Blogs from Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Well I made it alive. The reason for no blog till now is simple.....I didn't feel like it! Haha, that and an evening of cafe mescal might of played a role too. So as of today I have done NOTHING (read perfect). Did my grocery shopping and other than that...Nada. As for generally happier people....this is easy! When I left the states, TSA and customs were glib and not too happy on the whole. And here I thought a gov't job where you could practice widening your a$$ might be coveted! Reckon I was wrong, on the flipside Mexican immigration and Aduana were pleasant and welcoming. Maybe folks here are just happy to be employed. No pictures in this blog because I've not taken any yet! Ate breakfast so now its pool time. Float around a ... read more

Well our days of laying on the beach and drinking cocktails are over (well at least for a week). Flew to Oaxaca City from Peurto Escondido on a teeny weeny plane. Kind of like the Sounds Air ones at home. Arrived and it was pretty chilly. We are about 5000ft above sea level and first thing in the morning you feel it. And when the sun goes down at night! During the day though we are getting 32 degrees!!! I seem to have developed my sun allergy again. Seems every time I spend too much time in the sun I get what looks like sandfly bites over my arms and legs. Not sure what it is, but bloody annoying and super itchy!!! Finding not a lot of English spoken here so a bit of menu roulette ... read more

About to start making out way to Mexico. 1.5hr flight from Cuzco to Lima. Then a 12hr wait at Lima airport. May venture into the city. Then have a 6hr flight to Houston and then into Mexico City. Hoping to book a flight to get down to peudo Escondido on the same day but not sure if we have enough connection time. 12 hour wait in Lima wasn't too bad. I think because we knew it was coming we could prepare. Spent a bit of time booking flights to Peurto Escondido. I went to a nail salon as had managed to pick off all of my shellac nails :) haha. The rest of our flights went seamlessly. Arrived at Peurto Escondido. Super hot. Cute beachside town. Spending 5 nights here. All we will be doing is ... read more

The glazed bananas that the senoritas and senoras sell at the beach are a real treat. Grilled until the sweet banana pulp starts to swell and ooze. Think of a glazed doughnut, but bananas instead, quite a treat, and filling! Soooo good. What would a trip be without a Lessons Learned section? 1. Taxis. A twenty-five peso ($2.00) taxi ride is inexpensive in itself, but when you look at them over a three or four week span, you cn see how they can add up to a lot of money. Tip: Share taxi rides if you can. No one says you can’t take a friend or wait on the corner where they take “collectivo” taxis. If you are paying half or less, it could cut your total taxi bill in half. 2. Be prepared for the ... read more

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