Friday we drove to Oaxaca late at night and spent the night. We were supposed to leave there at like 5 or 6 am, but, the camping stuff didn't get out of storage, so we had to wait until that was open. We ended up leaving around 12 I think. It was a 6 1/2 hour drive to Huatulco, and we went to the site of Rudy and Annie's new house. It is being built, so we put up our tents there for the night and went out to dinner.
We went to a little tourist markt looking for lifejackets, and then ate dinner on the beach. I mean, right on the beach. It was really nice and the fish was great.
Woke up the next morning as the sun was coming up, and we packed up to go to La Boquilla, which is like an hour away. We stopped and got a quick breakfast, and drove along the coast about an hour, then turned off on this one lane dirt road going off into the jungle.
But, once you saw the beach, it was amazing.
It was a tiny little thing, and no one was there. It was close to 100 degrees all day, and we spent it laying around, reading, playing volleyball, raquetball, swimming, racing, and finding rocks. It was awesome. When it started getting dark, we set up camp again there, right on the beach. There was a small hotel on the beach too. But, it was small thatched roof huts scattered around the hill, and a restaurant.
http://www.bahiadelaluna.com/
We asked them if we could eat dinner there, and they said no problem. They just had to know how many to cook for, since the hotel guests don't really have any other choices for food. Town is about an hour and a half drive. We had 2 courses, the first I think was some kind of Ecuador-ian chicken, and then the main course was Peruvian pulpo (octopus). I've had octopus before, but this was one of the best meals I've ever had. I'm going back there as soon as I can.
We looked at the stars after dinner, and in the morning we woke up for the sunrise. Around 10:30 we left because Rudy had a meeting with the architect of the house. So we stopped by the Huatulco Best Western (Annie and Rudy know the owners), ate breakfast, swam in the pool and chilled out. It was a really cute little place. Nice food, but, I haven't eaten anything in Mexico that I haven't liked. Well, I don't like the papaya and coconuts, or this tea I'm drinking. We eat papaya constantly. It is supposed to be one of the best things to eat for your stomach, so it is always around. I don't like it very much, but I eat it because people keep giving it to me.
I've also had this kind of rash on my face, I guess for about two weeks now. It started at the corners of my mouth two weeks ago. They were all dry and cracked one day, and it stayed like that for a few days, until my whole face started itching. You can't see anything on my face, but it can get pretty bad some days. At the beach, I didn't notice it once. So, the salt water helped it out a lot, but then yesterday, when we left, it went crazy. The Oaxaca crowd was very concerned, so they gave me this bag of leaves for a tea that will help me. But, it tastes absolutely awful.
Today is my one month mark in Mexico. Now I have 2 weeks until I leave. Today is my planning day for my adventure. I don't plan on being in one place for more than 3 days over the next 2 weeks. I'll be in Puebla until Thursday, today going back downtwon for the last time, then trying to get to the big ruins outside Mexico City tomorrow, and Thursday doing some climbing at teh volcanoes. Friday I go to Oaxaca, and spend the weekend with Areli, who is still the only person I can understand. I'll leave there Monday, and try to hit up San Cristobal de las Casas, Villahermosa, Cuidad del Carmen, Campeche, Merida and end up in Cancun/ Playa del Carmen on the 18th to come back to Michigan nice and tan!
We went to a little tourist markt looking for lifejackets, and then ate dinner on the beach. I mean, right on the beach. It was really nice and the fish was great.
Woke up the next morning as the sun was coming up, and we packed up to go to La Boquilla, which is like an hour away. We stopped and got a quick breakfast, and drove along the coast about an hour, then turned off on this one lane dirt road going off into the jungle.
But, once you saw the beach, it was amazing.
It was a tiny little thing, and no one was there. It was close to 100 degrees all day, and we spent it laying around, reading, playing volleyball, raquetball, swimming, racing, and finding rocks. It was awesome. When it started getting dark, we set up camp again there, right on the beach. There was a small hotel on the beach too. But, it was small thatched roof huts scattered around the hill, and a restaurant.
http://www.bahiadelaluna.com/
We asked them if we could eat dinner there, and they said no problem. They just had to know how many to cook for, since the hotel guests don't really have any other choices for food. Town is about an hour and a half drive. We had 2 courses, the first I think was some kind of Ecuador-ian chicken, and then the main course was Peruvian pulpo (octopus). I've had octopus before, but this was one of the best meals I've ever had. I'm going back there as soon as I can.
We looked at the stars after dinner, and in the morning we woke up for the sunrise. Around 10:30 we left because Rudy had a meeting with the architect of the house. So we stopped by the Huatulco Best Western (Annie and Rudy know the owners), ate breakfast, swam in the pool and chilled out. It was a really cute little place. Nice food, but, I haven't eaten anything in Mexico that I haven't liked. Well, I don't like the papaya and coconuts, or this tea I'm drinking. We eat papaya constantly. It is supposed to be one of the best things to eat for your stomach, so it is always around. I don't like it very much, but I eat it because people keep giving it to me.
I've also had this kind of rash on my face, I guess for about two weeks now. It started at the corners of my mouth two weeks ago. They were all dry and cracked one day, and it stayed like that for a few days, until my whole face started itching. You can't see anything on my face, but it can get pretty bad some days. At the beach, I didn't notice it once. So, the salt water helped it out a lot, but then yesterday, when we left, it went crazy. The Oaxaca crowd was very concerned, so they gave me this bag of leaves for a tea that will help me. But, it tastes absolutely awful.
Today is my one month mark in Mexico. Now I have 2 weeks until I leave. Today is my planning day for my adventure. I don't plan on being in one place for more than 3 days over the next 2 weeks. I'll be in Puebla until Thursday, today going back downtwon for the last time, then trying to get to the big ruins outside Mexico City tomorrow, and Thursday doing some climbing at teh volcanoes. Friday I go to Oaxaca, and spend the weekend with Areli, who is still the only person I can understand. I'll leave there Monday, and try to hit up San Cristobal de las Casas, Villahermosa, Cuidad del Carmen, Campeche, Merida and end up in Cancun/ Playa del Carmen on the 18th to come back to Michigan nice and tan!
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