Heading further down the coast to get to the east side of Acapulco by late afternoon was our goal. Turns out we made good headway and drove passed Acapulco to San Marcos on Hwy 200; 300km (180 miles) in ~6 hours…..
It seems the further south we travel the more poverty we saw. The coast is lush, humid and the salty air seems to deteriorate everything. No matter how well one may try to maintain property, cars, or roads it’s never enough. It is hard to imagine how the Mexican citizens eek out a living here along the small coastal towns. There are numerous aesthetically pleasing restaurants (all seem empty), everyone seems busy and they don’t seem to be starving or begging for money. There are many fruit stands, vendors selling the local candies, bread and produce and they wait patiently for their patrons.
We drove through the edge of Acapulco which must have been the poorest part of town.
Hwy 200 to San Marcos was undergoing a lot of road repair and expansion so it was slow going. For some reason there were a variety of sizes of topes (speed bumps) with no forewarning. We bottomed out once, jumped twice, and screeched on the brakes a few times.
Photo right: Note small car making it over this large speed bump...we guessed ppl don't obey the speed limit so these will slow you down.We found a Clint Eastwood style hotel in San Marcos, a bustling town, had dinner at the local hamberguesa joint and walked through the local market to the cathedral. We finished our day watching the original Nikita (French version) in Spanish subtitles at the hotel...and stayed up late enough to see 007 in Espanol.
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