Exploring Zihuatanejo: A Beach Escape to Remember

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👍❤👍❤👍. Happy Xmas Mora🎄❄⛄From México City😊😊😊

I give you and everyone else credit for not mentioning that the name of this beach town was made famous in the movie The Shawshank Redemption. I never knew Zihuatanejo was a real place. It's a name that rolls easily off the tongue. Thanks for sharing your latest adventure with us! Yes, and Feliz Navidad!

Mora Margaret,
Your videography continues to impress and inspire! I look forward to your video journals.
I learned about México's "passing" lane rules on my first visit into México.
At first it didn't make sense why there was a regular width lane and a smaller lane that looked as if it were the emergency lane. Only, it's no emergency lane. I learned to ride over on the white stripe to allow traffic to pass me. And, I believe everyone from Brownsville, Texas to Vera Cruz, Veracruz passed me.
I noticed the occasional monument with a statue of Mother Mary along the road where apparently someone died in a motor vehicle collision.

Mora Margaret,
Feliz Navidad!🎄

❤ Your beauty outshines the native flora. I couldn't help feeling melancholy, for you... or perhaps it's just me whose lonely.

Spanish flamenco guitar, for Zihuatanejo?

Thank you Mora. What a beautiful beach town.

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Strange plant is a Bitter Melon. Have a beautiful day Mora xx

Lovely dogs 🐕

Thanks for this video, now I have another place to visit. the walk towards the beach reminded me of San Pancho.

Mora, try TRONCONES. It's a dog friendly beach and nice places to rent.

Hi, Mora. The vine you showed at the end is called a balsam pear, or 'bitter melon'. It is an invasive species originally from tropical Africa and southeast Asia. I have them in my yard in Florida. They grow rapidly and will eventually cover small trees and shrubs if left unchecked. They are also nearly impossible to get rid of. The leaves and (green) pods are edible and used primarily in Asian cuisine.

Next time just aim your mobile toward the flower open google search, click on the little camera icon and it'll almost always tell you exactly what kind of flower it is.

Thank you so much for your videos. You have helped convince me that it is time for me, at 62, to sell my home and furnishings, pack up the RV and move to Mexico. I just don't want to work anymore, and if I move to Mexico, I can make the money I have stretch and last. So, again, thank you! Maybe I'll bump into you sometime in my travels south of the border. :)

Beautiful
I wanted to see you ride that big yellow parachute.

Try Troncones next time

You remember the movie Shawshank Redemption. ? I wonder if they sell t shirts with the movie name on it.

Economies in US and Canada are hurting unfortunately and are going to get worse in the years ahead, so less people taking vacations. That was some crazy driving!

Great video!

Hola thanks for the video.. can you share the dog friendly Airbnb you stayed at? Are allowed to take the dogs on the beach there? Gracias

Great video as always
Wonderful to see you living your best life
Hope to see u soon
Take care happy holidays aka feliz navidad I think 🤔 gotta start somewhere

That was fun! The driving is just like I heard. It was great to see actual footage. Glad you had a nice getaway! T & C in Seattle

Is that Mary Poppins' bag? Feliz Navidad

Gr8 vid Margaret. Do you have an Instagram account?

Mora I went there because of the movie Shawshank redemption

is that the city Red went to meet Andy in shawshank redemption?

Mora have a happy Xmas and happy new year’s best wishes.

What is sad they say not many sea turtles don’t make to adulthood.

Yes people need a change and Mexico can be a great place best wishes to everybody who wants to make the plunge happy holidays.

Nice video! I saw that movie as well. You show a much different side than the movie. Love it!

For driving in Mexico, the Waze app tends to be better than Google. It is common practice for the large trucks to turn their left signal on and/or pull over to the right as much as possible as a signal to you that you can pass. But the "you can pass" doesn't mean you go 100% into the oncoming lane as you may need to "share" the oncoming lane with another who is passing as well. It is really remarkable how what we know as a two-lane road in the US can become and 3 or 4 lane road in Mexico. It is terrifying at first, but eventually you get used to the flow. You may want to check out Oaxaca City, Puebla and San Cristobal de Las Casas as other colonial (milder climate) areas. I lived in San Cristobal de Las Casas for 2 years and loved it. But eventually I was tired of feeling a bit cold and moved to Puerto Escondido for 9 months - where I always felt too hot. I think you are finding the right mix - generally in the higher elevation for living then a beach get away to warm your bones.

Having people keep the birds away makes us useful idiots for the turtles.

Hello Mora, another lovely video. I’m curious what you do with your dogs when you get to these places? For instance, the sea turtle center…are the dogs right there with you on the beach? Just curious how you manage them when you take these day trips. My sweet boy is a large, well behaved dog, but I’m not sure about taking him into those type of areas.
The plant…Momordica Balsamina. Very exotic and cool!

Que envidia de la buena 😅

I'm making my first trip to Zihuatanejo in about 6 weeks. If our trips had coincided, I could've gotten your autograph! 😀. Thank you, Mora, for your wonderful videos. The episodes are visually beautiful and I learn so much!

Thank you for sharing another beautifully recorded adventure, Mora!!
Flying out IAH to CDMX tomorrow. Before I return to the US, I will try and send you family contact numbers in Mexico in case you ever need anything.
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Happy Holidays!!!!
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Nice video. Mora I’m planning a trip to Mexico in February or March but can’t decide if I should go to Quertaro or Mexico City to go to Pueblo . Which would you recommend? Pueblo looks so interesting to possibly live but I worry the airport is 2.5 hrs away.

Americans I never seen one that didn't complain about the weather

Your videos from Pàtzcuaro made me come here. We're spending Christmas here and we rented a cabin. We visited Tacambaro and Santa Clara del Cobre.

Merry Christmas 🎄 Beautiful trip. Take care.

El.arbol de bugamilia las flores. Se pueden usar como te en mexico mucha gente cuando va a terminar el otoño y caen al suelo mucha mujeres las levantan y las guardan y cuando llega el invierno las ponen en agua caliente y las toman como te son muy buenas cuando era niño recuerdo mi madre nos daba porque una amiga de mi madre tenia un arbol muy grande atras de la casa ...tambien las ojas del arbol de naraja en mexico se usan como tea 🍵 es muy delicioso y como.que calma el stress relaxa el cuerpo es muy bueno libre de pesticidas son organicos laa ojas de pas naranjos y las flores de la bugamilia ..saludos cuidate siempre y tus mascotas bendiciones y mucha luz en tu camino siempre que viajes en todo mexico ...

Very cool videos.

Your dogs are lovely, Feliz Navidad Mora 🙏🎄😊

Merry Christmas

Hi Mora….Hope you have a great Christmas!!! Feliz Navidad!! Pam in Durango!!

Cruising the Mad Max Highway