Blogs from Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - page 4

We made it to Puerto Escondido, just south of Oaxaca City! We went a different route (Rte. 175) than the tour books and busses take (Rte. 131), only because we had people from both sides recommend it. It only took six hours instead of 8-10! If we were to fly, it would’ve taken us ½ an hour. The road itself was windy and twisty, lots of potholes, landslides, and to make matter worse, people wanting to drive fast just because they’re used to the road. One time we came around a corner, only to find a tractor-trailer on its side, another tractor-trailer trying to pull him out of the way, and a third heavy-duty tractor waiting to flip him over. The twisty, windy road over the mountains took its toll; not only on David, but after ... read more

After escaping the rain and car chases, i headed south for more hours then i had anticipated.. thus lacking food for quite sometime. The sun was hot, tanned bodies everywhere (adly not mine) and the waves were out.. so what better thing to do then swim. The water was really warm, when you get out... you start sweating almost immediately.... so its better just to stay in the water. The following day i rented a surfboard and headed off for a 30min hike down the beach to a safer place to surf ( the main beach is really rough). Time got away for me, and without realising how long i had been in the water, the burn started to hurt... this got worse with the 30min (which felt like and hour) walk back to the main ... read more

So after all the talk of going to Veracruze City..... we didn't. Having spoken to fellow travellers about our hostel and the staff we decided that in the direction of Oaxaca was where we would travel, but we didn't even end up there. In the end we decided on a fairly remote little surfing area know as Puerto Escondido and it was a good choice. We travelled there via night bus in a 12 hour trip from Mexico City which was a little bit hairy as we were all suffering from the squits and trying to make it to the toilet whilst the coach driver is driving like he's in a sports car can lead to some potentially compromising situations. But we made it! Down here seemed a world apart from Mexico city with so much ... read more

Saturday 18th September We grabbed a quick coffee and settled our bill with Marianna and waited for our taxi which was late and we had only 20 minutes left until our bus left Pochulta. The next 15 minutes was a blur as the taxi driver was trying to make up for being late and was gunning it along the windy roads trying to get us to the bus station on time. It doesnt help with the speed bumps every mile but nevertheless we made it with time to spare. Its only another hour drive by bus to Puerto Escondido and we arrive in no time at all observing the dramatic change in scenery as we went. Its a beutiful hot and sunny day today and we jumped into a taxi and showed the hostel address to ... read more

We climbed onto our Express minibus service from Oaxaca with 14 other people at 10:00am, bound only for Puerto Escondido it said on the windscreen. It was a reasonably comfortable bus, but this time there were no frills such as on-board toilets or drop down TV screens. This time the Mexican movie was replaced by a Oaxaacan radio station whose reception faded in and out as we drove along. The Oaxacan state roads department has seemingly decided that the cheapest technology to keep drivers speed in check is to introduce speed bumps everywhere. Incredibly this includes the highway too and so as we drove out of Oaxaca, we had to keep slowing down to go over the next speed bump. Once we got out into the country and on to the winding roads of the hills, ... read more