Ixtapa (or at least this Ixtapa - Mexico has several cities with similar names) is a working class town several miles northeast of Puerto Vallarta. Victor the tour guide explained as well as he could that, while incomes were low, rent control was in effect, so even humble folks could find homes here. The street scenes were strongly-reminiscent of places I know in New Mexico and Arizona, which just illustrates the continuities between even these distant and disparate places.
Rio Mascota.
These rooftop water units on an apartment building in Ixtapa -manufactured by
Rotoplas - maintain steady water pressure for household use. This part of Mexico doesn't necessarily require rooftop rainwater tanks for drinking water like they have in Queensland, Australia - it rains enough here - but water pressure is apparently a problem. And water purification too, of course.
Ixtapa scene (population of Ixtapa about
24,000).
Ixtapa (or at least this Ixtapa - Mexico has several cities with similar names) is a working class town several miles northeast of Puerto Vallarta. Victor the tour guide explained as well as he could that, while incomes were low, rent control was in effect, so even humble folks could find homes here. The street scenes were strongly-reminiscent of places I know in New Mexico and Arizona, which just illustrates the continuities between even these distant and disparate places.
Rio Mascota.
These rooftop water units on an apartment building in Ixtapa -manufactured by Rotoplas - maintain steady water pressure for household use. This part of Mexico doesn't necessarily require rooftop rainwater tanks for drinking water like they have in Queensland, Australia - it rains enough here - but water pressure is apparently a problem. And water purification too, of course.
A big Mexican prison near Ixtapa. This is apparently the CEINJURE (Centro Integral de Justicia Costa Norte) jail (800 male, 100 female capacity).
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