Port of Manzanillo

We arrived at the industrial port of Manzanillo at about 0700hrs… our ship actually arrived at about 0400hrs, but it had to sit outside the port until it was allowed to dock. Our tour bus was about 10 minutes late, which kind of angered me since I had to get up at 0500hrs to be ready to tour! Everyone knows I am NOT a morning person. We finally made our way out of the port and headed to the city of Colima. There, we saw some ancient ruins that date back to preHispanic times. From there, we could see two volcanoes. One, Volcan del Fuego, is still active and was smoking while we were there. The last time it erupted was in 2002 and is estimated to erupt about every seven years… it’s due!
Our next stop was the small town of Comala. There, we had lunch at one of the driver’s favorite restaurants. The Mexican food we eat back home is different from the way the native Mexicans eat. They basically eat everything from pork, guacamole, ceviche, etc. in a little homemade tortilla. It was all very good, though. Bruce and I just tended to eat more than we normally would have back home. After lunch, we did some souvenir shopping. We all got in the van and headed back to downtown Manzanillo.
Downtown Manzanillo was like the other towns we had just visited. There is so much poverty that many places didn’t even have running toilets! Good thing I’ve been primitive camping before. The people we hired for our tours are proud of their country, with all of its faults and did everything they could to show that Mexico has good points.
By 1630hrs, we were back on the ship and ready to head back to San Diego. As the ship sailed out of port, Bruce smoked a cigar on the Sun Deck and watched the locals lined up on the jetties to wave and shout goodbye. All of the people I spoke to were nice and helpful. I never felt threatened by anyone. Bruce wants me to tell you that if you want to see some additional pictures, just click on the link to the left labeled "Our Trip Photos"

Two more full days of sea to just relax.