Flamboyan Hutaulco Huatulco

... and I was happy I had the chance to see it so close in the open ocean. In the evening we had a nice huge Potluck with so many nationalities and excellent food. It really was like a big family, Barra has a unique vibe for that. We had Michel (Netherlands) and Maria (Mexico) living in Germany, Marisha (Haiti) living in Quebec with Ron (Canada), Jane and Lesley from New Zealand, Stephanie and Allister and Alma (Ireland), Francesco (Italy) and of course my mix ...

... others to choose from and no doubt Barbara would have been happy to spend some time on the more isolated beaches. Seven of the bays are accessible by taxi so there is plenty of variety.<br><br>Nevertheless in less than 24 hours we managed to cover a lot of territory as our photos will attest.<br><br>What did not help at all was my telling Barbara before our arrival of how I had visited a beautiful huge sandy beach with a vicious Pacific undertow in ...

... feel. Becs 2/5: Arrived safely in Pochutla then grabbed a cab for the 20mins drive to the coastal town of Zipolite. As we didn´t have accommodation booked we got the taxi to drop us off where we thought was the centre of town, wrong we were and we have to lug our backpacks through dry sand on a stinking hot day for about 10mins but felt longer and given our sweaty state when we arrived it looked like we had ...

... as it was right fresh on the beach. The place we stayed had a fetish with dolls and babies it seemed, as there were many strung up along the rafters over the restaurant part, and a whole line of single baby's shoes which was kind of disturbingly Blair witchish....yes, witchish.... The water is very powerful, it was great to sit there and think that we are on the other side of the vast Pacific, and because there is not shelter we are pounded ...

... arroz y tortillas, et jus d'orange maison A part ça, Nous sommes allés a Puerto Escondido, donc prochain post avec des photos de Puerto! Nous avons du voir les parents trois fois pendant leur semaine ici, Vos messages de bonjour sont donc transmis! Pour les surfeurs: un swell de 9ft arrive le 2 janvier... iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

... Luisa (the couple from Poland) to see the sunset (which was beautiful, but not nearly as good as the sunrises). Joerg was staying in Zipolite (a beach town just east of Mazunte), and one afternoon we took a collective over there to meet up with him for a few beers and lunch before he hit the road. He had rented a hammock right on the beach for something like 50 pesos a day ($5 USD) and was just loving life, which is actually pretty standard for ...

... I was eating my stockpile of canned food, since I had planned to provision in Acapulco. Yum, canned tuna again. Saturday night, I planned to do what I did the night before, however, instead of the sea breeze gradually dying, it started building, and building. So I didn't get much sleep, because I was dealing with the sails and praying the autopilot wouldn't go out. But I made good time. So Sunday morning, I was motoring the final 15 miles to Puerto Escondido, knowing I ...

Hello once again from down here in Mexico! As the weather continues to get worse in Washington, I am enjoying sunshine! Last weekend, practically the whole group (16 of us) made the horrendously long bus ride to Puerto Escondido on the coast of Oaxaca. Apparently we took the longest form of transportation, but hey, it´s a learning experience, right? Next time we´re paying the little extra for a van or suburban that will get us there in 6 hours. We had to make a bunch of ...

... them her fruit pastels while John sat in a corner feeling ill!! The fruit pastels paid off and when a bus finally arrived at 2:30 in the morning we were the first two people asked if we wanted the two spare seats!! It was a 14hour bus ride (John was sick when we stopped - apparently he had Mexican Flu!!) but we finally arrived in Puerto Escondido mid afternoon. We didn't do much that day, just lay on the beach for a while and then grabbed something to eat ...

... were in the top suites at the place with its own kitchen, dining area, living room, master bedroom, and two amazing all-marble restrooms with seperate shower stalls and tubs. The best part was the view from either of our TWO, yes TWO, private balconies one of which had a private little pool overlooking the resort and bay (the other balcony ONLY had a hammock!) Needless to say, we were not at all inconvenienced by the delay in getting the ...