Acapulco at #3.
I remember when it was THE vacation destination for AWA (Americans With Money).
Things sure have changed.
Acapulco at #3.
I remember when it was THE vacation destination for AWA (Americans With Money).
Things sure have changed.
After our adult kids finished college or tech schools and became fully employed, we would go to Acapulco and stay in good time shares the first week or two in December about 25 years ago.
We stayed at a timeshare about 1 mile from the city and walked to and from on the beach or the sidewalks. We never felt in danger for about 4 years, then it started to change.
So we went to Mazatlan and stayed in a condo about a mile from the city from the city. Again we walked on the beach to and from the main city. Again things started to change.
We took a cruise about 10 years ago with stops in Acapulco, Mazatlan and Cabo. They suggested not to leave the ship in Acapulco. We took a luncheon trip in Mazatlan, and the bus had an early 20 guy something with what appeared to be some old version of an assault weapon as a guard.
The ship pulled into the Cabo harbor and anchored. We used its small boats to take us into a heavy guarded and fenced on the sides and top walk way to get to the shops. Also, for some of us to board a whale watching boat.
The skipper on the whale watching boat was told to leave early not to go back to the harbor and to take us directly to the ship. Then, have us board via a little floating dock attached to a very long ship’s ladder to get on board.
We helped a few older people get up the stairs. The XO asked us if we would like to be on the bridge as the ship lifted anchor and sailed out of the harbor.
So, we took him up on his offer. My wife got a bird’s eye view of the skills needed to get any ship in or out of a busy harbor. She asked what harbors were similar re heavy traffic, when I was in the Navy. I said the worse was Miami, next NYC and then Norfolk NOB on east coast.