Maintainer
Maintained by Dick Schoeller.
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Pictures from Acapulco. More text to follow.
This picture was taken by the event photographer with Lisa's camera.
Part of the entertainment on Thursday evening. The mariachis provided the music for a group presenting traditional Mexican dances.
Another part of the entertainment was this trio. The guitarist on the left was really good. Also in the picture are Harold and Alisa Goldberg and Julie McDowell. I think that is the back of Eddy's head.
Friday we went fishing, played tennis, lounged in the pool and went out to dinner at Baikal. We just couldn't find enough to do.
This is the boat and crew that got us the sailfish. The name means "Old Bull".
The crew display the sailfish. The colors have faded already. The fish is 125 lbs., 9’3".
On the return trip we saw a small pod of porpoises including a calf. They were playful, but were there and gone so quickly.
The hotel has 2 swans in one of the ornamental pools. This one was hanging out where the water poured out of the pool into the next.
The hotel has a couple of "swim up" bars. This one is under a waterfall. Very James Bond.
This is the view from our table at Baikal. The only part of the restaurant visible from the road is a gazebo covering a staircase leading down into the cliff.
The view is obviously spectacular. The food and service are even better. This is not cheap eats, but it is worth every penny.
One of the event photographers stopped by and took a picture with Lisa's camera. He, of course, took others with his own camera.
The hotel grounds have amazing gardens. Besides the lush folliage, things like the rope bridge add to the charm.
Finally the peacock gets close enough and in the right light to show off its colors.
The tour guide/driver took our picture in front of Capilla de la Paz.
The chapel sits atop the Las Brisas section of Acapulco. It was built by the original owners of Las Brisas Hotel to commemorate their children, who had died in an accident. It is now a non-denominational chapel.
The scuplture of two right hands reaching to clasp. Signifies humanity cooperating.
"Clavadistas de la Quebrada", the divers of the gorge. Note the shrines where the divers pray before launching.
The diving started as a friendly game among the local youth to see who could dive from the highest point, with waves crashing against the rocks below. In 1934, La Perle restaurant was built with a view of the gorge. The rest is, as they say, history.
The divers are professionals, taking part in competitions and demonstrations worldwide. La Quebrada also hosts the World Cliff Diving Championships and many locals have won the title over the years. The dives are not without their accidents. There have been many broken bones and burst eardrums. However, no fatal accidents.
At least some of the divers swim over to the cliff and climb up the face to the platform.
Most of the divers start from the lower platform, where one of the divers is standing in this picture.
A number of boats pull in quite close for the show. You can also see the dock on the viewing side of the gorge. Some divers swim to the dock so that they can pose with the audience on land. Others swim out to the boats.
Lisa takes so many pictures. Sometimes I have to take her picture just to prove she was there.
Lisa with the divers. Our daughter thinks that a picture of her mother with young men in Speedos is "awkward".
Dolores Olmedo's House (6 Inalambrica). Diego Rivera, one of Mexico's greatest artists, lived here the last two years of his life. In 1956, in gratitude and affection for Olmedo, Rivera created, along the outside wall of her house, a fantastic mosaic of tiles, shells and stones. This one depicts Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god of the Aztecs.
The house is not a museum. But, from the street, you can see murals painted on the inside walls. In this particular photo a ceiling mural is visible.
The Fort of San Diego was built in 1611 for protection against marauding pirates then rebuilt in 1783 after an earthquake. The fort is now home to the Acapulco History Museum (Museo Historico de Acapulco). Exhibitions focusing on Philippine and Spanish conquests and the "pirate" Sir Frances Drake
I hacked some of the people out of the background. Not a great job, but...
Nice picture, but actually this was hacked from the following picture.