Blogs from Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - page 7

has any one taken surf lessons for a man in carrizalio named pablo he is kind of a grazy person i only asked him for a surf lesson by email and he started writing me all these obsesive letter of wanting to come to pick me up from oaxaca and me staying in his house then i found out that is is trade to pick up woman pretending to give them surf lessons i whas not the only one,he has done the same by many other woman ,very obsesive going to there hotels and writing them love lettlers and at the same time he is with other womans he even went to look for me in the hotel i whas going to stay in puerto becarefull of this man he is grazy and sick in his ... read more

Here I am again, back on a warm sandy beach. Well, technically I am sitting by the pool, but why split hairs eh? Last Monday I headed back to Oaxaca to meet up with Ruth and plan our diving vacation. As it turns out, our diving vacation has now brought me back to Puerto Escondido. I know you are all pretty sad that I can’t send you pictures of yet another sunny Mexican or Belizian beach, but that will have to wait for next time. Belize was soon scrapped in favour of a closer and cheaper idea, and then Cozumel, though closer and cheaper and full of amazing diving options, was scrapped due to its high number of cruiseship tourists. Puerto Escondido is much more our pace, as in there isn’t really much of a pace, ... read more

After five or so days in Acapulco we hit a small but popular surf town called Puerto Escondido. For a couple of days we lounged on the beach, played some frisbee (which the local dogs really took a liking too) and did some swimming. We saw some huge surf down the beach and there was actually a surf competition going on that weekend. A really beautiful chill town with some good restaurants and nice people. Just watch out for those damn roosters that cant tell time and make their stupid rooster noices at all hours. Wish I had a pellet gun. The southwest coast of Mexico is spectacular and we're starting to not get hassled as much. And by "as much" I mean someone only tries to sell you something every five minutes on the beach ... read more

Although it is only 8am when I arrive, the humidity is much worse then Oaxaca City and the 25 min trek with my rucsack to a cabana hostel, which I believe to be somewhere up the hill from the few kilometres long Zicatela beach, is a sweaty one. Got a cabana (like a wooden shed with electricity and hammock out front) for 3 GBP/night. Puerto Escondido is one of the handful of sleepy fishing villiages along the Mexico's pacific coast that have grown rapidly since the 80's as a holiday destination for Mexican tourists and surfers. The Zicatela beach has some nasty rip tides (no swimming) but attracts surfers as is supposed to be one of the best surfing in Mexico and hosts international surf competitions. Most of the pedestrian area was dug up as they ... read more

Hey everyone a quick update: I traveled the rest of the Yucatan, and the states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and a little bit of Veracruz for a little under 3 weeks. It was great to explore the untouched beaches with the softest white sand made out of limestone annd great winds to try kitesurfing and some sailing. I also explored a lot of the mayans ruins and used the knowledge of my past clases (mainly geography of latin america) to completely understand how the regions - the people and land work. I have to say, the mayan are way advanced and brillant. Chiapas was great. I definitly recommend Palenque: its a town (really small and not that interesting) with great ruins in the jungle. I easily spent 3 days- 2 nights living in cabnanas that felt like ... read more