Late trip report

Came with the wife for 8 nights at BVG Marina. Nice condo complex, very quiet for sleeping, great views, good on site restaurant and nice pool. We got a 2 bedroom unit so we could register our taxi friend along with his wife and son. We enjoy spending time with them and we end up doing things that most tourists don’t. We even went and watched him play soccer on Monday afternoon. If you can’t find a taxi on Monday it’s because they are all over at La Puerta playing soccer. Must have been almost a hundred taxis parked there. Our best new find for restaurants was La Porteña, Rob talked it up so much we had to try it. Excellent food and very reasonable considering the location. Our friends had never been there before and loved it, he plans on taking his wife back there for Valentines.

We were able to bring the cook from our last trip at Monarca over to BVG. She made 3 excellent lunches for us with the top one being birria de res made with short ribs along with frijoles charros. As with all our trips we fished twice with Ramon Oleaje. Always a good day with Ramon, inshore was much better than offshore this trip.

I love to walk the ciclopista from the marina to the Azul Grand daily when not fishing. My friend comes over and goes with us, I think he is a little too concerned for our safety. The first morning the wife passed so it was only the 2 of us. He mentioned that there is a dirt trail that goes to the top of the hill for an excellent view but he had never done it before. So I said porqué no, having no clue what I got myself into. This trail never ends, I just kept thinking just around the next turn, only a fool would turn around now. I did make it but next time I will pace myself, didn’t realize the distance. Great views and we did make it to the Azul Grand. When I got back to the condo my iPhone said 10.4 miles and 64 flights. A couple of days later we walked to the pier in Zihua but that was an easy walk, 10 miles but easy. Took the wife twice and she was hoping to find some tejones but none were to be found. Actually brought food for them and strangely enough my wife was able to feed a chachalaca, it came with in a couple of feet of us.

All in all it was an excellent trip that included a day at Isla Ixtapa and La Barra de Potosí. We have another trip planned in April to the other BVG in town. No sleep for Dave as we will turn it into party central!

What an excellent trip report. I can't believe you walked all the way to the top of the hill at Parque Aztlán from BVG Marina, AND to Zihuatanejo. That's some truckin! Miles or kilometers?

Ramón is the best. One of my very favorite people.

I'm glad you gave La Porteña a try. Joaquín works so hard to get everything just right. We've never had anything less than an excellent meal with him. That's why his place is always busy. The only thing missing with his Onion Soup is Edith Piaf and a Kir Royale. The seafood is always superb as are all his dishes. We frequently enjoy his pizzas, his burgers, his lasagna. I also love his arrachera, and even his BBQ ribs. No meal there is complete without one of his excellent desserts.

How cool that your wife got a chachalaca to come close enough to feed. But then she's an attractive woman.

Gracias for the trip report! I really enjoyed it. Un saludo.