Exploring Zihuatanejo: A Beach Escape to Remember

[@burningblysse]

Thank you so much for your videos. You have helped convince me that it is time for me, at 62, to sell my home and furnishings, pack up the RV and move to Mexico. I just don't want to work anymore, and if I move to Mexico, I can make the money I have stretch and last. So, again, thank you! Maybe I'll bump into you sometime in my travels south of the border. :)

[@theedwardo29]

You not going to regret, it’s time to start living!!! Life is not only to make money

[@kellyvezina7931]

Good for u We r thinking the same Seems like a wonderful life and a beautiful place I’ve always believed no guts no glory u can always go back sometimes u just gotta do it and try 😊❤ better to have failed and tried than to never have tried Just the way I see life

[@jacqdanieles]

I would advise you to take a month-long trip there first. I had a similar conviction 5 years ago, & I spent a month traveling thru the colonial highlands. At the end of my trip, I realized that while I really enjoyed traveling there, living in Mexico permanently was not for me. I ended up moving to SE Asia which I found suited me better. Just a thought.

[@all4jesusCarnivore]

I am so ready to move out of US too, love this channel, I just turned 60 and I don’t want to live stressful life anymore

[@RebelKell66]

Great video! We’re in Vancouver WA and have been visiting Zihuatanejo for 10 years. It feels like home to us. We’re retiring at the end of next year and just booked our long-term rental in Zihua for 2026. It can’t come soon enough! Heading there for a quick vacation in Feb ‘25, too.

[@heidibreckenridge9131]

Next time just aim your mobile toward the flower open google search, click on the little camera icon and it'll almost always tell you exactly what kind of flower it is.

[@albathoughtsofficial]

I give you and everyone else credit for not mentioning that the name of this beach town was made famous in the movie The Shawshank Redemption. I never knew Zihuatanejo was a real place. It's a name that rolls easily off the tongue. Thanks for sharing your latest adventure with us! Yes, and Feliz Navidad!

[@donald8354]

Yes people need a change and Mexico can be a great place best wishes to everybody who wants to make the plunge happy holidays.

[@nicksummers8968]

I'm making my first trip to Zihuatanejo in about 6 weeks. If our trips had coincided, I could've gotten your autograph! 😀. Thank you, Mora, for your wonderful videos. The episodes are visually beautiful and I learn so much!

[@MadamRose326]

Nice video! I saw that movie as well. You show a much different side than the movie. Love it!

[@adrianaangelcoria1248]

Your videos from Pàtzcuaro made me come here. We're spending Christmas here and we rented a cabin. We visited Tacambaro and Santa Clara del Cobre.

[@jpam59]

Que envidia de la buena 😅

[@rosacortez3575]

Thank you Mora. What a beautiful beach town.

[@OWEN-CASH]

Hi, Mora. The vine you showed at the end is called a balsam pear, or 'bitter melon'. It is an invasive species originally from tropical Africa and southeast Asia. I have them in my yard in Florida. They grow rapidly and will eventually cover small trees and shrubs if left unchecked. They are also nearly impossible to get rid of. The leaves and (green) pods are edible and used primarily in Asian cuisine.

[@donald8354]

Mora have a happy Xmas and happy new year’s best wishes.

[@nautn]

Thanks for this video, now I have another place to visit. the walk towards the beach reminded me of San Pancho.

[@ljones98391]

Lovely video once again. Beautiful area. Thank you Mora.

[@kellyvezina7931]

Great video as always Wonderful to see you living your best life Hope to see u soon Take care happy holidays aka feliz navidad I think 🤔 gotta start somewhere

[@queserasera1674]

Economies in US and Canada are hurting unfortunately and are going to get worse in the years ahead, so less people taking vacations. That was some crazy driving!

[@Peter-m5n7m]

Mora Margaret, Feliz Navidad!🎄

[@gerardoluna9682]

Lovely dogs 🐕

[@tjamieson7238]

That was fun! The driving is just like I heard. It was great to see actual footage. Glad you had a nice getaway! T & C in Seattle

[@corblioni]

Hello Mora, another lovely video. I’m curious what you do with your dogs when you get to these places? For instance, the sea turtle center…are the dogs right there with you on the beach? Just curious how you manage them when you take these day trips. My sweet boy is a large, well behaved dog, but I’m not sure about taking him into those type of areas. The plant…Momordica Balsamina. Very exotic and cool!

[@Peter-m5n7m]

Mora Margaret, Your videography continues to impress and inspire! I look forward to your video journals. I learned about México's "passing" lane rules on my first visit into México. At first it didn't make sense why there was a regular width lane and a smaller lane that looked as if it were the emergency lane. Only, it's no emergency lane. I learned to ride over on the white stripe to allow traffic to pass me. And, I believe everyone from Brownsville, Texas to Vera Cruz, Veracruz passed me. I noticed the occasional monument with a statue of Mother Mary along the road where apparently someone died in a motor vehicle collision.

[@cookiemon4614]

Strange plant is a Bitter Melon. Have a beautiful day Mora xx

[@cj1740]

Hola thanks for the video.. can you share the dog friendly Airbnb you stayed at? Are allowed to take the dogs on the beach there? Gracias

[@USA-RE3]

Thank you for sharing another beautifully recorded adventure, Mora!! Flying out IAH to CDMX tomorrow. Before I return to the US, I will try and send you family contact numbers in Mexico in case you ever need anything. ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️ Happy Holidays!!!! ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️ - Ricardo -

[@James_184]

Beautiful I wanted to see you ride that big yellow parachute.

[@GRA-ZV]

Great video!

[@harlyredhonda9938]

Mora I went there because of the movie Shawshank redemption

[@carpe_diem.24-7]

👍❤👍❤👍. Happy Xmas Mora🎄❄⛄From México City😊😊😊

[@davidandreasen9010]

🎉🎉🎉 Thank you for the video 🎉🎉🎉

[@heidibreckenridge9131]

Mora, try TRONCONES. It's a dog friendly beach and nice places to rent.

[@cathyplatin3906]

Los Troncones is the place that Victoria Ryan from Pátzcuaro who owns La Casa Encantada has a place to rent. Looks like it would be a good place for you and your dogs. Thanks for sharing your continued adventures…

[@ElizabethA-y3c]

Nice video. Mora I’m planning a trip to Mexico in February or March but can’t decide if I should go to Quertaro or Mexico City to go to Pueblo . Which would you recommend? Pueblo looks so interesting to possibly live but I worry the airport is 2.5 hrs away.

[@rickbowker8624]

Is that Mary Poppins' bag? Feliz Navidad

[@josephquillian2866]

This will be fun to watch, Mora! I went to Zihuatanejo for my first time in 1985 … my sister Alma went with me. We liked the beach area called La Ropa. I imagine Zihuatanejo has grown quite a lot in the last 40 years! :-) Greetings from Jody, Jorge, and Buddy here in Querétaro! ❤

[@Matt_from_Florida]

1988 for me. Still nice, but no longer the sleepy beach town we knew.

[@legalmexican]

12:09 That scary highway, of course, is an autopista -- a toll road -- and until about 15 years ago were always four lane, divided highways. Then some government genius came up with the looney notion of building two-lane autopistas , no doubt to stretch government pesos. Alas, Mexican drivers continued driving on them like they drove on the four-laners. They are very dangerous. Some of the two -laners are now being turned into four -laners. Some high-level bureaucrat came to his senses. The autopista between Patzcuaro and Uruapan is one of those being expanded, thank the Goddess.

[@edwinodus]

is that the city Red went to meet Andy in shawshank redemption?

[@NJames612]

👍👍

[@waynevandermeer3050]

You remember the movie Shawshank Redemption. ? I wonder if they sell t shirts with the movie name on it.

[@walk4444]

Try Troncones next time

[@visulino]

Spanish flamenco guitar, for Zihuatanejo?

[@katemajor4954]

I was just going to leave a comment of how lovely the music is. It blends well with her voice in the feeling that I had when I visited Zihuatenejo about 20 years ago. Keep up the great videos, thoughtfully, artistically, creatively put together.

[@jamesa.rodriguez8598]

❤ Your beauty outshines the native flora. I couldn't help feeling melancholy, for you... or perhaps it's just me whose lonely.

[@donald8354]

What is sad they say not many sea turtles don’t make to adulthood.

[@timebanditrvtravels3449]

Americans I never seen one that didn't complain about the weather

[@Matt_from_Florida]

Having people keep the birds away makes us useful idiots for the turtles.

[@Enceladus-i6d]

Gr8 vid Margaret. Do you have an Instagram account?