Thread: Zihautanejo

Never thought that this would happen to such a quiet little town:

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Some cruise ships have port stops scheduled there: Carnival Spirit, RCCL Radiance of the Seas, and HAL Rotterdam ... could be others as well.

I am scheduled to go there in March of 2010 on the Radiance. If there are still problems we will not venture out much.

Guess none of us would, John (Bliz)!

Wonder if cruise ships will continue to make port stops there if things continue the way they are now?

Any updates on this?

i visited this quiet small town in january 2008 . quite small, friendly people good coffee and good beer.
it was just so peacefull when pauline and i were there, it's very sad that this is happening .

I would not be stopped visiting this lovely town. I have spent a lot of time in this area. The "troubles" so far have not involved any tourists or the usual tourist areas.

Oh, I forgot. Rather than take a tour. Walk around downtown and enjoy a beer or coffee(look for a location that actually sells coffee beans for your coffee). Take a small boat over to Las Gatas beach. Or go to La Ropa Beach and rent a small sail boat that will take you around the bay. My sister and I did this and it was so relaxing as our captain handled the work. It cost us $250 or about $25 US. You can parasail or ride a banana boat. The Picante is a larger catamaran that does sailing and snorkle rides. If you are interested I can look for their web site. We took their sunset cruise and loved it. The cap told us their snorkling trip is the best one.

Also, Zihuatanjeo is the correct spelling or this town.