I will not bore you with all our stops. You may be gone already! Let me tell you about our favorite city (Ann and I). It was Huatulco, Mexico. You never heard of it? Great! That is one of the reasons we liked it! It was a beautiful city on the Pacific Coast that had a different "feel". Our ship bulletin called it "Mexico's best kept secret...small town charm with all the comfort and beauty of a major resort". It was that and more. They do not lack for beaches. They have three dozen of them. It was not until 1984 that the Mexican government began promoting it as a tourist stop.
As you know we are into looking at birds. Emily, Ann, Laura and I employed an excellent birding guide. He could not take us to some of the places he wanted to go because of recent heavy rains, but he took us to the vicinity of a golf course and that was enough! We saw first-time birds most every direction we looked. The White-throated Magpie Jay greeted us. He has all the attributes of a jaybird and a magpie, but he wears a real fancy crest, giving him a regal appearance, along with his long, fancy tail feathers. A Citreoline Trogon gave some a quick look. A cinnamon hummingbird was easy to see. He was (you guessed it) cinnamon colored! The most exciting bird for me was one we have here, but I had never seen...a Ferruginous Pygmy-owl. (You guessed it again) it was very small. Emily excited the guide when she spotted in the brush a Lesser-ground Cuckoo.They are not often or easily seen.
This is a place I would go back to at first chance. I would want to fly straight there and not take the long boat ride to do it. Huatulco...an unspoiled Pacific coast beauty!
