Back in Zihua/Ixtapa

We returned to Marina Ixtapa on February 22nd and

stayed for another week in the marina.

One day we rode out to the Crocodile Sancutuary on the

well planned and well maintained 8+km. bike path

from the marina out to Playa Linda.

We rode our bikes into Ixtapa every day

to shop and hit the resaurants and we

took the bus into Zihua to shop, provision,

eat, and explore.

Zihuatanejo:

Marina Ixtapa:

This guy was swimming around the marina - he needs
an orthodontist!

The staff at the marina was great. We left on a Sunday

morning and Fabian brought us a Mexican breakfast

that his mother had made. Muy rico!

Jim, Fabian, Mary, and George (the guard)

We spent another couple of days at Isla Grande

where Juan (owner of the Paraidiso Escondido Restaurant)

served our table complimentary fresh

Tuna sashimi and Tequila.......

..............and Tina showed us how to feed the

resident deer tortillas.

We left Isla Grande on March 1 at 7am and arrived in

Santiago Bay (Manzanillo) at 4PM on March 2nd.

We are now slowly working our way north.

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