Hotel Flor de Maria Puerto Escondido

... down but then it becomes quite pleasant. This was on another level completely. No goosebumps, no intake of breath, it was like a bath, bliss! We met an American couple, Patrick and Stacey. Very friendly and chatty. They were on holidays and had driven from Oaxaca a couple of days previously. A nightmare of a journey by all accounts. Patrick will not be driving back! The car will be left here, whether he´s allowed to or not, there´s no way he ...

... pace. The Fullers are the best guides and took us to all their favorite local eating places - a real parade of gastronomic treats! And what variety! From some of the best pasole (Victor's favorite) to pork roasted on a spit and served in the thinest slices, to palatas - a kind of Mexican pizza, to the most delicious seafood. They introduced us to the art of beach slugging at "the office" - their favorite beach haunt - a daily must - where an occasional dip in the briny keeps one - just ...

Hola Vid erum búin ad vera her í Puerto Escondido sem er Kyrrahafsmegin í Mexikó í 3 daga í sòl og miklum hita. Ferdin hingad var long og leidinleg, 6 tímar í litlum bus sem keyrdi í endalausum s-beygjum upp og nidur fjoll og eg var tvisvar vid thad ad gubba à leidinni. Thegar vid komum hingad hittum vid mjog hjàlplegan midaldra breta sem skutladi okkur ad finna hostelid okkar. Thegar thangad var komid vorum vid ekki viss hvort thetta vaeri rètt hostel thvì thad var ...

... essentially nothing of importance. On the contrary, Puerto Escondido was a small fishing village that just continued to expand up the hills onto the plateau without the benefit of any major overall planning. Its geographical location squeezed between the bay and the rising hills would limit development as prime real estate. That leaves the plateau at the upper levels where “barrios” have developed for the Mexican middle to upper class and ...

... his surf board and Marald and McCounaghey (also known as RomCom after a while) brought boogy boards and we spent the day sizzling in the hot Mexican sun. After about 3 hours the majority of us got sufficiently burnt so we hid out under a hut for a little while then headed back to the hostel because it was Andrew and Monica's last night in P.E with us. They were driving the smashed up van back through the mountains to Oaxaca. I'm glad I won't be headed back ...

... to chill out. The locals are all really friendly, there's some great surf shops, restaurants and bars. Our fellow neighbour, Julia, who is from London (yes a true Londoner) and has been traveling for about 7 months. Massive respect to her, she went to New Zealand and visited Napier. Enviously she's holing up here for a few months, we're both enormously jealous. After only a few weeks here Julia has the town wired and ...

... malaria (Anopheles vivax - mosquito), and Chagas disease (triatomes). Although the cases of malaria have decreased in the region, dengue is becoming more prevalent (ick). A. aegyptis likes to stick around the house so the cleanliness and lack of stagnant water is a huge deterrent to keeping these bugs away. Monday - stayed at the Jurisdicción de Puerto Escondido to see the malaria laboratory that they have there. The ...

... there isn't much traffic here. My homestay is literally a 10 minute walk from 2 different beaches! You can't swim at many of the beaches because of a strong undertoe, but the waves are awesome making Puerto Escondido known for surfing. One of the beaches that is safe to stay at is called Playa Carazalillo and it's one of the ones that really close to my homestay. Today I went to ...

... of nuclear war, it's not the Bay of Pigs and an embarrassing US defeat at the hands of Cuban rebels, but it has history. Indigenous history that still lives on but which is unfortunately being more and more repressed by tourism. As the biblical maxim goes: every paradise has its serpent. The problem is that one must seemingly be sacrificed for the other. Every time a new boat owner advertising turtle-watching trips to foreigners walks up and down the ...