Blogs from Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - page 72

Mexico City was not high on my list of cities to spend a lot of time touring, but it should have been. There are so many museums to explore, and as I've never been a huge fan of the museums I didn´t have a clue where to begin. I opted for the hostel tour to Teotihuacan so I wouldn't have to put my brain to work. The hostel itself is in one of the most prime locations ever, behind the Cathedral in the Zocolo district. This would have been a good starting point for my self guided tour, but another day. As we drove out of the city streets that were teaming with green volkswagen taxis, we stopped at a church with surrounding ruins originally called the 'Square of the Free Cultures'. It had survived the ... 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

Another chance to see the Crocodile Lagoon, another day getting up late, another day not being arsed to get a bus miles out of town. We did a bit of organising instead and tried to sort out our bus journey back to Mexico City. Got really lost trying to find the bus terminal and nearly walked to the airport instead! When we did find the terminal they didn't accept credit cards so we had to walk all the way back into town anyway! Oh what fun in the burning heat. (It turns out that the Crocodile Lagoon wasn't far from the airport but we didn't know at this stage :p) Back to the beach again for the afternoon, watching the surf and the sunset.... read more

Went to the beach today and hired bodyboards for a couple of hours where Louisa showed great promise until she was washed under and sustained third degree friction burns to her abdomen! I continued on until the surf because too powerful (and I was too knackered). The beaches along Puerto Escondido are famed for their excellent surf, particularly on Playa Zicatela which is a magnet for expert surfers who can ride through tubes of water. Even Playa Principal where we went bodyboarding has large waves very close to the shore. You can stand with the water up to your knees and a wave can come over your head! In the evening we ate at El Cafecito which had good food a cool jazzy band playing. We also found a gecko in our bathroom which turned out ... read more

Didn't get up til around 10am cos we don't have too :) Not much to do here other than go to the beach, it's a hard life. Really hot sunny day, doesn't feel like it's nearly Christmas. Had a baguette for lunch and had an afternoon nap until 5:30pm then went to walk along the Playa Principal and Playa Zicatela watching the sunset.... read more