Just twenty minutes south of Manzanillo is the town of Cuyutlan. Cuyutlan is, among other things, home to the famous olas verde, or green wave. It is a wave that breaks at a reported 20-30 feet in height on a regular basis. At the nearby beach of Pascuales they regularly host world class surf tournaments. Bruce and Andy Irons along with other surfing legends have attended these tournaments in the past. But that is a story for another time (and a field trip!).

Along the road to Cuyutlan, you will drive through a vast salt flat. One of Cuyutlans major exports and sources of employment is salt production. I found a recent post on the blog Mexico Living that I thought you all would enjoy. Below is an excerpt from it. You can read the rest here.

...Soon we were driving south, following the eastern shore of the Cuyutlán Lagoon, a shallow salt lake many miles in length.

A tiny settlement of shacks roofed with palm thatch caught my eye. I yelled "Paul!" (Paul was driving. Note to self: avoid riding with drivers who exhibit signs of advanced ADD.) "Paul! Stop! Right here!"

Paul rolled his eyes as he does when I use my imperious tone, and pulled to the side of the road.

We had stumbled across a salt-works. A gang of men have removed a black plastic tarp from a large heap of sea salt. They are shoveling it into the lower end of a motor-driven screw, filling large bags from the stream of now clump-free salt issuing from the upper end.

Backbreaking work, this. The temperature is around 100º and the humidity is near 100%. Small but tough men haul filled bags away, to be sealed closed and loaded onto a truck headed for Aguascalientes, whose epicurean residents provide demand for hand-harvested sea salt. This is the world-famous Sal Coronita (Corenet brand salt). ...

Read the post in its entirity here.

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