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Well, it’s true. Zihuatanejo, about 140 miles north of Acapulco on the west coast of Mexico, is a fascinating place. It is the neighbor of Ixtapa, a hot destination for those in search of the Cancún experience on the west coast. It is Acapulco many, many years ago, before the horrible bloodshed of narcotraffickers made that place too dangerous to consider returning to.

But Zihua, as it is called by the locals, is the not Hard Rock Cafes and big resort hotels or even Troncones, a beach to the north which has been taken over by gringo surfers. Zihua is where the workers live, and it has several lovely small hotels and a wonderful curving beach where vendors are gentle and smile when you say “No, gracias” to their trinkets held aloft – and then wander off leaving one to wonder how they make a living?”*