Way Down West In Mexico

February, 1978

Way Down West in MexicoAt that time--20 years ago--the west coast of Mexico had not yet become the Las Vegas and Miami Beach of Mexico. The villages were still predominantly primitive Indian villages, and the still-water morning beach of Puerto Barrio and the rain forests above it were among the world's wildest and loveliest populated places.--Tennessee Williams, The Night of the Iguana, 1961The boot-heel sweep between Mazatlán and Manzanillo is 460 miles of pirate-movie coast line--empty bays,...