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Everyone - even if they've not the remotest idea
where it is - has heard of ACAPULCO , but few
people know what to expect. Truth is that, as long as you don't
yearn to get away from it all, you'll find almost anything you
want here, from magnificent beaches by day to clubs and discos
by night.
What Acapulco undoubtedly has going for it, however,
is its stunning bay : a sweeping scythe-stroke
of yellow sand backed by the white towers of the high-rise hotels
and, behind them, the jungly green foothills of the Sierra. And,
even though there are hundreds of thousands of people here throughout
the year - the town itself has a population approaching one and
a half million and even out of season (busiest months are Dec-Feb)
most of the big hotels remain nearly full - it rarely seems oppressively
crowded. Certainly there's always space to lie somewhere along
the beach, partly because of its sheer size, partly because of
the number of rival attractions from hotel pools to parasailing
and "romantic" cruises. Hawkers , too,
are everywhere - there's no need to go shopping in Acapulco, simply
lie on the beach and a string of goods will be paraded in front
of you.
Though there's little to show for it now beyond
the star-shaped Fuerte de San Diego and a few rusty freighters
tied up along the quayside, Acapulco was from the sixteenth century
one of Mexico's most important ports, the destination of the famous
Nao de China , which brought silks and spices from Manila and
returned laden with payment in Mexican silver. Most of the goods
were lugged overland to Veracruz and from there shipped onwards
to Spain. Mexican Independence, Spain's decline and the direct
route around southern Africa combined to kill the trade off, but
for nearly three hundred years the shipping route between Acapulco
and the Far East was among the most prized and preyed upon in
the world, attracting at some time or other (if you believe all
the stories) every pirate worth the name. In one such raid, in
1743, Lord Anson (the "Father of the British Navy")
picked up silver worth as much as ?400,000 sterling from a single
galleon and altogether, with the captured ship and the rest of
its cargo and crew, collected booty worth over a million even
then.
