Rissask Report- Playa La Ropa, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero

[Rissask]

Thank you, Anne!

And I see you have started your trip report too....I have been waiting for that!

[caramba]

Originally Posted by Rissask

Thank you, Anne!

And I see you have started your trip report too....I have been waiting for that!

Thanks. It's so much fun to relive a great trip by writing about it, huh?

[roni]

Originally Posted by caramba

Thanks. It's so much fun to relive a great trip by writing about it, huh?

It is also great to go back and read the reports a year or two later.

Amazing what we forget in that amount of time

[lindalou61]

Thanks! I always love your trip reports.

[PlayaGroom]

Catching up on my TR reading, thanks for sharing Maggie!

Adding Zihua to my places to visit someday! Gorgeous pictures.

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by lindalou61

Thanks! I always love your trip reports.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by PlayaGroom

Catching up on my TR reading, thanks for sharing Maggie!

Adding Zihua to my places to visit someday! Gorgeous pictures.

Thanks, Nick. I am sure you guys would love it, La Ropa is a great beach for little kids, too.

[cazador]

Hey Maggie, Great trip report and pics . Reading this makes me think that sometime Dee Dee and I need to try the west side again. That's awesome that Don got a roosterfish too. Now he can go back and try for a bigger one

Tim

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by cazador

Hey Maggie, Great trip report and pics . Reading this makes me think that sometime Dee Dee and I need to try the west side again. That's awesome that Don got a roosterfish too. Now he can go back and try for a bigger one

Tim

You sure do know how fishermen think!!

He is planning on going to PV with a buddy on another fishing trip this November with exactly that aim in mind.

[beach4me]

Loved your trip report. I've never been to the Pacific Side, and never really wanted to go. You may have changed my mind!

Thanks for the great pics as well!

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by beach4me

Loved your trip report. I've never been to the Pacific Side, and never really wanted to go. You may have changed my mind!

Thanks for the great pics as well!

You are welcome!

The Yucatan is almost a different country from the Pacific coast and the rest of Mexico. If you have only been there, I do think you are doing yourself a big disservice.

Our favourite places on the west coast are Zihua and Huatulco in particular and then the Manzanillo area, and then the beach towns of Sayulita and San Pancho north Puerto Vallarta.

PV proper would be last on my list of my favourites because the city has grown so huge and the water and beaches aren't that nice. (Too bad, because so many people go there once and then say "I hated the Pacific side (as if it is all like PV! ), the beaches were terrible!" ).
But the fishing is good, and the city is a foodie's Paradise.

[Ranger]

Originally Posted by Rissask

You are welcome!

The Yucatan is almost a different country from the Pacific coast and the rest of Mexico. If you have only been there, I do think you are doing yourself a big disservice.

Our favourite places on the west coast are Zihua and Huatulco in particular and then the Manzanillo area, and then the beach towns of Sayulita and San Pancho north Puerto Vallarta.

PV proper would be last on my list of my favourites because the city has grown so huge and the water and beaches aren't that nice. (Too bad, because so many people go there once and then say "I hated the Pacific side (as if it is all like PV! ), the beaches were terrible!" ).
But the fishing is good, and the city is a foodie's Paradise.

Thank's for the great TR Maggie, We should try somewhere new, but there is still more to see near Playa. You do make it enticing though!!

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by Ranger

Thank's for the great TR Maggie, We should try somewhere new, but there is still more to see near Playa. You do make it enticing though!!

There is more to see in much of the world, let alone Mexico, for sure.

Thanks for reading.

[Ranger]

Originally Posted by Rissask

There is more to see in much of the world, let alone Mexico, for sure.

Thanks for reading.

My wife has never been to Canada!!

[hollywood65]

Very nice...Love the pics and the condo! My wife and I stayed in PV last May/June and again the end of Nov. Beginning of Dec. Looking for somewhere different. I do miss Playa but that place sure has me curious!

[prettymommy]

Originally Posted by Rissask

I am going to make this short but sweet and mostly photos!

This was my fourth time to this area and Don's fifth.

Obviously we love Zihuatanejo, and no wonder- what is not to love?? Perfect winter weather, guaranteed hot and sunny. Ever. Single. Day.

Gorgeous sunsets. Jaw dropping mountain bay views. Bathtub warm and clear ocean water...and pools that are not going to freeze your nuts off (or whatever ).

Calm beaches for swimming and some for boogie boarding.


Great beaches and surprisingly good snorkeling (if you have only been to PV, the water is 100% nicer here!).

Great restaurants in this town- and the BEST seafood- lots of it and it is very reasonable- other than the lobster and shrimp.

Friendly, warm people everywhere, no timeshare sharks at all in Zihua- there are some at the airport, but they are not agressive at all, and quite a few in Ixtapa, another great reason to avoid Ixtapa, yuk yuk yuk ).

Guerrero DOES have advisories at this time, there is quite a lot of cartel activity and a fairly high murder rate related to that. Acapulco is about 2-3 hours away, and that city now has the second highest homicide rate in Mexico, after Cuidad Juarez. Also, it has a long term (and well-deserved) rep for lawlessness in general and massive corruption- BUT it is just as safe FOR TOURISTS as any other resort area in Mexico.

We felt VERY safe the entire time were there, and we walked all over downtown day and night. Our condo had 24 hour security guards, too. I was warned via PM from people on another website to not travel to certain other cities by car- Petatlan, Patzcuaro, and Morelia, which we were going to do- so we skipped that. But for a week there is PLENTY to see and do in Zihua- it is a city of 100,000, so pretty tough to get bored.

WOW WOW WOW.....Where is this? it kind of reminds me of Greece a little bit. I can see why you go back. Is this condo up for public rentals?
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