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While you could easily entereverything from cheap souvenirs to 64-ounce cocktail slushies in tain yourself for a week or two within the intimate environs of Styrofoam cups. Stay By RICARDO BACA There's something to be said The farther you stray from El Zihua and its neighboring beaches, MediaNews Group Wire Service about staying in town - and on Centre, the more authentic stores many often take a cab into Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico - Mind the beach. And Avila gives you you'll see. In 2000, Zihua got its for a more cosmopolitan evening. you, Zihua's not the undiscov- that luxury. It's mostly a no-frills first supermercado, and while the It's a culture shock to see the highered, uninhabited tropical para- joint, but at rales of about S50, Comercial Mexicana changed the rises that litter Ixtapa's beaches - disc lhai might have been certain things (small rooms, ques- locals' way of life - as the arrival foreign to Zihua because of buildtionable fans/air conditioners) are of one-stop-shopping does every- ing and growth.restrictions, thank described to you. where - it's yet another added goodness - but this midsized Not long ago, this small cove of to be expected. convenience for the first-time resort city has everything you a city in La Costa Grande on Being in town has its advanwould expect, from Carlos 'n' Mexico's wesl coast was exactly tages, including the proximity of traveler. that, a safe place for in-the-know countless restaurants and the limFor a more authentic taste of Charlie's to Senor Frog's. And a tourists smart enough to look ited night life (mostly bars) inside how the locals live, check out the quick trip to Ixtapa - which isn't beyond the city limits of Ihe Zihua proper. But il also has its Municipal Market on Benito quite world-class, more like a sibobnoxiously built-up Ixtapa, disadvantages, and if you're look- Juarez. Like any great locals-only ling to older brother resort which looms a few miles to the ing to get away from life sur- market, this one has all five food Cancun - also helps you apprecinorthwest. But now those people rounded by cars and concrete, groups displayed in a way we're ate Zihua that much more. have moved on, and while Zihua's you need to get out to the beach- not accustomed to in the United still not the circus Ixtapa is. it's es - try Playa la Ropa! Avila, Slates. Because of this, it's often Dine definitely a bustling town brim- Calie Juan N. Alvarez 8, 755/554- advisable to skip the meat, unless Bandito's is a favorite among ming with chill, like-minded 2010. the refrigeration system seems to tourists for its lively patio, recogAmerican, Mexican and German Casa Cuitlateca is where the be more modern than you typical- nizable food and live music, which tourists. other half stays - and sometimes ly see around town. But the fresh is a piano player, most of ihe time. Zihua is about 149 miles north- lives - in Zihua. Its one of the fish and shrimp and wide variety And while this is an excellent west of Acapulco, and a bay pro- most majestic properties in the of indigenous fruits and vegeta- place to hit your first night out on the town - especially if you're tects the beaches of this charming area, a five-bedroom, all-inclusive bles are worth the trip alone. still nervous about being in a forlittle town from the Pacific villa that is now rented out as a eign country - it's not worth Ocean's temper tantrums. The vacation house ranging from Play town anchors the bay on one side $1,000-51.200 per day. It's not on Of Zihua's five beaches, don't more than a few visits. Bandito's, with its narrow streets, epic the water, mind you, but it's a miss out on a trip to Playa las Calle Pedro Ascencio 2, 755/553seafood and countless merchants, five-minute walk down, to the Galas, which was named after 8072." and a series of roads and foot- beach - and the service is top- nurse sharks - not cats - that Absolutely no Irip to Zihua is paths connect it with the five notch, especially when you're once occupied the area. This complete without lobster, and beaches and various communities drinking mojitos in the infinity beach, which is reached only via Casa Elvira has always been a pool looking out over the bay and footpath or water taxi (about $5 favorite stop for the dish. It's that stretch across the bay. While it's no longer the sleepy the surrounding town. Casa round trip from Zihua), is the most served with epic amounts of butfishing village it once was, Zihua Cuitlateca. Callc Playa la Ropa, popular snorkeling beach in ter that somehow never gets too is now among the many Mexican 755/554-2448. Zihua, and like the others, it's also oily. As you walk by the restaucities easily accessed from the littered with small, homey seafood rant, which is just off the fish market, everybody has a massive plate, United States with direct flights, Shop restaurants and gear-rental shops. modern amenities and EnglishLike any other Mexican town Legend has it that an Indian in front of him. Casa Elvira, Paseo savvy locals who are all too happy of its size, Zihua makes it easy for king had a man-made reef built to del Pescador 32, 755/554-2061. to show you around and point you toward the right pozole joint on a Thursday night. Still, here are a few tips to make your trip south that much easier: Your tyj}| •«v* Kids Costumes c Headquarters! 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