Acapulco - One by land, two by sea

I believe my impression of Acapulco was formed during my first visit in 1969. Bill Warr and I had travelled by his Volkswagen Bus from San Diego to Mexico City. We left his Bus with some relatives of Amado and took a bus down to Acapulco. Mexico City is over a mile high, so the journey at night by bus down a very crooked narrow two-lane road was quite an experience. Often, the traffic was slowed by a pokey old jaloppy. Since the driver could not see around the bends, he turned off his headlights to see if there was any on-coming traffic. If he saw no lights, he passed. I commented to Bill "what if a bus coming up the hill is doing the same thing at the same time as we".

As we approached Acapulco outskirts we went throught some of the worse living conditions I had witnessed up to that time. This is where the poor of Mexico lived in shanties and squalor. Then we came to the brow of the hill and looked down on the beach area and saw all these beautiful resorts lining the beach. I am sure tourists were never taken up the hill to see the real Mexican poor. The facade of wealth with the background of poverty has left a permanent image in my mind of Acapulco.

Two times I have seen Acapulco by sea. The first time was with BoPo and Nana as we passed by on our way to Puerta Vallarta. Today is the second time. Ruth is not sure she wants to go ashore, as it is quite humid. So I may get off to look around a bit after lunch.

We arrived at the dock at 9 AM, October 4th. During the night Ruth saw some lightning and felt some motion, but I felt or saw nothing.

The ship's log indicates sunrise at 7:28 and sunset at 7:26, nearly a perfect division between day and night. I believe this is typical for locations near the equator. They say the temperature is a constant 85 degrees year-round.

Ruth contiues to do well for which I am thankful.

Love to everyone. We miss you all.