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MEXICOWANDERER
Dec 11, 2017Explorer
- The open air Sunday market in La Mira is called tianguis (tee-ann-geeze)it's best to get there around nine AM
- Lazaro Cardenas has a Wal-Mart and Sams Club
- Bodega Aurrera, Soriana and a downtown mercado municipal every day
- Lazaro (deep downtown) streets are way too narrow for rigs
- Between Playa and Lazaro there is a paved concrete multi-lane highway along the coast an alternate to Mex 200
- Good for a sightseeing side trip. Drive across first bridge then park
- Look toward ocean
- Crocodiles! My granddaughters love it!
- Lazaro is an industrial city with few attractions -- but great shopping
- To orient you. When you first arrived you got to the "T" intersection at Acalpican and made a right turn for Playa Azul. Tun left at this intersection and La Mira (la-MEER-ah) is 4 Km the other side of a small hill
- Beware of waves in Playa
- Back up Mexico 200 toward Manzanillo is LAS PENAS. Rock spires (sea stacks) sticking out of the ocean
- The rocks provide a break and swimming is possible but watch younger folks
- Enramada BETY is the last one on the beach
- Come say hello
- Brenda is a fabulous chef
- Swimming hole (no crocs :) )continue past LAS PENAS for 16 Km to RIO CHUTA a long curving bridge crosses it. Entrance is on ocean side nearest La Mira. When you get to bottom turn right and follow dirt road for about a mile. Safe during the day but it's not a place for anything larger than a camper rig
- Small parrots in the trees here. Bring bug juice
- Speaking of which, try and get organic PENNYROYAL OIL in the USA as a bug repellent. Works better than 100% DEET
- On area beaches no-see-ums are not flesh-eaters but Pennyroyal oil from the knees down prevents nuisance tickling.
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