How Do You Beach Hop Down Mexicos Pacific Coast?
Taking the slow and winding road down Mexico’s Pacific coast will afford a traveler with a vareity of experiences. There are the big resort towns full of high-rise hotels and modern discos, busy ports, secluded backwater beach towns where you’re more likely to find a hammock than a king-size bed and fishing villages where you can pull up a seat and sample the catch of the minute. In between, there are winding roads, steep cliffs, cactus-dotted shoreline and countless adventures to be had. Chart your course. Grab a map of Mexico (the Guia Roja series is good). You can also find detailed maps in Mexico guidebooks, particularly the Lonely Planet and Moon series. It’s best to find a general Mexico or Pacific coast guide, because you don’t want to haul around a bunch of reference material. Pick your luggage and pack your bags. If you’re taking the buses down the coast, pack a lightweight backpack. Pack light cotton shirts that can dry quickly. Bring one pair of long pants so that you can vi
