Gran Hotel Huatulco

... Dinner at 8. Michael and Myself, Paul and Francis, Nancy and Marlene, Max and Donna. Max had brought champagne, so we started the evening off with a toast. Dinner was delightful as usual. A wonderful puff pastry filled with an artichoke and shrimp sauce. It was followed by banana and yogurt chilled soup, and I had the Coho Salmon as my entrée. Keep in mind these wear only my choices for the courses, there are usually 5 or more options for each course. As ...

... back to the room to decide what the plan was, the hotel had a beach club with a shuttle bus every 30 mins, so we thought we'd head there to see what it was like. Waited on the bus for 15 minutes while the driver finished fannying about, then took the 30 second drive to the beach club (really 30 seconds, so if you stay here...walk)I expected the beach club to be crowded and full of kids....it wasn't, it was glorious ...

... for a ride to the pier market!!! OH YEAH!!! says I hopping on ahead of two old ladies and a guy with a cane. We get to the end of the pier and find the guy that runs the local taxi scam....only to be told it is Sunday and DHL is closed!!! Deb volunteered to drag all the stuff back to the ship while I reconnoitered the cultural ambience of the pier market. Got as far as a shaded table in the sea breeze on the beach next to the pier and dove into a ...

... more and more I thought about it, the less and less appealing it seemed. Especially after they sent me an 11 page document of rules, including one that literally said "to avoid odors, we encourage you to change your socks daily." As much as I sometimes ache for structure and purpose, that´s not the kind I need.) I fulfilled my promise to myself and left Oaxaca by my self-imposed Thursday deadline. It feels so good to be out. ...Not that ...

... that screamed 'IwantajointIwantajointwhereeverwillIge toneIhavepesosandIwantajoint') was the next night - our last - as we were sitting at one of our favourite beach restaurants. Shane's meal was not on the menu (chicken·what the?!) and so he sulked as I ate my meal and he crunched on free corn crackers and chilli sauce. At the end of the meal he casually asked the waiter if and where he could obtain a smoke and the waiter whipped out half a joint from his pocket and just gave it to ...

La vague de La Jolla... est hallucinante... Hier c'était tube sur tube sur tube... On s'est gavé! Encore une journée entiere avec Alice Ben, Rémi et mon frere. Comme c'était le dernier jour ici pour ces trois la, on a surfé vraiment jusqu'a la nuit. Ensuite session Cervezas aux cabañas avant de les quitter... c'etait special de partager ce coin de paradis et ces vagues avec eux. L'endroit est vraiment mystique. Les ...

... habitats and viewing pools outside and an aquarium inside. There were many turtles, big and small. I even got to see a few babies. I took many pictures...big surprise i am sure! hee-hee...more to sort when i get home. But i got some really good ones, even from the aquarium inside, which i didn't expect to turn out well, but they did!! After the turtle center we made a quick stop at a natural cosmetics store, but i did not go in...i ...

... the last ten after a puncture which I was simply couldn't be bothered to fix. I was dark when I arrived in the tiny village of Chacahua which is situated by the mouth of a lagoon. I had a few beers and rented a cabin from the local grocer and his family. Dogs barked and cocks crowed until God knows what hour. I was awoken the next morning by another of Mexico's aural hazards, the loudspeaker, which periodically blared out incomprehensible announcements. I subsequently me ...

... WMD will be in Guatemala for about 2 weeks. Last year, I did a long weekend trip with Kristi Ancone to Guatemala, and we had a BLAST! So, any girls that want to come this time, here is your chance. I propose the following: 30 March: TACA flight 2AM from LAX arrives Guatemala City at 8:30 AM. I'll meet you at the airport and take you to Antigua. We'll explore Antigua and check in to the AWESOME bed and breakfast, Meson Panza Verde. Shopping, restaurants & cigars. 31 ...

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 indicated. Some local guy drew us a map in the sand to show us where to go as we didnt understand his spanish and we headed off. After an age we reached a street on our ...