right next door.
We had some appetizers at the restaurant and met a wonderfully interesting couple. She was from Mexico and he was from Canada and they had been circus performers for 20 some years. Now he is a project manager for a construction company in Canada and they were visiting her family who own one of the largest circuses in Mexico. It is always so interesting to meet the other travelers on a journey such as this one.
We may stay here for New Year’s Eve or move on I am not sure at this time.