Enter the harbor at Zihuatanejo

This is entering the harbor at Zihuatanejo after a trip to Marine Ixtapa. The central part of town is on the otherside of the hillock on the left. Playa la Ropa is on the right side. Many homes and resorts are built into the hill and cliff sides. Some of the cruising guides mention that this is a cruise ship stop but we have yet to see one. There is a fair size panga fishing fleet. The Pangaea are similar to ones all up and down the Mexican coast but they also have small enclosures in the front. Some are quite substantial, others are only canvas. The pelicans like them and some pangas have a series of fishing line and empty plastic Coke bottles arrayed over top while the boat is not in use to discourage the birds from roosting. In many cases the birds ignore it.