Blogs from Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Took a taxi into Crucecita to buy my friend a bottle of mezcal. I asked around and found out there is a store that sells only mexcal. I was almost there and came across an old man sitting on a box on the sidewalk. He saw me looking around and he said, "What are you looking for?" I said mexcal and he said two blocks up and on the other side of the street. I soon found the store, and went in. On the back wall, they had to the left mexcal and to the right, tequila. The young Mexican man told me about which bottles were aged in oak barrels and so on. I told him I wanted a bottle of the best mexcal in the store, and he spun around, pulled a bottle off ... read more

I rented a cab driver (Silvario) to drive me around for an hour: Super Che, art supply store, glass shop, bank, taco stand, and back home. Time away from home = money spent. The weather is about the same everyday. High 92, low 72. The currency here is interesting. (one dollar = 12 pesos.)Coins go like this, in pesos:1, 2, 5, 10/ Paper money is 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 pesos. Frequently vendors cannot break a 50 or 100 peso note. Also, the water guy charges 25 pesos for a 5-gallon bottle of drinking water, Super Che: A little of everything, big store, items packaged in small quantities. Kind of a Fred Meyer. Everywhere I go, I am the only white person. Bought AAA batteries. Art supply: More watercolor paper (nobody spoke english so Silvario had ... read more

Last Night . . . Sunday night, went for a walk down to one of the cash machines. The machine hummed for a few seconds, and then said transaction is complete. It gave me my card back, no cash, and charged me $7.47 for the transaction. I went back on Monday morning, spoke to the manager but he spoke no English. Oh well. Later that day they posted a credit to my account. I hired a driver this morning to take me to get a piece of glass cut, buy some paint brushes and 5 gallons of water. Feeling good, warm and no rain. I'm in town, on the edge of a 50,000 population metropolis. There are four towns, two touristy, one middle class, and one slum area called La Crucicita, where the real life is. ... read more

Tuesday, December 04, 2012 It was raining on the way to the airport, but when we were almost there the rain stopped. Terry tried to turn the wipers off, but they wouldn’t shut off. I told her to have one of the guys at the auto parts store pull the wiper fuse, or worst case, disconnect the battery when she got home. Omen of things to come? Terry dropped me at United and the trip had begun. Forty dollars for the second checked bag, ouch. . . .waiting for my flight to go off. ate a package of fruit Starbursts to qwell my anxiety. made it onboard my first flight in five years. When I arrived in Houston, the United assistant told me the next leg of my journey had been cancelled. She was kind enough ... read more

Pulled into Huatulco, Mexico before we were even out of bed this morning. This inside cabin is leading to a lot of sleeping in! Breakfast and a quick trivia game (we won) and we went out to the dock. Very small place. We wandered into the little shops at the dock and bought some jewelry and souveniers. Back on board within an hour-not a lot to see. The water was just gorgeous. Very strong Mexican navy presence in the water and on the dock. Lunch and spa were next. organized cabin a little and put away the cold weather clothes. Trivia and dinner and then i entered my name into Jeopardy this evening and won with $30,000. wish it had been real money- i won a shirt.... read more

Von Xalapa fahre ich via Puebla und Oaxaca City nach Huatulco. Von Oaxaca nach Huatulco sind es gute 6 Stunden im Minivan. Die Strasse ist kurvig und in schlechtem Zustand und fuehrt uns ueber einen Pass in mehr als 3000 Metern Hoehe. Huatulco liegt am Pazifik. Viele Pensionisten aus dem Ausland haben sich hier niedergelassen. Deshalb bleibe ich hier auch nur eine Nacht und mache mich dann auf den Weg in ein kleines Fischerdorf direkt am Pazifik.... read more

Well, here we are still in Huatulco waiting for a weather window to cross the fearsome Tuhuantepec (sp?), I'm not being facitious (sp?) either, it can be a dangerous passage if you just go whenever, so we sit in a nice marina and wait. It´s not too bad, as we have endless fresh water and electricity. It is unbelievably hot down here and we are taking cold showers 2 to 3 times a day to cool off. El Presidente came here today, but we didn´t see him as he was in the resort area south of us. Supposedly he is designating something like $300 million for this area for tourism development. As I left the last log entry, I still had quite a few photos to download from our trip from Manzanillo to Puerto Angel to ... read more