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<title>Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Quick Report 5/15/21 - 5/22/21</title>
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<title>Quick Report 5/15/21 - 5/22/21 (reply)</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the trip report, amigo! Sorry we missed you, but it sounds like you saw a lot of good people who were sure happy to see you including Ramón and your taxi driver friend as well as the folks at SPAZ. I hope you and your lovely wife got the R&amp;R you work so hard to enjoy.</p>
<p>Yes, being vaccinated sure makes it more comfortable while out and about. Though I don't need to, I still find myself pulling a bandana over my face when in close proximity to folks who might not be vaccinated out of respect for their fears more than anything else.</p>
<p>Warm saludos to you both. I'll look forward to seeing you in October on your next visit.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 01:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ZihuaRob</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last 6 trips were at the Azul Grand, this time we got a 2 bd, 2 ba condo at Monarca in Ixtapa Marina.  Better bang for the buck at the Azul Grand if staying at the hotel is your thing.  It got to the point that we were not having any dinners at the Azul so why stay there.  I very much liked the condo, grounds and it’s restaurant.  Wife thought it needed to be updated but they had new furniture, refrigerator and televisions, the age of the paint and tiles means nothing to me.  That being said we are staying at BVG in October.  Went 1 day inshore fishing with Ramon Oleaje and it was pretty much nonstop action.  Took his family out one night to Any’s and had a very nice meal, had to do a table of 6 and 4 due to Covid rules.  We had a cook come in 3 times to prepare lunch which was really outstanding but way too much food.  The first night was Jungle Pizza, took 90 minutes to get our food but it was good.  The last night we got pizza at Emilio’s and preferred it a little compared to Jungle, we  got our food in about 15 minutes.  Went to SPAZ one afternoon to make our standard donation and visit some dogs.  Good thing that this place is so far away from our home as the wife fell in love with this one dog, we would have 3 instead of 2.  Took wife down to the massage huts a few hundred yards down the beach $300 per hour and she enjoyed it.</p>
<p>Everything else was pretty much our usual trip.  Did our Covid test with Azumed which came to our condo, in and out in 15 minutes with an email in 90 minutes.  Our taxi driver friend called and helped us set it up.  We have been fully vaccinated for months now so were not worried at all.  Since the condo we rented had a max occupancy of 6 we registered our taxi driver friend, his wife and son.  Worked out really great, his 7 year old son was learning how to swim and the husband was very helpful when we needed anything plus we always learn a few more words from him.  Sometimes we would invite them out for meals and have them pick out the restaurant.  It would always be someplace inexpensive, good and they would be very conservative ordering.  At one time I had to tell them that it was ok to order more than 1 soda to share for 3 people.  Never seen anything like this back home, more like what’s the most expensive thing on the menu.</p>
<p>When up early masking was pretty much nonexistent but later in the day/night most people were following the rules.  We were not wearing masks walking to the pool which seemed to not be an issue.  Our last full day the wife was not feeling the best so we made it a Netflix day.  We talked our local friends into coming over for swimming, when they walked to the pool security told them to put on masks and that they were going to report it to the front desk.  Never heard anything about it but it did look suspiciously like reverse discrimination which I have seen before with other local friends in Cabo.  All around it was another great trip to Zihuatanejo.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Craig AKA the cruise ship guy</dc:creator>
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