Blogs from Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - page 14

After a long overnight bus journey, we arrive in surfers paradise. We stand for 10 mins in awe of the magnificient waves, the biggest we have ever seen! We love the youth hostel here, the social enviroment is really positive and we meet lots of young travellers who are keen to hang out for a few days and enjoy the night life. We enjoy watching the professional surfers and body borders throughout the day and after one very non-intentionally heavy night (lets just say we were sea sick), we try a spot of deep sea fishing with the locals . We caught a sea turtle and a huge sail fish!! (We didn´t keep them! The fishermen kept the sail fish (naughty) but we only stroked the turtle and put him back in the water). We spend ... read more

Sorry, I’ve edited and re-edited but it’s still a long tail! Starting off…..Back in sweaty, sultry, sloow, San Juan del Sur, if Puerto Viejo was desultory San Juan is sultry…..more gringo developments arising around us and a Japanese funded port facility (many Nicaraguan road bridges are signed “with the love and friendship of the people of Japan”, now I understand!) and the dolphin research centre next maybe?… but it’s still beautiful, maybe No. 2 after Bocas, went for my early morning dip and copped a sea wasp across my arm, blisters and pain, vinegar cure, sunsets at the Iguana Bar, D still hanging in, the usual crowd and some interesting travellers as always. The bay is a classic, perfectly round horseshoe with high cliffs on both sides of the entrance. The waves break around the shore ... read more

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Puerto Escondido - d.19-22 feb. Higligths: * Bustur!!!Crazy!! * Hostel * Livemusic * Strand * Restauranter * Ringe hjem (2 min - 50 pesos!) * Foedselsdag (restaurant, club) * Solnedgang Spiste en kaempe omgang morgenmad og saa gik turen ellers til Puerto Escondido...med en lille minibus....vi havde hoert at det ville blive en noget vild tur men var nok alligevel ikke forberedte paa hvad der ventede os..nemlig en 6 timers tur i bjerne hvor vi alle blev ret syge!!!men overlevede (hvilket ikke gav sig selv;) Vi fandt vores hostel - "Shalom". Ret hyggeligt og noget anderledes fra hvad vi kom fra! Og vejret var helt fantastisk... Foerste aften stod paa afslapning efter den noget turbulente bustur...hoerte livemusik i baren ved siden af hostlet.... Ellers stod den paa strand!!! Og noej hvor var det dog tiltraengt!!! og ... read more

Joo, kaksi viikkoa kohta jo takana, nopeasti aika rullaa kun ei tarvi mitaan tehda :P Puerto Escondidoon paasin ja kolmas lohoilypaiva lahtee kayntiin NYT. Aurinko on sen verran lammin, etta taytyi puoleksi tunniksi tulla vilvoittelemaan netticafeen ilmastointiin. Tanaan tai huomenna suunnittelin lahtevani San Cristobaliin, Cande ja Mer lahtee tanaan Oaxacaan. Puerto Escondido on oikeastaan kaksi kaupunkia, rannalla on surffareiden ja gringojen kaupunki, maen paalla paikallisten kaupunki, mukava pikkukaupunki eilisen pikaisen kavelyreissun perusteella. Eilen illastimme kolmen aussisurffarin kanssa, jotka yllattaen olivat matkalla Australian mainion sosiaaliturvan rahoituksella. Pojilla ei John Howardista ollut pahaa sanottavaa. Beer and surf, what else do you need man? Jeps. ... read more

It's time to leave this excellent little town on the Mexican coast, it was definitely a good decision staying here over Christmas (and getting a tan). Before leaving we went to Zicatela to swap our books at a local 2nd hand bookstore, walked back along the beach watching more of the huge surf and had lunch at El Cafecito again. At 8:30pm we got the bus to Mexico City which travels via Acapulco, so technically we did get to Acapulco but didn't see it!... read more