Hotel Arco Iris Puerto Escondido

... with the two funny Mexican guys from D.F. who were high on LSD and spent the whole day chilling at the beach and smoking shisha. They seemed to be having a good trip; claiming to see faces in the rocks and joking that sharks or even the Loch Ness Monster were lurking among the waves! We stayed until sunset and then headed back to pack our things and catch the nightbus to San Cristobal de Las Casas, in the neighbouring state of Chiapas.

... we could find to pull over that were not either too rough, too small  or that had another vehicle in. Many of the wide spots were blocked with stones preventing access. This - we were told - was to prevent people from dumping trash there! Only once in the whole stretch - in a small village -did we find a place to pull off for a rest break and a bite to eat. You'd think that with the small 18' trailer we'd be more maneuverable, but with the long bed crewcab truck - add 5' for the ...

... upset me most and the reason why I don't recommend going there. We had the last breakfast with Maria and Michel and basically only hang out very close to the tent for the remaining time. On top we had gone there as it was expecting big waves, but instead we faced a lake without any waves whatsoever. That resulted in a lot of stingrays along the whole shore which freaked me out completely when I saw two of them and getting out as fast as possible. Therefore, we ...

... br><br>Along the Pacific coast, Barra de Navidad and Puerto Escondido would be strong contenders as top choices among &#8220;MEXICO: 23 Destinations to Spend the Winter Months&#8221;. <br><br>The weather is superb at this time of year (winter months) and the physical beauty of both destinations is remarkable. I devoted 3 blogs to Barra de Navidad and one for nearby Melaque. That speaks for itself as to how we felt about the place.<br><br>For ...

... used to motion and I've only been motion sick once or twice and by hour 6 both of us were green in the face, hair tied back, holding a plastic bag each, ready for vomit town. Fortunately we made it out of the mountains without lossing any of our breakfast or lunch. Finally we arrived in Puerto Escondido, but nobody had called to book our hostel before we left, and nobody knew where it was so we drove around and asked a few locals and none of them had ever even ...

... Mexican Highlands and to the beautiful colonial city of Oaxaca! (pronounced wuh-hawk-ah). By now, and after everything we've been through, we're feeling pretty capable...in fact, Malin has nicknamed our three-piece moto-crew "The Unstoppables!" I told her we can't count our chickens before they're hatched! This is only our first country and have many more countries and thousands and thousands of miles to go!!! ...but I like the idea of seeing if we can live up to the name!

... big. We trolled for nearly 4 hours 10 kms offshore with lures and fresh bait chasing the birds that were following the schools of baitfish. We did everything we could and spotted a few sailfish surfing the waves, trolling over their positions to no avail. As we motored home slightly dejected one of the other boats on charter came past with the tail of a large sailfish hanging over the gunwale. It just wasn't our day. The afternoon was spent on the beach followed by ...

We did our usual breakfast fare this morning and then took a taxi to El Centro to go to El Mercado.    Man do I wish we had markets like this back home.  The fresh food was incredible, so were the flowers and all the "stuff" for sale.  We walked every aisle of the market and bought a few things to bring back home.   We checked our emails after we had a ...

... of the other students played in so I hung out there with them and took some photos and enjoyed the sunset in the area. It was really relaxing on the beach. Our host family had "una fiesta de despedidas" (goodbye party) for the students of the other party that are leaving this week and the grilled fish was amazing with super fresh vegetables. We hung out and chatted in Spanish with our host family and ...

All those years ago the minds of the band that is Dragon penned the lyrics to "April Sun in Cuba". This isn't April. This isn't Cuba. But somehow it all seems to click in place regardless. I'm tired of the city life Summer's on the run People tell me I should stay But I've got to get my fun And it all makes perfect sense. Oaxaca was getting to me and I needed to take a break. I needed to surround myself with something new, something exotic, something that ...