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  Puerto Escondido, Mexico
Saturday, March 8, 2008

Welcome back everyone,
We said our goodbyes to Terry and Margo as they were heading inland and we were heading Northwest along the pacific coast. We had a big drive to Peurto Angel about 430km's away. Considering we average only 50kmh on most of the Mexican roads we were in for a good 8 hour drive.
Along the way we came through a wind tunnel created by the mountains where a lot of rigs have lost their awnings we also had thunderstorms to deal with at the same time, we had to slow down a bit but made it through unscathed. We picked up the toll road north of Tehauntapec that we ran with all the way to the coast road that saved us a bit of time. The last coastal stretch was windy and steep most of the time and was quite slow. We pass a few military checkpoints each time we travel and today we had the guy in charge try and press me for some money for a "drink for his troops". I played dumb and offered him a drink of water, after a bit of no ablo Espanyol ( I don't speak Spanish) he gave up and let us go.
We arrived at Peurto Angel mid afternoon and settled into the shady Rancho los Mangos campground with a nice pool and a short walk to the trendy Zipolite beach. We only stayed 1 night and left just after lunch the next day for Puerto Escondido only 80kms up the road. The Bay at Escondido was beautiful with plenty of fishing boats at anchor in the protected waters. The swimming was better here after the wild dumpers at the last couple of stops. We camped off for a couple of cervesas on the beach while the kids swam and Bev sampled the local coconut man's vodka special. We met one of the local fisherman and after a bit of negotiation planned a sportsfishing charter for the next morning for 30 bucks an hour all gear provided. The boys and I headed out the next morning at 7am on the "Bela". It was one of the biggest boats with an English speaking skipper who almost guaranteed we would get onto something 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 a $4 fish special at one of the local restaurants.
We didn't spend much time at the Neptuno trailer park where we stayed as it was a dustbowl and we had this old drunk guy who annoyed us every time he saw us. His grandkids that he was babysitting were cute though. You should have seen how jealous Emily got when Mum put the little girl on her lap.
We packed up and cleared out early after staying 2 nights headed for Acapulco.
Hasta Luega Amigos,
Enjoy the slideshow,
McGregors-6

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Game fishing Escondido	Puerto Angel sunset	Puerto Angel beachfront	beach boys
beach fun	Phil and Concha	Lookout here he comes again	I can give this one back
Nice ride James	Phils turn	beach babe	escondido beach
Pino cocktail	Emmy and friend	Bela	Escondido at dusk
Off fishing	Larry terosrising Jogger	Dave and Vern	I think I'll have the fish

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