BAD REVIEW

Found on Zihuatanejo.net. Re-published courtesy of Zihua Rob. Originally posted on “miércoles, julio 02, 2003 at 22:14:21”.

Presented here, with a few edits of punctuation for clarity.

I just got back from Troncones on Sunday. Here it is Wednesday and I'm still sick. I made sure I only drank bottled water or Pepsi, and regularly used antibiotic hand rub on my hands, yet somehow I still managed to catch "it". Now for the trip, we stayed at El Burro Borracho. Let’s just say you get what you pay for at this place. $30-a-night and you get a two-bed bungalow with an open roof and a toilet that barely flushes. The two brothers that run the place are decently nice (at times), but the place needs repairs, which they also managed to do, construction work, every morning starting at 8 am. I also spent every night trying to find a good place on the bed that wasn't leaking water on me from the roof from the nightly thunderstorms. They also screwed up my reservations. I reserved a room for five nights months ago and had it confirmed via email a few days before I left, yet somehow they managed to sell my room on the last night I was supposed to stay there. The guy came by around noon while I was sitting on the porch and asked me when I was leaving. I originally thought he was asking when I was leaving so that the maid could clean my room for me. However, a few people walked by after him and continued to stare into my open door while I brushed my teeth. They all congregated on the bungalow porch next to mine, so I asked them if they needed this room. They said, “yes”, and I told them my story. To make the long story short, I paid up one of the brothers and took off ASAP to The Tropic of Cancer. They had an upstairs room to rent with A/C, a king size bed and no need for a mosquito net, for only $50-a-night. If you ever stay in Troncones, stay there. The food at the restaurant there is good. I also recommend the Restaurant La Gaviota, located just next door. Try the red snapper.

Overall the trip was "OK". It was a nice way to see the "real" Mexico, but it was a little more "real" than I wanted to get. The muddy, pot-holed, dirt road sucks. The people kept trying to sell me cocaine and weed. And all in all, it’s not that cheap anymore. If I had to plan a trip again, I'd just go to Kauai.