Location: At Rio Nexpa, in the southern end of Michoacán, where muddy water from recent rainstorms dirties the turbulent ocean. Under coconut trees, palm thatch huts line the perimeter of the riverbank.
Conditions: The northerly breeze covers everything in salt spray. The air is pleasantly cool after the sporadic downpours.
Discussion: As I drove south, the landscape kept changing in surprising ways. Around Puerto Vallarta, the dense jungle and verdant coastal mountains rising out of Banderas Bay is like a perfect capsule of the tropics. It inspired Hollywood producers to shoot movies like John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (which put the nonexistent Vallarta on the map), the pirate movie Swashbuckler, and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Predator. Along the way, I asked about road conditions south and got various reports ranging from "OK" to "rough" to "dangerous."
Read more....Photo Slideshow of Colima & Michoacán...
Voyage of Kiri
Exploring the Effects of Climate on Mexico's Coastline
Home / Subscribe / Maps
No comments:
Post a Comment