Fun in the Sun

We came down to Acapulco late Saturday night. We hopped on a bus from Cuernavaca at 4 pm and started down the road to a new adventure. Since it's a bit of a long trip, we took a 1st class bus which has a bathroom and plays a movie. About an hour into our trip we got our first adventure. The 2 pm bus going to Acapulco had broken down, so we were taking on their passengers. As you might guess, there was not enough seats for everyone and a few people were a bit grumpy about it. All the kids under 6 ended up on someone's lap and a few people had to sit on the floor in the aisle. I thought it was amusing.

We soon hit our second adventure. The bathroom door was stuck and the handle had broken off. Since we were sitting in the very back, we got to watch this first hand. An old man and I tried several things to open it, and finally I took my itty-bitty screwdriver for fixing my glasses and jimmied it open. I think that officially makes me the hero of the day!


The ride to Acapulco is beautiful...the mountains and valleys are so green and the rock formations are really interesting. We got to see "Catwoman" in Spanish...now Sierra wants to see it in English! Haha.



We got to Acapulco at something like 9 or 9:30 and hired a taxi to take us to the hotel. Of course, he continually tried to talk me into another hotel that was closer or cleaner or a little bit more expensive and I was getting really annoyed. I'm not sure if he just didn't know where the hotel was, or it was too far and through bad traffic or he just wanted a commission for getting me to take another hotel! He FINALLY took us to the hotel I'd asked him to take us to (after stopping at 3-4 others) and they were just selling their last room! It was after 10:30 at night! He didn't want to take us to the youth hostel because it was too far away - on the other side of the bay. I said "fine, take us wherever that is under $300 pesos a night". He took us to this hotel and we went in and I didn't like it, so I asked for my money back and had to argue with the guy about it and he finally gave it back and we got another taxi and went to the youth hostel. The second taxi driver was so nice and helpful and I really appreciated him. When we got to the hostel at 11:30 pm it was all dark and I was a bit nervous so he ended up walking us in and around and getting us checked in and making sure we were safe and all was fine.

The hostel here, Kingdom Hostel, is really nice. It must be a 4-5 acre campus and there is a 5 lane olympic sized pool, track, tennis court and soccer field. There are two tv rooms and computers and hammocks and a nice courtyard for visiting. It´s brand new, so not many people know about it. My hint...reserve online because then it is $15 per night per person...if you show up it is $20 per night...my bad. There is a bunny and kitten running around that Sierra is having fun playing with.

On Sunday we swam in the pool and then headed to the beach in Acapulco. There we rented a jetski and had a lot of fun on that! Afterward, I taught Sierra the fine art of sneaking into a fancy hotels´pool. She was freaking out about it, but in reality the people said it was fine. We ended up in a hotel that caters to Mexicans (as opposed to Americans & other travelers), so we stuck out like a sore thumb. It was fun though, and she got to play with other kids and splash around for a while.

Both of our stomachs are not feeling so well and we haven't been eating much. However, Sierra was dying to play on the playland at the McDonald's (y'know...creature comforts of home and all that) so that's what we did. It was a little taste of home, I guess.

Now we're on to Puerto Escondido & Puerto Angel, about 7-8 hours south of here.