Hotel Casa Blanca Puerto Escondido

... were sitting in the station contemplating where to even begin to find a place to stay and we met Steve, crazy crazy Steve. A man with a wild look in his eye and an Australian/English/American accent. He doesn´t keep eye contact and seems heffed up on something but he sold it to us so off we went to Tower Bridge Hostel. We woke his ´colleague´, a young american guy who showed us to our room with the enthusiasm of a snail.

We hit the ...

... quick view of the ocean in the distance started the steep - and yes very curvy - ear popping trip to the coast. A spectacular route though my finger prints remain embedded in the door handle! Puerto Escondido What a treat to spend some real quality time with ages long friends John and Vicky Fuller who have the good sense to exchange winter in Sandpoint, ID for Puerto Escondido - and have been for thirteen years now. They searched out about the best option available for camping for us ...

... black fins and a white center fin. Underneath the board is says: For Anthony. The big backpack is black and can turn into a regular travel bag. It has a spot on front where a small backpack can be zipped on to. The brand is Deuter, Cheyenne 70. It's a really nice bag!!! In case anyone who reads this ever sees the board, let us know and we might be able to know who has the clothes. I can't believe I donated 20 big bags of clothes and shoes before leaving ...

... the “hippie” community.

Why surfers? It is because Zicatela Beach has the best surfing in Mexico. I wrote about world-class surfing on the north coast of Oahu (Hawaii). It was there that I was introduced to the “pipeline” concept in surfing. Zicatela is known as the “Mexican pipeline” which speaks for itself.

Puerto Escondido’s development has since gone well beyond its original fishing village ...

... the damage was to our car (thus causing Pete to lose his $30,000 peso deposit) and so we pulled over and the driver of the other vehicle began to yell at Andrew in Spanish. He wanted him to pay $5,000 pesos for the damage on his car, and because his hand hurt, and because his child needed a doctor (for an unrelated issue). So Marald and Andrew told him they'd follow him to the tourist police office but the man didn't want to go. Finally we settled on giving him ...

... to rouse more people to carry boozing with. I make the crunch decision at this point that this hotel is merely a one night gig and we'll go in search of the paradise we'd envisioned in the morning. We are soon welcomed to Dan & Carmen's which is idyllic. Our room overlooks Playa Zicatela (the main surf beach) and as it's situated in the hills above the beach where we are treated to a cooling ocean breeze ...

Today has been the best clinical week in my opinion. We're traveling with the public health teams here in Puerto Escondido to outlying communities to learn about the programs that are being undertaken in Oaxaca to reduce the numbers of Malaria and Dengue. Since the program was started in 1999, the number of malaria cases in this region has gone down from 20,000 to 250. Seriously remarkable! Mexico has one of the most extensive ...

I'm in Puerto Escondido and loving it! The views are amazing from all of the beaches (trust me, there are plenty!) and the beaches are awesome. Yesterday after I got in, I was planning on going exploring and happened to meet one of the other girls in the program on her way to met some of the other people to play sand volleyball on the beach. We walked to the beach and passed many others ...

... of Mexico, is currently my favourite place in the world. I cannot remember nor imagine any other place where I could watch weeks float by spent in the sun, on the beach, with perfect waves, cheap food, cheaper drinks and surrounded by that ever-present cliché of wonderful company. I can almost smell a perfume night See those starry skies I like nothing better at night to be able to smell the sea air as a light zephyr blows off the tranquil ocean, causing ...