Hotel Le P'tit Hotel Puerto Escondido

... My camera and Brian´s watch had been taken and Stacey´s bag with their hotel key, two iphones, credit cards and clothes all gone. It was such a downer after the previous joy of swimming in the rain. Patrick went rushing up the 100 odd steps to their hotel to make sure they weren´t ´jacking´the room and Brian and I were left feeling incredibly downcast, frustrated and annoyed with ourselves for leaving our stuff unattended. It´s not that ...

... for the locals - who are wary of dogs, in the first place - especially big ones - to see her tenacity at retrieving her toy. Not sure she really liked it all that much but we had to cool her off.   One day we joined a group of John and Vicky's friend for a nice excursion down the coast about 30 miles to an idyllic spot called Aqua Blanca with wonderful tidal pools to frolic in and rocks - somewhat reminiscent of the Maine coast variety - to scramble about on looking for snails and ...

... ad skilja hvad vid erum ad tala um, erum ad reyna ná myndum af honum i laumi. En jaeja nóg um Bobby Thad eru einhverjir bùin ad reyna ad hringja ì okkur en thad var einhver nùna ad segja mèr ad thad thyrfti ekki ad setja inn svaedisnumer thegar hringt er i gemsa. Thad er thvi spurning um ad pròfa ad sleppa thvi og pròfa thvi eitthvad af thessu: 00 52 1 55 28653657 eda 0052 1 28653657 eda 0052 28653657 Vona ad eitthvad af thessu virki kv Gunnar og Sigga ì sòlinni!!!

... major city<br>- distance from Mexico City makes flying the only viable option of getting to Mexico City&#8217;s International Airport<br>- it has great beaches for swimming, sunbathing and surfing but are those the main activities of expats?<br>- lack of cultural activities<br>- not an easy place to walk around since a good part of the town is on a steep slope <br>- the temperatures become too hot in late winter and are off the charts in the summer ...

... soon, then down to the beach for a bit. Tonight we're going on some lagoon tour because the plankton is phosphoresent for 2 weeks a year and this is one of those weeks. It apparently makes the lagoon glow at night. It sounds romantic, but other than the honeymooners, there will just be the rest of us hooligans. Anyway, I'm here at least until Monday, probably won't have much to update because sitting on a beautiful beach isn't that exciting to write about. Adios for now!

... haggling we are now the proud owners of a hammock. Mum &amp; Dad this will be in the post to add to our pile ;-) Literally dragging our heels, bottom lips pushed out we leave Puerto Escondido for Oaxaca. Had there been availability at the 'Dan y Carmen' we would have stayed longer and probably wouldn't have been surprised to find ourselves still there months later. We'll definitely return and plan our next stay for longer.

... called Tometal to show us a house that had cases of both dengue and malaria. They had also seen the bugs that transmit Chagas in their home, but luckily no one had been infected. The reason that I like this week is that we get the chance to talk to the people in the communities to ask them what they think of the program and the services available to them. The officer who took us out into the country was really nice and ...

A big day indeed.   We got up and went for breakfast  and then walked over to Playa Corazalitto.  It was a beautiful walk for the view but so many of the buildings/along the way were deserted and run down.  It was a strange contrast to see a beautiful shop or home or hotel next to a building that looked like it had been abandoned for years.  It was like a ghost town in ...

... just desert and cacti. There were quite frequent stops where the Mexican soldiers pull everyone over and do a lot of walking around with their guns, get on the bus and have a look round and then tell the driver to go on again. We also stopped for about 2 hours at about 5 in the morning in a traffic jam on the windiest mountain road ever! Obviously thats rush hour in that area. It was p´retty tiring but it was definately worth it. This hostel is full of travellers ...

... one of Puerto Escondido's proximate beaches? Hire a board. Buy a fifteen-peso cerveza and have a game of backgammon, Jenga or chess at Casa Babylon. Skydiving, chartered fishing tours, turtle tours, nightclubs, markets, beachside cabañas. It all happens in Puerto Escondido and you can choose to partake in it or watch it pass you by as you laze your days, weeks, months away in the sun and sand and surf, doing as you please, when you please. Puerto, as has ...