Blogs from Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Vrijdag heb ik heel de dag lekker op het strand gelegen en in een hangmat gehangen, totdat er een man wat dagtrips aan ons kwam verkopen. Een van die trips was een nacht zwemmen met lichtgevend water, wat we diezelfde avond nog zijn gaan doen. Helaas was het effect niet op foto's te vangen zonder een hele goede camera, en dus zullen jullie het moeten doen met mijn beschrijving. We reden ongeveer een uur naar een los meer, waar we met een boot nog tien minuten lang naar het midden zijn gevaren. Daar sprongen we in het water dat zelfs midden in de nacht nog heerlijk warm was. En dan zie je zodra je beweegt een soort vage witte waas door het water heen. En als je je arm uit het water tilde zag je allemaal ... read more

Buen dia. Ive been thinking of some of my favorite things and experiences of Mazunte. Ill be leaving probably tomorrow or the next day and have a lot of free time to reminisce on what Ive really loved here. Im gonna break it down. 1. Swimming everyday. At least once, probably twice. The waves are just big enough to be super fun to play in but not big enough to be dangerous. Go farther up the coast and they get big enough that people arent supposed to swim, only experienced surfers. These waves still get big enough though that if youre not watching, they can catch you can have you rolling up the beach. It was scary for me at first but once I realized they werent actually taking me anywhere, it was fun. Expcept for ... read more

March 6, 2014 Roger would be proud of us. All by ourselves we stood by the highway and caught a bus to San Antonio (about 35 miles southeast of PE) and then a taxi took us the next 8 miles or so into the village of Mazunte and to the beach at San Augustinillo. We lucked out in that the bus was a 16 passenger van with very comfortable seats and a large tv. At first we thought we'd made a big mistake in getting on, but found out it was the same price as the big old "chicken buses." The San Augustinillo area is where the Gulf of Tehuantetec begins. We began the visit with a strange, but good, breakfast at an open air beach cafe. The coffee came, it was excellent. Ten minutes later ... read more

We arrived yesterday morning in Mazunte... a beautiful small town (one might call it a village) with an amazing beach and killer waves (probably around 3m). We relaxed for the day, didnt do anything for once, but started feeling the sore muscles from the past extreme-climbing-week even more. The pacific ocean is beautiful, stunning, absolutly breathtaking. We slept in a hostel right at the beach... In the evening we went out for a drink, in a small bar live-music was played and everyone was so relaxed in this town. People were as helpful as always. As currently it is an off season the place seems really deserted but this makes it even more beautifull! It was such a perfect opportunity to just relax and forget about everything! But the next day we managed to find a ... read more

Curiosity got the better of us and we decided that we should make the stop in Mazunte on the Pacific Coast line just to see if the little fishing village had changed in 5 years since we last visited. To our surprise it is very much the same, a few more paved roads and some bad erosion on the beach but still the same sleepy fishing village feel. Torrential rain greeted us off the bus and we wondered if our ocean view room, with the hammocks on the balcony would get used in our two day stay. The next morning we woke to glorious sunshine and the next 4 days solely existed of the following: Day 1 Swimming eating Drinking Had a seista in the hammock Adult activities Day 2 Refer to above but not necessrily ... read more