ACAPULCO, MEXICO January 26, 2008
Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, 300 km (190 miles) south west from Mexico City. It is the best harbors on the Pacific coast and perhaps the most beautiful.
Today we visited the cliff divers and watched them plunge into the ocean swells form 160 feet in the air at 60 mph. Not only do the divers have to climb up the steep rock wall and time the dive to synchronize with the ocean swells, but they must clear the 12 foot incline from top to bottom. This means that they must push out from their dive position at least 12 feet to clear the rocks at the bottom.
Many Hollywood stars have lived and visited Acapulco over the years. Today we visited Merle Oberon’s villa for lunch and a Mexican Folkloric Festival. The villa itself is beyond description. In a gated community in an exclusive area on the hillside-overlooking Acapulco Bay, the villa could have been an extravagant movie set. The theme of the “Arabesque Villa” was the east and Middle East with Moorish and India influences. High domed ceilings, minaret shaped doorways, horizon pools merging with the bay, exotic bedrooms and water running and falling could be seen everywhere. With its many stairs it certainly was not ADA handicap accessible.
