By Gary Dillard

If Ed Bagley’s “slice of heaven” got you thinking about a trip to the southlands this winter, you’ll want to get more detailed information. Frommer’s has a Portable guide to Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo and Guadalajara and Travelscope has a 27-minute video that approaches the trip from a different angle.

One nice aspect of the Frommer’s guide is that it will allow you to compare Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo.

With the video, you can look at Manzanillo and the Costa Alegre. Producer Joseph Rosendo, by the way, says this resort village was the setting for the movie “10.”

By Ed Bagley

Copyright © 2008

I had some serious doubts about whether my first trip to Mexico would be a success. Now I can report that my first trip to Mexico was fantastic because I found a slice of heaven at Vida del Mar in Manzanillo (Mon-zah-knee-oh).

There are apparently some very famous places to vacation in Mexico, not the least of which are Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Acapulco and Cancun. Most of these destinations, to my knowledge, are resort areas with high traffic. Vida del Mar in Manzanillo is not.

Manzanillo, like Puerto Vallarta, is on the Pacific Coast, perhaps 150 miles south of Puerto Vallarta as the crow flies. (more…)