Alcapulco, Mexico



It was nice watching us dock in Alcapulco especially since that was the only port we were able to dock. The taxi drivers stood on shore waving at us and the ship did dock across the street from a fort that was built in the 1600's. Unfortunately for us the fort was closed the day we were there (so what else is new)... instead Early and I took off on foot to see what we would in town and found Mario. Mario spoke very good english and informed us he was paid by the government to be friendly to us and show us the market place. He walked with us to the market place and after we thought we lost him - no, he kept turning up and wanted to show us his brothers store and where we could get very good deals. We ended up buying nothing and walking back to the beach where we found the magnificent frigate birds diving at the fishing boats along with the seagulls; that was more to our liking. Mario did inform us upon return to the ship's area that he never refuses a tip. Never... good grief.. that was the last time we were friendly to a tour guide! ha! We did have a good time but Alcapulco is a big city and since we are not really in the shopping mode and all the free food we could want was on the ship and we are not the type to go parasailing or scuba diving we were not left with a lot of options. It was nice to see though just the same.

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Marta Ager said…
Enjoying reading your experiences!
March 23, 2008 at 1:01 PM
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