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Pochutla, San Angel, and Mazunte!
Published: June 12th 2012North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido
June 12th 2012
Got up insanely early today and headed to the bus stop (pemex gas station on the highway). And lo and behold 30 pesos and 1.5 hours later I'm in Pochutla! Nothing really to see there though,so a taxi to San Angel for breakfast on the sea! The days leading up to today are kinda fuzzy at best! Had a send off for 2 of the 3 Aussies left here so now theres a whopping 5 of us including the owner...which makes for quiiet afternoons on a floatie in the pool with a 6-pack. 7 of us went to a rib dinner Sunday night that would've made Fred Flintstone cringe! It was huge. (pics to follow) All in all I never really understood the mindset here until about noon today! (Again pic to follow) Was mellow....showed up ... read more
Busy doing absolutely "nuttin"!
Published: June 5th 2012North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido
June 5th 2012
Howdy people! Well tonight I ate way too much food,so I figured since I'm in for the night; I'd update blog. Dinner was a 320 gram (or lil over half pound) new york cut steak,some garlic toast and the best damned sweet corn I've ever had! Seems my camera has developed a weird tiny little spot inside the lens so will take it downtown tomorrow to get it repaired...sheesh means I got to put a tshirt on haha! Three of the 6 Aussie party animals have left for home making this place very peaceful! Although last night the 3 remaining tied one on fairly hard and this morning at 7am the cleaners and I had a chuckle as i swept through emails with a pot of coffee. Later on though when 2 of them surfaced looking ... read more
May 29th 2012
Howdy people! Been a while I know and I am sorry (albeit barely). Sooooo....about said title! Today after relaxing most of the day in my apartment I wandered up to the main palapa to eat up some taco filling I had previously made. I encountered the usual suspects; meaning the aussie 20 somethings and a couple straggler girls that follow them. And a church teen group of 25 or so kids and various chapperones. The teen group was assembling for some sort of outing as the Aussies watched an HBO show that was just foul!Now mind you in the immortal words of Jimmy Buffett I'm so St. Ignacious but again I'm no barfly. Meaning I've my foul-mouthed sailor moments. I had warned one of the kids a few times about gratuitous use of profanities that fell ... read more
Aussies, Coffee Mescal and Mexican Dentistry!
Published: May 22nd 2012North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido
May 22nd 2012
Good early morning people! Haven't blogged for a few days, namely because I've been properly lazy! Ok explaining the title...I'll start with "Aussies". There are numerous here in town given the surf culture here. Anyway Saturday night I decided to see if I still had it in me for a night out. Proved I do but I Paid the next day haha. We left here at 6pm with a bottle of coffee flavored mescal (yummy) the 4 of us wandered up the beach to the party hostel. The evening wound up with 4 Aussie guys 3 Aussie girls...I think the 4th girl was a Kiwi, A Sepo (me) and a Mexican noone knew. As my evening wound down at 515am i found myself following my compatriots down the road with one stray Aussie reaching through the ... read more
May 16th 2012
The title says all! After days of dry lightening last night at 1030 pm I heard it...faint raindrops! Exciting for the simple reason theres been no rain here for 8 months! After a few minutes it came down hard!!!!! The Aussie surfers all popped out and into the palapa for beers to cheer it on. And the temp. dropped a glorious 10 degrees instantly. And tho I too came out and joined in the cheers i soon realized this was perfect sleeping weather and retired. As i walked down the steps a huge toad jumped out and we stared each other down in the deluge..myself perfectly happy to be getting soaked to the bone! And this morning over a pot of coffee well before anyone else is stirring i snapped pictures of the 30 or so ... read more
May 13th 2012
Well I've been here nearly a week. This morning since I am always first one up Chris the owner and I took his dogs and went and had breakfast on the beach. Quiet Sunday here as the surf was small today so folks kinda hid inside all day. I learned the value of having a homebase here. It helps to be able to come home with 800 pesos worth of groceries and be able to eat for near a week on it and cook right here. Everyone keeps talking rain here. I've yet to see a cloud, daytimes are 91-95 degrees F and blistering sun that requires a nap between 12pm and 4pm haha.The high heat has kept me rather sheltered as I acclimate slowly! Very slowly. I have however met some great folks here...not downtown ... read more
Sunset...or something close to it.
Published: May 9th 2012North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido
May 9th 2012
Second night here. It gets very peaceably quiet after dark here. So earlier today i went on the roof to score some pictures of the sunset...but haze made it impossible. Thank god I've 61 more tries to get it right! Folks here seem insanely laid back...and sometimes thats not a good thing. Details aside i listened to a woman explain how she had left the corporate world to sling burgers at a cousins bar; which I found hilarious considering she obviously had'nt mastered multi-syllable words yet! Hmmmmm. I've a lil buddy here he/she cracks me up a tiny lizard with a giant appetite for gimpy flies and other insects. Sadly the lil bugger has been too stealthy to snap a pic so far. Anywho I wandered up to the rooftop to hopefully snap some sunset pictures ... read more
Puerto Escondido Arrived!!!!!
Published: May 8th 2012North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido
May 8th 2012
Well I've arrived! After 51 hours of little sleep! The way here is not for the faint of heart!!!! 5 hours on the first plane, 3 hours on the second plane and 12 gruelling hours on a bus! But I just met the owner properly after my 7 hour nap,and had a couple beers with him. I did before i left...go for a mind cleansing ferry ride in Seattle to clear my head. Certainly needed. Not had a chance to look around much as I was buggered when I arrived and promptly crashed,but will post a couple pictures from Seattle and only one from here then hit the bed as I'm still tired and the 2 beers made this worse.... read more
Puerto Escondido
Published: March 16th 2012North America » United States » Washington » Seattle » Pioneer SquareMarch 16th 2012
Hola a todos! The place of origin is misleading hehe. I'm actually in West Seattle at my fave lil pub. The Bridge enjoying a beer or two. Anyways straight to the point....am off to the Oaxaca Coast from May 7th through July 7th or so. Lately the weather has been ugly here! Rain, snow and wind, makes me long for 86F temps and water temps of 82F. Already booked my apartment and got vaccinations squared away! I need this! No phone,but net as needed! I was kinda tossed as to where to go actually. I had spoken with my sister who immediately said i ought to consider a pilgrimage to Spain with her, because she had a friend tell her "it would be awesome". I fired back you ought to consider what you like before making ... read more
Mexico City at an end!
Published: February 21st 2012North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City » Centro Histórico
February 21st 2012
Hola a todos! My time in Taxco was awesome aside from costa lines (bus company) screwing me out of 175 pesos! But alls well that ends well I hiked my lazy ass up the highway 500 meters and used Estrella de oro, much better company. To Groupo "Porra de Alcohol" Paco, William and Miguel I am sorry I missed Sunday's bullfight but blame the bus company. Fear not I found your Facebook site and there's an address there but will confirm with Paco so i can send my pictures of our debauchery to proper sources. Again Muchas Gracias for adopting me into your group...it was truly an honor! So today i spent relaxing in the Hotel Isabel. Marginally more expensive than a hostel and i get my own room with a huge bathroom in this dated ... read more
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