Saint John Perse Pointe-à-Pitre

... on open wood fires on tables with a metal plate on top for the cooking surface.<br>I have got quite brae and have stopped at couple without ill effect. It's always an experience struggling for understanding. Wish I'd worked harder at Spanish!<br>After Sta Dom Tehpec I headed for Juchitan de Zaragoza. At he fuel stop I bought some oil and now need to find somewhere to do the service.<br>I pulled up outside a ...

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Früh morgens schauten wir uns etwas im historischen Zentrum von Oaxaca um. Leid** öffnen die Museen (und auch das Regi**ungsgebäude) **st um 10.30 Uhr. Glücklich**weise hat Gott imm** Zeit für uns und so schauten wir uns zu **st die Iglesia de Santo Domingo an. Eigentlich **inn**t das Inn**e eh** an einen Palast als an eine Kirche. Kunstvolle, mit goldbelegte Ornamente und Skulpturen zi**en die Wände und ...

... trip !!! hot water was an occassional luxury as was furniture other than a very soft bed, we both ended up in the middle......BUT HEY.......this is what travelling is all about....isn't it ? people were friendly, the markets were colourful and the food interesting !! but cheap. We did enjoy a few beers though. We went to see Uxmal ruins which we didn't think could surpass Chichen Itza......but they did as it in a jungle setting with 75 ...

Well no trip report from MX would be complete with out a discussion on Topes. We North Americans would refer to them as Speed bumps. If you drive in Mexico you will quickly learn not to ignore any sign that looks like or is spelled like tope. I have seen them called Tope, Tope, Topas, and Reductors. All are designed with one thing in mind, to slow traffic or create and accident if you don´t slow. They are made ...

On to Puerto Arista, a relative metropolis, plenty of shops, some of them even open! Out of high season seaside towns tend to only fully open at weekends when the city dwelling Mexican hordes descend. Found a nice little place near a smelly lagoon and not far from the beach, but sadly, as often happens in Mexico, the workers started banging around at 6am - because it´s really hot later, they start work early but with no concern for their sleeping clients.

Just a stop over in this small town, where a Saturday night is spent drinking until falling asleep in the streets. It was quite funny arriving there so late, everyone just coming to us so drunk and talking to us and then after one hour seeing them sleeping outside. This time has not much apart from good hot dogs, we went to eat them at a stand where they were showing a Mexican boxing game, and i had to stasy the whole 11 rounds and cheer up with the locals...

... by donating a lot of clothes and toys that we all thought would be appreciated and utilized better by our new friends. The simplest gift, the boys plastic soldier collection was the biggest hit. Each of the boys received 3 soldiers and 1 thick rubber band to shoot them down with and the smiles and fun we watched them have made everyone's day. We left early the next day headed down the mountains to Puerto Arista still in convoy with Terry ...

... to make a long story short we met Kai at a cafe lining the Place de la Liberte in Pointe-a-Pitre on a sunny Wednesday morning. The place has a market with live lobster for 1/2 the price of the restaurants and a wide selection of fruits and vegetables. Streaming from the square are alleys of local and global shops which is great for strolling. Previous research on the city indicated that it was dreary but we loved the charm and diversity of the ...

... in Zipolite than sunbathing. They wouldn't even rent out surfboards. Anyway went down to a surfer bar called Los Rocas which was own by an old hippies from yes America. Anyway they were very nice and talkative. In the evening I had some long talks with some Californians. http://www.tomzap.com/zipolite.html