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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 16th 2012
Hi All, I am going to try to do another entry with photos. Today I will introduce you to persons in the school office, their lives and their goals. I am going to suggest to the blogging site that they fix the photos space to expand to include all of the typed information but as of now it does not. I do apologize to both participant and reader if all of the information from my interview does not appear. Due to time constraints, I will not be able to try another format. Today is my day of departure for the coast. I cannot take my computer because I am told that there are no satellite towers in this remote area. So until I am back in Oaxaca, "Nos vemos".... read more
May 14th 2012
Hola Todos, It is time for me to do another entry in my blog if I am going to do it before it is time for me to leave for home. I have mixed feelings about my impending departure. Even though I have been here for so much time I am finding that I am running out of time to do many of the things that I would like to do. I did however the past weekend get to go to Juquila where there is an iglesia where the Virgen Mary is supposed to have apeared. Thousands of people make the pilgrimage to this pueblo to make "promesas" to the Virgen, that is to ask for a favor and in return to promise to make trips to visit her at the iglesia. This weekend there were ... 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
Oaxaca with Donzetta - A weekend of rest
Published: May 3rd 2012North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Oaxaca
May 1st 2012
Hi, It is the time again for new entries. This weekend was a time of rest for me. I have photos of what a rest for me looks like. This weekend was also the time that this feeling of "homesickness" overcame me. I guess I had too much slow time. I am better now that some of the school staff and students assured me that they are my friends and family here and encouraged me to dry my eyes. (I can be a real baby!). I think I am back on track now. The weekend here for students is considered Friday afternoon through Sunday, hence the number of photos. Hope you enjoy.... read more
April 26th 2012
Well, it's me again with more photos and adventures. I went to the Zocalo (main plaza) on Sunday. I ate ice cream at Michoacana heladeria and walked around and looked and listened to the youth band. They were playing in honor of the 480th anniversary of the city of Oaxaca. They were very good. After the Zocalo I went to the Veinte de Noviembre Marcado (the November 20th Market). I did not take many photos there. For some reason the vendors will tell you "no" when you ask to take their pictures and we have to respect their wishes. Today (wed.) in Llano park there was a parade to celebrate the aniversario. It would have been great to have my camera to take a video. I have decided to take my camera with me everywhere. You ... read more
April 24th 2012
Hi All, I went to Hiervas Aguas and the Metzcal Factory the past weekend and my camera ran out of energy as I began to take photos. Luckily two of the other students had their cameras with them and sent me photos today by e-mail today so I am going to get started blogging again. I did not get an opportunity to go on an excursion on Sunday because not enough people signed up but I did get an opportunity to go to the Zocalo and to the market and I took photos there. In the last photo here the other students thought it would be great fun to get a picture of me tasting the metzcal hence the title, Donzetta, la borracha (drunk). Enjoy!... read more
