The Pacific Coast of Mexico

This website features information on the Pacific Coasts of Oaxaca, Jalisco, and Colima Mexico, including the towns of Huatulco, Puerto Angel, Zipolite, Puerto Escondido, Barra de Navidad, Melaque, and Manzanillo. There is information about hotels, travel, food, surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving, fish, turtles, history, native dances, and the Spanish language. There are maps and aerial photos. Travelers and residents share their knowledge and experiences in the Visitors' Comments sections. There you will find advice from many sources on what to enjoy and what to avoid.

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Oaxaca

The Oaxacan Coast is a region of rugged, tropical beauty set against a background of mountainous jungle. For the traveler, it offers a variety of settings from the plush resorts of Huatulco to remote, low-key beachfront hideways. An inland excursion can take you to a coffee plantation or to Oaxaca's capital, a unique cultural center surrounded by craft villages and archaeological sites.

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Jalisco

Jalisco has a lengthy coastline known as Costalegre that stretches from Puerto Vallarta at the northwest end to Barra de Navidad to the southeast. It's many resorts and villages offer a variety of settings for the visitor.

Colima

The tiny state of Colima is where you find the city of Manzanillo, an important seaport and resort area. Manzanillo is known as the Sailfish Capital of the World. Inland cities offer volcano tours and feature botaneros, a type of bar/restaurant offering a stream of appetizers with your drinks.

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Peña Colorado Mine from the Aerial Photos of Jalisco (the entire coastline has been photographed, more than 1000 photos are online)

In Memoriam, Aldo Marino Ciardiello: Sculptor, Painter, Set Designer - Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. June 4, 1954 - April 29, 2010

Puerto Escondido Events: September 15, 2010, 8:00 am, the army and port authorities will have a ceremony for the Grito de Dolores at City Hall. At 8:00 pm, is a cultural event celebrating the Independence of Mexico at City Hall. At 11:30 pm, the Specila Grito de Independencia fireworks show at City Hall. September 16, 2010, at 8:30 am a parade starts on Av. Oaxaca and ends at City Hall. September 17, 2010, 5:00 pm, a boat race at Bahía Principal. All of the events are free.

Terreno de Playa Beachfront lot for sale in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco.

July 20, 2010. The director of the Seguridad Pública Municipal in Manzanillo, José Ángel Ceballos Macías, and his bodyguard were assasinated by gunmen dressed as Judicial Police as they slowed for a tope less than a mile from the security complex. Although this type of violence is more common to border areas than it is to coastal areas, this incident could be related to efforts to control drug transport through Manzanillo's seaport.

Information is available for the 2010 Day of the Dead Tour in Oaxaca City. Make your reservation now.

La Juquileña, Puerto Escondido's very popular restaurant of regional Mexican cuisine.

Price reduced and additional land added to Casa de Playa, beachfront home for sale in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco.

Casamar in Puerto Escondido is offering a 50% discount on all rates until the end of October 2010.

I have added an index page for Favorite Mexican Recipes. Let me know if you have any to add. tom@tomzap.com

Is a thousand aerial photos enough? No, here are a few more from the Georgetown to Monterrey portion of the flight to Manzanillo. And here are some from the Monterrey to León-Guanajuato flight. And now 63 more from the Manzanillo to San Luis Potosi flight.

. . . always something new in the Visitors' Comments

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Send comments, corrections, articles to: Tom Penick: tom@tomzap.com