http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Oaxaca , Mazunte en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:28:36 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:28:36 BST we left Zipolite on friday evening after waiting 2 hours for the bus to turm up and arrived later than expected in Mazunte. This resulted in us searching round in the dark for a hostel and eventually finding a very questionable place run by a crazy mexican with one eye but it was cheap so oh well and the room came with our own pets a crab a gecko ants and thousnds of mosquitoswe went and h http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-305686.html Bom DiaThis may get cut short. I have become almost machine like in the prediction of the weather and this afternoons forecast looks like big ass storm to me....We moved on from Guatemala via the most boring coach journey yet just flat and dull though it did pick up some points as two people got off the bus at the border went into a holding room and we didnt see them again....We worked our wa http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-283826.html We arrived in Mazunte on the 25th of April. The pick up truck that we took from the bus stop in San Antonio dropped us off at the beach and were shown a place to stay. We decided to move on however and check out a place recommended in the Rough Guide Balamjuyuc. We are so glad we did as we absolutely loved it. It was exactly what we had been looking for So calm so peaceful on a cliff right abo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-274002.html Kaixo danoi Gure abenturarekin jarraituz Oaxacako kostatik bidaiatu genuen. LaBonfil Marquelia Puerto Escondido Mazunte Zipolite... Puerto Escondidon itsaso ikusgarriak ez gintuen onartzen eta holatuak hondartzatik ikustea besterik ez genuen bitartean zaldian ibili Ibaiek beti gogoratuko du gabetan Tequila eran eta beroa pasatu genuen. Afari itzelak ere egin genituen bai mota errez jo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-273877.html Ea zelan azaltzen doten Chiapaseko egonaldia luburtuta... hain da... ChiapasChiapas Mexikoko mendietan galduta dagoen herri indigena Zapatak eta bere oinordekoak Markos subkomandantea etb. gidatuta Mexikoko eta munduko kapitalismoaren aurka euren eskubideak eta lurrak defendatzen diharduen jendea. Mendi zerra ikusgarriek baso eta oihanek herrixka txiki eta isolatuak gordetzen dituzte. Haue http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-273873.html nach all diesen geschichten rund ums geld. war es endlich an der zeit dass mal was tolles passiert.. aber als erstes ging jan weiter seinen weg nach oaxaca und ich war erstmal allein.. komisch wie schnell man sich an einen menschen gewoehnen kann. nach nur 2 wochen intensiven zusammenlebens hatte ich das gefuehl vieles bis alles an ihm zu kennen.. ja wie ein altes ehepaar waren wir manchmal unt http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-252473.html ok ich hab mich aufgerafft.. kein bock mehr da rumzuliegen.. auch wenn noch nicht wirklich fit.. mach ich mich mal auf in richtung playa.. mazunte soll es sein.. zu einem alt 68er welcher da irgend so ein hostel aufgezogen hat.. einstein nennt der sich.. nimmt mich ja wunder was mich da erwartet.. ich lass es euch natuerlich wissen ok erstmal laesst sich sagen dass die fahrt der reinste hoellent http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-247962.html Sometimes people like to put a hypothetical question which do you prefer beaches or mountains I never really liked that question much in that it tries to make me choose one over the other and in Oaxaca State Mexico I really dont need to choose as I can quite easily spend a few days on some absolutely gorgeous pacific beaches before taking just a 3.5 hour bus ride ending nearly 3000 meters http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-240107.html I guess my poor attempt at a play on words only works if you know how to pronounce oaxaca see previous blog . So here is part 2 of my mamouth holiday blogging session. I spent Christmas with my family in Tuxtla. My original plan was to be as far away from all things holiday related to ensure i didn't feel christmassy and therefore avoid feeling homesick. However the family asked me way back in http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-233141.html Nous revoil sur le net aprs qq jours d'interruptions. Nous tions a Mazunte sur le Pacifique pas loin de Puerto Escondido mais en plus sauvage pour le nouvel an. La cte est trs trs belle. Cela nous a permis de nous reposer un peu malgr les 7 heures de bus aller et mme chose au retour... Nous en profitons pour vous souhaiter le meilleur pour l anne 2008 En ce qui nous concerne va . http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-232710.html Our next day trip was to El Museo de las TortugasCentro Mexicano de la Tortuga in Mazunte. The turtle industry was banned in 1990. With the help of government action and community cooperation this former turtle processing factory has been converted into a center for the recovery of Oaxaca's Pacific Sea Turtles. All seven of Mexico's marine turtle species are represented here at the center. This http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-183645.html We took a day trip to Mazunte which is only 1 mile .62 km from Zipolite. We simple got lost in its beauty though. Our main objective for visiting Mazunte was for the Turtle Museum which will be the next entry. We won't bore you with the all of the details in this entry. You can simply view the photos and read the captions to get a taste of our experience. We had a late breakfast early lunch http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-183617.html We have been traveling around the state of Oaxaca for the last 3 weeks. We were in Oaxaca city for the first week then we went into the mountains to stay in a village called Conulalpam. After that we came back to the city for a couple days before taking off for the coast of Oaxaca to a beach town called Mazunte. At this moment I am back in San Cristobal in Tierra Adentro in fact where the za http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-149032.html After enough lazy days and starting to look like a cheesy Italian with my tan and sunkissed messy mullet I booked onto a boat tour promising a world of waterlife creatures which I couldnt help but be sceptical about. However within 5 mins we spotted our first pod of dolphins and within 6 mins I had dived in and with a mask on was swimming around with the dolphin. With their own flippers they w http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-146451.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-143901.html Its a very fine line between being friendly and finding you have a date here. By lunch time I had three offers the first a jewellery seller on the beach wanting to take me to another beach the next wanted to catch fish for my lunch and be my mexican lover the third wanted to be my translate the meaning of Time Leisure and meet me at a bar to tell me the answer. The beach has restaurants and http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-143860.html After a lazy morning and finally working out Skype it was great to chat to Steve. I had a spot of lunch on the beach and headed of to the bus stop. On the bus I had that great feeling of being on my own and travelling into the unknown. The scenery was stunning and I couldnt help but sketch a few of the Mexicans desgraciadiamente i could only do the backs and i realised I would really like to dr http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-143859.html Yesterday I was sitting at a Cantina of sorts eating lunch and about 300400 yards out in the bay a pod of WHALES I saw about a dozen or more blowing air and a few jumping and playing and even a few tails... A guy who runs boat tours was just about wetting himself getting people into the boat to speed out there and desterb their breathing and playing.... beautiful to watch as I ate my lunch. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-130450.html The past week Dad and I have been staying at a paradise beach called Playa Faro de Bucerias Diver's Lighthouse. It is in the state of Michoacan and famous for being isolated from the rest of Mexico until twenty years ago. Supposedly there were bandits who roamed the hills but not anymore. This beach is perfect for a quiet relaxing stay if you enjoy camping. Dad and I set up the tent u http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-128474.html ... http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-79961.html Mazunte was a very relaxing place within a couple of days Irsquod made a couple of local friends and met a nice Swiss girl called Andrea. She gave me good tips for San Cristobal in Chiapas state. I also found a much cheaper place to stay run by Juanita and her lovely family who seemed as fascinated with me as I was with the place. Have to say though on the first night in my cheap and cheerful r http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-76560.html On sunday we caught a mini bus very similar to the ATeam van and had the scariest roller coaster ride of our lives for 5 hours through the mountains down to the beach. When I had my eyes closed which was most of the journey I was convinced it was B.A. himself driving but every so often when I could bare to open my eyes without wanting to vomit I would catch a glimpse of this wee manic m http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Oaxaca/Mazunte/blog-54283.html