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So, You're Coming! Some Things You Might Want to Know Before You Leave ...
As you prepare for your arrival to
Condo Carlos at Condominio El Faro, in lovely Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, here
are a few things, presented randomly, you might want to know prior to your
arrival.
1) There is no fixed (land)-line in
the condo. Instead, you will find a cell phone provided for your convenience.
There will be a certain amount of peso's on this phone, of the prepaid variety.
Depending on the circumstances, you may find the prepaid amount full, or empty.
We would ask that if you use the phone a great deal, especially for
long-distance calls, that you please purchase a TelMex prepaid phone card and
refill the phone for the next guests. We thank you in advance for your
consideration. At time of writing, the cell phone number
is ______. To dial from Canada or the USA, you dial 011.52.314._____.
To have people call you is by far the least expensive method of communicating by
phone. Mexico's long distance rates are extremely expensive, unless you buy a
local TelMex pre-paid phone card.
2) Yes, you have Internet access in
the condo. You will need to have your own email address, one that can be
accessed from a web browser (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.)
3) As a new "card-reader" gate has recently been installed, you will need a
"gate pass card" to get into the complex. As the gate entrance is periodically
staffed, please
present the letter we provide to you to gain access to Condominio El Faro.
4) Condo Carlos is in Edificio (Building) 2; Departamento (Apartment) 10. The
building sign says E-2.
5) To rent a car you may want to consider:
a) Dollar Rent a
Car
dollarpvr@prodigy.net.mx
Phone: 314.334.2098
b) National Car Rental
internet@bay.net.mx
Phone: 314.334.0124
Located at airport
c) Hertz
www.hertz.com.mx
Phone: 314.333.3191
Located at airport
NOTE: A very new
development regarding car rentals: We have just been informed that ING Insurance
will provide insurance on our FORD EXPLORER, thereby allowing us to rent it to
guests for their personal use while staying at our condo. If you are interested,
please email Eric at
eric@latts.com for more information.
6) If you are renting a car at the airport, the following directions will get
you to Condominio El Faro from the airport:
- the airport is about 40 minutes north of Manzanillo
- leave the airport by the one-and-only exit; go about 5 km/3 miles to the main
highway where you will see many advertising billboards; you must go either left or
right. Turn right (south).
- proceed south for about 40 km/25 miles through several small towns; slow down
for the "topes" (speed bumps); this ride will take you roughly 35 to 45
minutes.
- eventually you'll see the ocean and the beaches; welcome to Manzanillo!
- you are on Blvd. Miguel De Las Madrid H.; this road is "the" main
road in the Manzanillo area; you will use it often.
- continue straight ahead; let your eyes follow the beach ahead; you'll see the
peninsula breaking the beach view. That is the Santiago Peninsula, where
Condominio El Faro sits.
- as you drive down the Blvd, you will come to a golf course on your right.
- the golf course is divided by the road you will take onto the Peninsula (Av.
Audiencia).
- continue to the first road dividing the golf course; this is the corner
referred to as the Santiago Peninsula corner (other people call it the Las Hadas
corner); get into the right-hand turn
lane; at that corner you'll see a painted sign at street level that says "Las Hadas Golf
Resort and Marina"; that road is called Av. Audiencia; turn right onto the
Peninsula.
- proceed straight ahead to the guard gate which sits in the middle of the road;
turn right at that guard gate. That road is called Av. Las Palmas. Begin the climb up the hill; you must get to
the top of the hill.
- Av. Las Palmas changes to Av. El Faro as you go.
- continue up until you are faced with a "Y" choice; go left
- 20 meters / 50 feet ahead make a hair-pin turn to the right; this turn is 360
degrees.
- straight up the hill, past the Pacific Paradise Hotel, you will find the gated entrance to Condominio El Faro.
- Welcome!
7) The taxi ride from the airport to Condo Carlos (at time of writing) is
a "fixed" amount of P$250. You buy your fare at a booth in the
airport, at the east end. To
get to Condo Carlos from the airport, tell the booth-attendant and eventually
the cab driver you want to go to Condominios El Faro (Zone 2). There is also a
Hotel El Faro; be sure they know it's the Condominios. Condominios El Faro in on
the Santiago Peninsula; everyone knows where the Peninsula is.
8) Other than the airport
fixed cost, cabs in the area are negotiated. Up and down the beach
area they cost, on average, P$30, P$40 or P$50.
9) Things to consider bringing:
- suntan lotion / sunscreen
- insect repellent
- pain killers
- CD's / tapes / DVD's
- hat
- personal water bottle
- walking shoes
- sunglasses
- Imodium & Pepto-Bismol
- prescription drugs
- swim suit
- reading material
10) Walking shoes? Condominio El Faro sits high on the peninsula. Walking down
is easy, getting back up, not so easy. Yes, you can walk it, and many people do.
Some people walk down, then take a cab back home.
11) Besides the 2 pools here at El
Faro, the beach is a 5-minute walk (at least going down!). Bring those things you might enjoy at the beach.
12) Peso's? Many people simply use
their bank cards at any of the banking machines available in the area to get peso's.
There is a
bank machine at the airport. A cab can take you to a bank machine on
the way in, if necessary. You could also pay the cab fare in US$.
13) To use the phone from the airport,
you can buy a phone card at either of the stores behind the stairs; these stores
display the yellow and blue "Ladatel" sign in the window. The denominations
for the Ladatel phone cards are P$30, P$50 and P$100. Next to the stores there
are 2 pay phones, with instructions for calling.
14) Please understand that in Mexico
the phone, electric and Internet services can be irregular.
15) Anything else you can recommend we put on the "things you might want to know
before you leave" page?
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