Visiting Acapulco, Mexico/Carlos Pueblo
The ship
left Guatemala for two night and a day to reach Acapulco, Mexico
for a regular
stay. Acapulco, the full name is Acapulco de Juared, is a famous
resort city
for the North American and I have heard the city ever since my
arrival of
the U.S. Large city like Acapulco is similar to Texas cities such as
Houston and
San Antonio, etc. We can communicate with the local in both
English and
Spanish, enjoy eating local Mexican foods. What I had visited of
The portion
of this city was very limited, a small fort in adjacent to the port,
some part of
the old port town, and the coastal street to the pier.
Across a
busy street from the pier, there is a nicely managed fort park now
a museum
called Museo Historico de Acapulco de San Diego. It is on a small
hill with
canons set up to watch the Acapulco Bay. The Museo is the main
attraction with
plenty of green lawn and mango trees with full tree of mangos.
I like
mango and very fond of the tree. I did find many ripe mango on the
street fruit
stands available to be purchased. I ran into a couple from the State
of
Pennsylvania who sit on shared tables several at the big restaurant. We ran
into each
other at the park and separated and met again at the street corner
thereafter.
She was a graduate student at Penn State under Professor Parris
Chang in the
late 80’s and I read Chang’s column on Newsweek Magazine when
I was in
Taiwan. We did have some chat about him.
I exit the
business streets of the port area and reached to a busy highway which
I believed
to the famous resort area such as beautiful beaches and the jumping
cliff. I
turned around and followed the coastal avenue back to the ship. There were
more and
more business activities around. I took more of the mango trees. A couple
of the Jehovah
Witness ladies stopped and chatted with me for one and half hours.
There was a
street dog lying on the ground to be our company for bible study. I
have met so
many JW stands all over the world of my traveling. They are devoted
to the
religion. Previously, some of them visited my house and I always invited them
inside and
asked them, especially the youngsters if they worked.
My daughters
on board always ask me where I have visited. I can’t go very far because
of my
strength and the toilet issue. I have missed many commercial tourist area;
however,
I have
shaped up my idea of travel that I can only visit some part of the world which
won’t
Bother me
very much of the cost. I am very frugal.
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