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Oaxaca Time, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Oaxaca Time

A travel blog entry by andrewandjacque

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... 't like it one bit, and appeared to be half-ill most of the time due to the windiness and vertiginous drop-offs. In Puerto Escondido, we found the most interesting toilet situation yet--half a seat (the side half, not the back, in an internet ...

Big Waves, Big Crocs and Big Poker Tournaments, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Big Waves, Big Crocs and Big Poker Tournaments

A travel blog entry by peteandmandy

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Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca Mexico. 3rd - 23rd October 207. Our flight from Amsterdam to Mexico City took 11 hours. As we approached we noticed snow capped mountains out the window. We hadn't even landed and we were already learning new things. Another ...

Possibly the worst road in Mexico....., Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Possibly the worst road in Mexico.....

A travel blog entry by jessica_cdn

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Well, I think I found the worst road in Mexico. It was the one that our overnight bus was on last night from Mexico City to Puerto Escondido. The night started off fine...the bus was half empty, and all seemed well. Then around 11 I was woken up by some ...

More Long Bus Rides, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

More Long Bus Rides

A travel blog entry by rbisset

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... note is a problem. They either flat out refuse to accept it or look like they are about to cry. Bus ride to Puerto Escondido took hours! It slowly trundled along some village roads in the middle of nowhere through towns that never see tourists and ...

Body Boarding and Late Night Drinks, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Body Boarding and Late Night Drinks

A travel blog entry by rbisset

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Fancied a full day at the beach today so at 11am we walked the 2 minutes and found a good spot. Rented a couple of sun loungers and shade for a tiny amount for the whole day and some body boards for an hour. The waves were huge! We paddled out to try ...

Dengue fever?! I'm soooo getting outta here!!, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Dengue fever?! I'm soooo getting outta here!!

A travel blog entry by jessica_cdn

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I found out from a guy at our hostel that people at the hostel just down the road have gotten dengue fever. It is SOOO time to move on from here!! I spent most of the day avoiding the sun and sweating in the shade. It's really humid today as it's ...

Mexico´s Pacific Coast., Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Mexico´s Pacific Coast.

A travel blog entry by heatheravan

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The Mexican Pacific Coast, Acapulco, Puerto Escondido and Zipolite. Monday 21st Feb we took a bus from Mexico City to Acapulco which took around 5 hours. We booked into the Hotel California - pretty much a run down dump, like in the Eagles song "Welcome ...

That is one wicked ass burn!!, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

That is one wicked ass burn!!

A travel blog entry by jessica_cdn

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I can't BELIEVE that I've only been travelling for two weeks! It feels like two months. Truly, I feel like I've done and seen so much...it's increadible. I'm doing better these days, although I'm leaving my travel companion Leanne tomorrow, so I'll be on ...

Surfing in paradise and life realizations, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Surfing in paradise and life realizations

A travel blog entry by erriuc

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... earlier, I was in a complete different mental state. After setting up in my new temporary home (familia Garcia in Puerto Escondido, Mexico) and getting over my cultural shock, starting my Spanish classes, getting back at surfing and blending this new ...

Trying to Avoid the Sun, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Trying to Avoid the Sun

A travel blog entry by rbisset

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As Puerto Escondido is in the middle of nowhere most of the bus journeys take an obscene amount of time. Thus, every single bus out of town leaves after 5pm and travels all night. Our bus didn't leave until 6:45pm so we had all day to kill. Killing time ...

Sunburn is a bitch!, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Sunburn is a bitch!

A travel blog entry by hodge

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... I expected and didn't spend much time there. That night I took an overnight bus ride with James, ozzy bloke from Melbourne, to Puerto Escondido. After a 13 hours journey we arrived at our final stop. Here we meet three of his friends Laura and Johanus, ...

Home of the famous Mexican pipeline, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Home of the famous Mexican pipeline

A travel blog entry by losbrowns

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... San Cristobal de las Casas we couldn't wait to get to the beach. A 13 hour bus ride later, we arrived in Puerto Escondido, home of the Mexicano pipeline. Blond Californian surfer guys abound, I bet many of you girls out there would squeak ...

Determined to reach the beach - Pt Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Determined to reach the beach - Pt Escondido

A travel blog entry by jonnyandjanette

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We book a minivan service from our hostel to Puerto Escondido, unfortunately after four hours we hit a slight problem. There has been a landslide and the road is blocked (the landslide was Tuesday and it is now Saturday and they are still just standing ...

Ring of Fire:Puerto Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Ring of Fire:Puerto Escondido

A travel blog entry by nikolassarah

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... Cristobal.  I hear there are Zapatistas in the area.  Maybe we will join and start a revolution.  Ciao Ciao from Puerto Escondido! Nik y Sarita. PS - first lesson learned is that EVERY hostel room must come with a fan!! I did not think ...

RIP Rudy!!!!, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

RIP Rudy!!!!

A travel blog entry by neilandamy

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... soft toy that i had strapped to my pack on these travels and many previous ones. He went missing somewhere in Peurto Escondido....should anyone happen to find him....please rescue him!!!!) PS if anyone feels sorry enough for me....and wants to try and ...

Its a hard life, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Its a hard life

A travel blog entry by neilandamy

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It was another long day travelling and when we finally arrived we didnt have a clue where we were. The bus drivwer confirmed it was indeed Puerto Escondido but to us it look like a big bus satation in the middle of nowhere - not at all wot the guidebook ...

Puerto Escondido and a big mahi mahi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Puerto Escondido and a big mahi mahi

A travel blog entry by karrina

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Puerto Escondido- Quite possibly the most relaxing place on this planet!! I spent my first day here on the beach relaxing, eating and of course surfing (this is what this place is famous for- plus Karrina made a promise to Bree she wasn't ...

Meh he co, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Meh he co

A travel blog entry by edmondo

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Spent a month in Mexico, firstly in puerto escondido and then onto trocones and nexpa. last stop in latin ...

Puerto Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Puerto Escondido

A travel blog entry by chictravelers2

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Huatulco to Puerto Escondido  We left Huatulco and drove the short 65 miles up the coast to Puerto Escondido. It's bigger than we expected, and has several beaches, but basically there's two main beaches where most everyone goes. One is ...

Jose the Bocho!!, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Jose the Bocho!!

A travel blog entry by natstar

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... no handbrake. Hahaha it's awesome.   Our friend, Freddy (also known as Alfredo) who we met last time when we were in Puerto, is a mechanic/panelbeater and found us the bocho (and we felt that Jose should have Freddy's name in its title).  Freddy ...

My birthday in Puerto Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

My birthday in Puerto Escondido

A travel blog entry by chictravelers2

  Wednesday, January 30, 2008,   Wednesday, January 30, 2008, my birthday. We went to Zicatela beach where Terry had made friends with some people at the La Siesta restaurant. They have the chairs, lounges and umbrellas for free if ...

Mexico City to Puerta Escondido!!, Puerta Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Mexico City to Puerta Escondido!!

A travel blog entry by tennille

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... out at the bus terminal for an extra 4 hours! After tortillas we got back on a bus and drove overnight to arrive in Puerta Escondido this morning! We went to a hostel called Hostal a la casa which was recommended by Lonely Planet (yes, I can hear you ...

Surf at last, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Surf at last

A travel blog entry by chalk

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Well finally made it down to the coast where the waves are!  It´s amazing down here so i think my updates from now on will probably just be about waves, waves and more waves! Got in off the bus yesterday at about 4 and went straight out to buy a ...

Turtles and Locals, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Turtles and Locals

A travel blog entry by chalk

Whatcha people! A few things been going on these past days so i thought a little update would keep everyone happy :) First off i moved into a new place, my own, nice, big, sweet place.... with a hammock outside and a view of the all the main surf ...

The runs and the Beach!, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

The runs and the Beach!

A travel blog entry by jamesmc

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... nothing that would make me want to stay any more than the 3 days we gave it. So we decided to head further south to Puerto Escondido, a little town that sits on the Pacific Ocean, 6 hours from Oaxaca. We did this trip by minivan, with out luggage strapped ...

Rave, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Rave

A travel blog entry by shef11308

Went to an all night dance party last night... it was amazing.  Amazing DJ, everyone dancing on the beach under the stars, fire spinners... what more could you ask for??? The atmosphere was so accepting and fun that no one had any inhibitions to ...

Fly to Huatulco, logistics problems, Zipolite, Mexico travel blog

Fly to Huatulco, logistics problems

A travel blog entry by travellerbruce

Trouble with rental car; Mateo's bus 2 hours ...

arrived Puerto Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

arrived Puerto Escondido

A travel blog entry by chadroy

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... the waves, then this lady started just bringing rums and pepsi...beautiful waves. Took a cab ride in to the town of Puerto Escondido last evening, cab driver Willie stayed with us and made a couple stops along the way, Willie spoke no english and ...

Living it up at the lands end and mainland mex, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Living it up at the lands end and mainland mex

A travel blog entry by jackyl

We drove most of the nite to La Paz where I slept on the ground next to the truck. I awoke to my amazement that there was a huge pile of cow dung next to me :) Pressed on and made it to Cabo that nite. We stayed at a beauitiful hotel; and it was the ...

Puerto Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Mexico travel blog

Puerto Escondido

A travel blog entry by paulhand33

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Pretty sleepless night on the 20 hour bus to Puerto Escondido, half due to the crazy driving and the other half due to the fact that our driver had the radio blaring non-stop Mexican music. Puerto surrounded by stunning ...

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