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MANZANILLO, MEXICO

We arrived in Manzanillo, Mexico this morning. A light lunch of noodles and soup, with a gin&tonic and rosé wine. I show my pedometer because I awoke at 12:30 PM, walked to the buffet, and after going back and forth to pick up edibles, walked about three-fourths of a mile. The temperature, according to one internet report was 88F.  Checked AccuWeather, and it was 91F.  Surely was closer to 91F. Available were tours: Cuyutlan Turtle Sanctuary  5.5 hours, $130/person. Magic Pueblos Nogueras and Comala with Lunch  7 hours, $169/person (and lunch is free on board) Plantation Mangroves Tunnels and Birds  5 hours  $149/person Further they left around 8AM or earlier.  So no tours on this stop. Anyone ever been to Manzanillo? 1600 miles south of San Diego and 2575 miles from the Panama Canal. So named because of the abundant groves of native Manzanilla mangroves. Again, conquistador Hernán Cortes was responsible for the founding, for he sent Gonzalo de Sandoval in 1522 to find a good shipb