Blogs from Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - page 3

Derek threw a get-together at his house in honor of Jillian, a girl that he teaches with at the university - she was to be leaving the following Tuesday to go home to Colorado. Everyone brought snacks and we had a nice little buffet of hummus, guacomole (Tony's diarrhea-colored concoction, but it was good), homemade bread, and some kind of ham roll-ups. Delia had made two mango pies earlier in the day - they enticed poor little Samuel all day long. So much so that he bounced and clapped when he finally got to eat a piece! It was so so good. Another recipe I need to get from Delia... I enjoyed talking with Peter, who talked with me about difference between the British language and American English. I still don't understand why they don't say ... read more

Spent the morning walking the beach and watching the locals. Climbed the rocks on the west end of the beach nearest to Roca Blanca and picked up some shells to take home to Jolie. Walked to Puerto Angel again to visit Derek at the university (Universidad Del Mar) and met some of his co-workers: Tony (from Barbados & Canada), Peter from England, Jillian who is from Colorado, and Bennie from Texas. (Big dumb Texas, as Derek says). Later on in the day, I went with Delia and Samuel in a collectivo taxi to Pochutla. Pochutla (Derek hates it and calls it "Poop-chute-la") is a little town about 7 miles from Zipolite, where there are is a market. Delia needed some things to make pies for a little get-together they were having. Walking back to the beach, ... read more

I woke up this morning to even more rain. So much for a walk on the beach this morning! Bridgett made me a stout cup of cafe con leche that I drank in my cabana, still wondering what the hell I was doing there. No TV to watch while I drank my coffee, no email to check. The only sounds were that of waves crashing on the beach, locals chit-chatting in the street, and some roosters crowing in the distance. After a while, the rain let up and I took a walk on the beach. A dog joined me for my walk along the beach. (There are many stray dogs in Zipolite, as there are no vets to spay or neuter the animals here.) He stopped everytime I stopped and stayed right with me all the ... read more

Huatulco, Oaxaca, México 21:00 We spent a wonderful week of Oaxaca together. I believe it was one of the most marvelous weeks of my whole travel. Today she left me. She is going back home and I continue my journey south. I wrote a longer report in Spanish and Slovene. - TANIA SE FUE 21:00 Ayer, después de unos momentos muy emocionados, nos quedamos dormidos en una hamaca pequeña - los dos. No podría dormir, me sentía muy incomodo por el poco espacio. A las 2 me desperté y empecé a leer la "Constitución de Federación del Mundo", que me dio en Tepoztlán, Reinhard Ruge, el nominado para el Premio Nóbel de la Paz - la constitución me dejó fascinado! Es de verdad una propuesta real de cómo llegar a un mundo unido - Leela aquí ... read more

Arriving at Potchutla at 5am wasn't a pleasant experience. After leaving the coach we were swarmed by around twenty taxi drivers. After being rudely wrenched from poor quality bus sleep, I wasn't up to dealing with this many insistent people. We had planned to catch a connecting bus to Zipolite, had no where to stay, and didn't really want to arrive at 5.30am. The coach had gained two hours on its expected arrival time. Plus - I'm now a savvy budget traveller - a taxi is well beyond my means. We dragged our gear to a bus station and sat and waited. Being the rainy season in the tropic of cancer, there was a huge thunder storm, so much water fell, we had luckily found a dry spot - a bus shelter - it must have ... read more