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Dlc65
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Dec 09, 2017

Travel from Manzanillo to Playa Azul on the coast route

Hi guys Im doing research going from Manzanillo to Playa Azul Im in a small rig and would like any more information on where to stay, any services offered, and security going down. Any advice is welco...
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MEXICOWANDERER
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Dec 10, 2017
  • Not advisable if you have an expensive looking flashy anything in tow. A motorhome would be OK. There are places to stay enroute
  • Maruata has an RV parking area, with no problems reported about halfway down 4.5 hours
  • Take the TECOMAN exit off the freeway you'll be on a wide boulevard. A couple of miles later you'll see a huge monument traffic circle with a sign CERRO de ORTEGA left turn
  • You will turn left on the other side of the traffic circle
  • Follow this boulevard and then a cyclone fence for the state fairgrounds will appear on your right
  • At the end of the fence there is a street to the right. Take it. This is a very low traffic area
  • Follow the street for about two miles, straight, with potholes
  • Then you will come upon another impossible to miss traffic circle. You will be making a left here
  • Immediately after the left you will be on Mex 200 again
  • You need to make up your mind quick about getting fuel as the last gasolinera for 150 miles will be on your right side
  • South of Cerro, the highway starts a serpentine path along the coastline. Winding up to headlands then descending down to short bridges
  • All the small villages have giant green highway signs now. No guesswork
  • When you encounter houses along this rural stretch beware of speed bumps -- they are usually in tree shadows
  • Two polite puestos de controles, operated by marinas
  • There is now a libramiento a bypass around my turf, Las Penas
  • Wave as you go by
  • Mex 200 comes to a "T" intersection in Acalpican, a wide spot. Here you will make a right and in a few short miles you will arrive in Playa Azu Sunday morning there is an excellent outdoor market in nearby LA MIRA. When you get to Playa ask about it

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