MANZANILLO, MEXICO January 27, 2008
Manzanillo’s history as a resort on the Mexican Riviera just north of Acapulco is brief, but the port’s history is as old as the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Cortez first espied the harbor in 1522, when he chose the bay as the site for a shipyard. The city’s maritime heritage continues to this day: Manzanillo is the largest commercial port on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. The vast expanse of shipping containers along the bay attest to that fact. It is a bus ride of a couple of miles to get out of the port. What draws travelers, however, is the bay’s scenic beauty; jungle-laden mountains rise above rocky coves and golden sand beaches. The local resort of Las Hadas is the resort where the movie “10” was filmed with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek (especially Bo Derek).
Speaking of Bo Derek, here’s a picture of Judy at a great little park in the middle of the town square in the town of Colina.
