San Patricio-Melaque, Mexico on Bahia de Navidad! Our next stop, where Mex. Hwy 200 intersects Hwy 80 out of Guadalajara, is the busting village of San Patricio Melaque on Bahia de Navidad! This village has numerous mid range priced hotels, great eateries, and anything else one can imagine. It has hardware stores, pharmacies, laundries, internet cafes etc. A great place to hang out for the whole winter. The shore is steep and pounded by shore break surf so beware! 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!