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Our trip from Zihuatenejo to Papanoa was very exciting, we saw lots of sea turtles, I caught a small fish and Kip caught the biggest fish in his lifetime a sail fish which he released. It was much to big for us to save. Upon our arrival in Papanoa we found a large military presents and a sunken catamaran which was abandoned in Sept 2005. It seamed like all the locals came to the pier to check us out as we were anchoring. Papanoa is a very small bay, not much room for to many boats but very comfortable. After we had settled down the military came around and boarded Adelia to check our documents. Everything after taking a picture of Kip and the guys they wanted to take one with me. They were very nice and courteous. |
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Leaving Papanoa very early we saw a beautiful sunrise as we headed towards Acapulco. We saw quite a few sea turtles but did not manage to catch any fish along the way. Arriving in Acapulco was breathtaking for us, it seemed to be such a long ways from home. As one of the largest Mexican coast tourist cities, there are a lot of people and a lot of venders around. Not many sailboats stop here, as there is not anchoring and mooring balls are not always available. After the excitement of the frozen helm we settled on a mooring ball for a few days. We toured the town, did some shopping fueled up and were on our way to our next destination Puerto Escondido. |  |
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| As we approached Puerto Escondido we were excited to see the beautiful bay where we hoped to anchor for a few days. Unfortunately as we got closer to shore we discovered the bay to be very deep and anchoring would be to close to shore and not very safe. The pangas were all anchored on the north end of the bay leaving very little room for sailboats. We dropped anchor in sixty plus feet of water too close to shore, had lunch, pulled up anchor and left for Puerto Angel another forty miles south. |
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Puerto Angel proved to be a great anchorage surrounded by a picturesque beach covered with great palapas and fishing pangas. We loved being anchored in crystal clear water where we could jump in off the boat and swim to close by snorkeling spots. Puerto Angel is a fairly small fishing village with a few hotels, not to many tourist and a couple of great beaches close enough to walk to. Internet seems to be available in most of the small Mexican towns we have been in and most are one dollar an hour. |
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Bahia's of Huatulco, 12
bays and tiny coves make up the Bays of Huatulco, we visited only
two, Chahue Bay where the Marina is located and the Huatulco/Santa
Cruz Bay which is the main bay where the cruise ship comes in. Both
have beautiful beaches and of course great restaurants shops. The
main road going into La Crucecita which is the main downtown
shopping area is separated by a beautiful promenade covered by large
shade and tall palm trees. I loved walking from the marina to
downtown. |
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Huatulco is by
far the most beautiful, cleanest coastal city we have seen so far,
the local people are very friendly and help full. Kip went to a
hardware store looking for a certain fitting which was not in stock.
The store manager took Kip in his pick-up to the warehouse where
there was one. Enrique the Marina Chahue manager was also very
help full with our paper work, laundry, fuel, propane and whatever
else we needed. |
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| We truly enjoyed Huatulco and all the wonderful people we met here. I would highly recommend Huatulco for your next vacation. |
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