Playa Chalacatepec and Las Alamandas Resort! From Tuito we head south for 50+ miles through the villages of Jose Piño Suarez, La Cumbre, Campo Acosta, and Jose Maria Morelos. Here is where one turns off to the right for the 6 mile journey to Playa Chalacatepec! This is an off-the-beaten-trail beach, so pack your food and water for the adventure. The beach offers all categories of surf so choose carefully where you decide to jump in! After getting back on Mex. Hwy. 200, just a few miles down the road is the exclusive resort of Las Alamandas. After passing through the guarded gate ( by reservation only), your enter the 1500 acre complex with luxurously simple rooms to complete villas! Rates run from $250 to $2000 a day! Ouch! Tepic (Junction of Highway 15 and 200) to Manzanillo Mex. Hwy 200 traverses through the tropical deciduous forests and mountains of the Nayarit State capital of Tepic, past the palm tree lined zocalos of the tourist mecca of Puerto Vallarta on the Bay of Banderas in Jalisco State, southward hugging the Pacific ocean on its way past farmland, thorn forests and sprawling savannas to the resort city of Manzanillo in the State of Colima. It serves as the gateway to the "Costa Alegre" (Happy Coast) of southwestern, coastal Mexico!