Trip Report July 21 - 28, 2007

The four amigos had the great opportunity to visit the casa and check on progress and meet with friends and make new friends!

The trip started easy enough...that was until our connecting flight in LA got canceled because of mechanical issues (Alaska flight 204 LA - ZIH). The bad news is that we didn't get to Zihua on Saturday around 4pm but instead we got there on Sunday at noon. The good news is that we got there safely. More good news...because we were stranded at the LA airport for hours...then at local hotels...we met a lot of people on our flight. We ended up hanging out with several of them during our week! Last bit of good news...Alaska ended up giving us a $250 eCertificate for future travel.

Once in Zihua, we picked up our rental car at the airport. I tried the tactic I had read about which is ... rent a cheap car and when you are there ask for an upgrade. We rented a VW Jetta and ended up with a Nissan pickup truck. The truck was old, quite battered but we really wanted a pickup. So everyone is happy.

We had met a couple from SF on our flight and they ended up following us up to Troncones (since this was their first time). We were happy to lead them!

We first stopped at Commercial Mexicana. We've done this lots of times...but this is the first time I've been there when it was packed with people! It was Sunday...and it was summer vacation for lots of Mexicans. The place was hopping. We had a similar experience driving to Troncones. The gas stations and roads were packed.

Considering this is supposedly the "low season", Troncones was also packed with vacationers. Again, from what I could tell, it was mostly Mexican families. We stayed at Tronco Bay Inn and we met several Mexican families there.

This is the first time I have come to Troncones in the summer...specifically in July. The crowds suprised me...but the rainstorms and thunder storms did not surprise me. In fact, I was looking forward to them. Let me just say that Mother Nature did not disappoint. We really loved this part of the trip. The sky, clouds and waves were beautiful throughout the week.


We ate at the old haunts in Troncones - Inn at Manzanillo Bay, Cafe Sol, Burro Barracho (in it's new location), Tronco Bay Inn, etc. One night we drove into Zihua and had awesome margaritas at Porto di Mare, then had dinner at Amuleto. The food was very good. The view divine.




To the right is Amuleto, to the left is the sunset for Burro Barracho. We had a great dinner there with friends. They have chairs with the names of the town Casa names on the back (i.e. Casa Ki)...and while we were there, they painted "Casa Majahua" on the back of a chair for us. Very exciting!


In regards to our Casa...there has been a lot of progress. The most exciting part was that we were able to swim in our pool. Check it out!

There I am!

On the Friday before we left, we brought cake, sodas and beer to our construction crew. It was nice meeting them and giving them a little something. I only wish we were there more often to know them better.