My hot stone massage this morning was wonderful! Relaxing, quiet and like at many traditional Mexican hotels, semi-al fresco. With incense and candles burning and an open ceiling, I could hear the morning waves crashing into the shore as my therapist kneaded the knots out of my legs and back. Sufficiently relaxed, I grabbed some cafe and fresh juice and headed back to the room for a shower and to prepare for an afternoon of sightseeing around town.

The photo above is of Los Gatos Beach in Zihuatanejo…more to come…

~Vanessa Torres, reporting live from Ixtapa