Monday, July 14, 2008

Acapulco Day 1 (Saturday)

Gary and I arrived in Acapulco on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to Gary's frequent flier status, we both got upgraded to first class on our flight over. It was my first time flying in first class.

Our drive to the hotel (the hotel shuttle picked us up) was an experience. Acapulco has over 1 million people living here. All of the hotels and time shares are very heavily guarded. To get to our hotel, there was a guard gate armed with machine guns at the property entrance and there was another guard gate when you drove up to enter the actual hotel itself. It was a strange feeling, although I felt safe the entire time.

The Fairmont Acapulco Princess Hotel is one of the landmarks in this part of the country. The golf course Gary is working on is associated with the hotel and thus our accomodations are gratis. The hotel is right on the beach and we have a beautiful view from our room.


Here are a few pictures we took from the balcony of our hotel room

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