Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Z Place 2 B

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Ottawa Joe — Wed, 18 May 2016 02:11:48 +0000

We stay at Club Intrawest when there the place some like to hate but that is what it is. I know exactly where that picture was taken as I have the similar shot from about 12 years ago. Love the centre and that is where we hang out and eat for most of our stay. See you in January.

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Paulf — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:48:21 +0000

We discovered the little street when we started staying in Centro years ago at Casa Hotel Celeste and then because of the noise pollution moved to Hotel Zihuanejo(before the noise caused us to leave) and would walk the street a couple of times a day going to a restaurant near by or shopping. It's funny we still walk the little streets when we are down to see how everything has/has not changed. Miss staying at Casa Celeste and Hotel Zihuanejo being out on the balcony watching the people and carts going by- especially when the strawberries would be in season. There is no place like "Z".

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AngelaD — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:50:16 +0000

Such a beautiful, peaceful street. I'm not sure where it is but hope to find it on my next visit.

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dhunsber — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:46:10 +0000

Lovely reminiscence, and an equally lovely foto.

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Commander Barrett — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:17:33 +0000

Oh my. Beautiful, Love downtown. Seven more days until I am in Paradise!

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ZihuaRob — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:37:33 +0000

My very first attempt at work when I arrived to live permanently in Zihuatanejo back in '89 was to help my mother with a small artisan furniture shop. I don't recall hardly ever selling a thing there, but my future wife would bring me home-cooked meals with frijoles & tortillas every day and I began giving private English classes to a small Mexican family 3 times a week, so that was cool. The little shop was located on Calle Pedro Ascencio on the ground floor of a hotel and across the street from Kapi Kofi where Doña Olga would often try to cheat to beat me and other folks at backgammon, so that after a while no one would play with her any more. Upstairs from Kapi Kofi was a dance school that taught traditional Mexican ballet folclórico. The street was always very peaceful and rustic. A place where everyone seemed to know each other. There were no bars blaring music, and of course everything was closed by midnight. We did indeed drink a lot of mezcal at the bar that later opened next to Kapi Kofi. It eventually became Barracruda quite a few years later before moving to its current location. Mostly locals and long-time visitors hung out there though a few brave tourists would show up from time to time and of course get talked into drinking too much mezcal. Yes sirree, those were some fun times!

Calle Pedro Ascencio is not only one of my favorite streets, but it's also one of Zihuatanejo's most iconic pedestrian-only streets. Just watch out for the motorcycles of the pizza delivery guys.