Road to la Ropa

Demolition of the road to la Ropa is well underway. Asphalt and sidewalks are torn out from the bottom of the hill up past restaurants Kau Kan, Puerto del Sol and now at Il Mare. Like MADERA was a couple years ago, thi is going to be devastating for those restaurants. Walked down past Kau Kan earlier and Ricardo, the owner, was standing outside looking at all the rubble in front ... No sidewalk, no street ... Looked like he was about to cry. Going to be a tough few months for these independent restaurants so might be nice to go out of our way and give them a bit more business.

Great idea to support these businesses. However, Calle Adelita was completely closed to traffic for what seemed like forever. At least there has to be one open lane for traffic on the La Ropa road. Actually, the delay is only anywhere from 2-10 minutes, so it sure could be a lot worse.

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Linda from Canada
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We will be staying along La Ropa in a few weeks. With the sidewalks torn up, are you still able to walk safely to town?

As of last night they were fine. Just walk past the Hotel Irma. Go up the hill, and from Kau Kan to La Ropa the sidewalks were the same.

Good to know. Thanks.

Today they are chewing up the sidewalks even more...moving on down the road. However, you can still walk all the way. At the moment, you just walk on the dirt lane where the concrete has been removed...they are working on the lane going TO La Ropa. There will always be a way to both walk & drive. It's the only way in and out of La Ropa. Always a way...not always convenient. But us Zihua lovers have spirit, right? No problema!

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Linda from Canada
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We've been here two weeks and stay on the La Ropa end. So far the road construction, for us, has been a very, very minor inconvenience. No problems walking into town or to any of the restaurants along the La Ropa road,
just a little more dust and a little more noise than normal.

Thanks for the heads up. I'm from a state with 2 seasons, Winter and "under construction". Mexico in general is a challenge when it comes to walking on sidewalks and along roads. The last thing I want to do on vacation is negotiate more hazardous conditions. There are so many other good restaurants in Ixtapa and Zihua so I think we'll just avoid that area this time around.

"I'm from a state with 2 seasons, Winter and "under construction"."

That sounds like our former home: Alaska.