7/8/2010 - Acapulco, Mexico - Acapulco City Highlights & Cliff Divers Tour
We arrived in Acapulco very early this morning and were up and out on our tour before the sun rose! Because it was a Saturday the traffic/etc in the afternoon was expected to be very heavy - so the decision was made to start all the tours a little earlier (Thank god I had a couple of cans of V left from the bunch I bought in Darwin, all those weeks ago!).
Acapulco is designed for tourists - it's easy to tell and they make no effort to disguise that - which is a nice change from a lot of places that aren't terribly open about trying to take you for everything you've got! Our guide even mentioned that they were happy to see us cause of the money it generates!
Our first stop on the tour was the Cliff divers! If you ever go to Acapulco to see the cliff divers - I'd recommend you use the seating at the Hotel Mirador (see the picture below) it costs a little more, but it's worth it! the seating/etc is really good and you can talk to the divers afterwards. Apparently it's a family business, father teaches son, etc - but I tell you that there's no way you'd get me to jump off those cliffs! It was an impressive performance, those divers really earn their money!
We then travelled through the newer parts of Acapulco, looking at some of the hotels/etc - our guide pointed out many of the sights as we drove by. Then we drove up out of town for some views of the area around Acapulco and some of the bigger resorts!
Our guide on this tour was excellent, he really made us feel comfortable and answered whatever questions we had.
Mexico is obviously having some crime problems, it's quite visible on the streets when you see Soldiers with assault rifles stationed outside of each bank!
Oh - we had a 'shopping stop' as well, during which time they gave out margaritas! Marylyn and Dave both sampled them freely... and fifteen minutes later Marylyn was asleep! She slept through a big part of the tour and then came back to the ship and slept the afternoon away! (Dave insisted I put this on the blog! sorry Marylyn!).
Acapulco is designed for tourists - it's easy to tell and they make no effort to disguise that - which is a nice change from a lot of places that aren't terribly open about trying to take you for everything you've got! Our guide even mentioned that they were happy to see us cause of the money it generates!
Our first stop on the tour was the Cliff divers! If you ever go to Acapulco to see the cliff divers - I'd recommend you use the seating at the Hotel Mirador (see the picture below) it costs a little more, but it's worth it! the seating/etc is really good and you can talk to the divers afterwards. Apparently it's a family business, father teaches son, etc - but I tell you that there's no way you'd get me to jump off those cliffs! It was an impressive performance, those divers really earn their money!
We then travelled through the newer parts of Acapulco, looking at some of the hotels/etc - our guide pointed out many of the sights as we drove by. Then we drove up out of town for some views of the area around Acapulco and some of the bigger resorts!
Our guide on this tour was excellent, he really made us feel comfortable and answered whatever questions we had.
Mexico is obviously having some crime problems, it's quite visible on the streets when you see Soldiers with assault rifles stationed outside of each bank!Oh - we had a 'shopping stop' as well, during which time they gave out margaritas! Marylyn and Dave both sampled them freely... and fifteen minutes later Marylyn was asleep! She slept through a big part of the tour and then came back to the ship and slept the afternoon away! (Dave insisted I put this on the blog! sorry Marylyn!).
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