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Arrived on the beautiful pacific coast on Sunday and are enjoying the change in lifestyle.  Beaches, swimming, surfing, drinking, eating and all of lifes other pleasures contained within a few miles of shoreline. 

BUS JOURNEY 18 hours on a bus. Ill warn anyone planning on doing this to take food along as there are no stops to get something to eat!! The air-con is also pretty powerful so take warm clothes. Our first driver dropped off his 3 mates before we could set off and he took us into total ghetto Mexico which was pretty scary stuff. He then proceeded to overtake on blind corners, use his mobile and generally not pay attention. Second driver was a speed freak, and to the sound of his pumpin...

It was the longest bit of our journey...the way from Chiapa de Corzo to Puerto Escondidos! We actually wanted to drive till Puerto Anchel and then read about this place called Puerto Vallerta which was supposed to be the new holiday paradies...so we wanted to stay there...ohh i couldnt wait for a 5* bed and a calm night!!!:P Well jeah finally fining it we stopped at several hotels..either they were booked out or they cost 500$ for a night!!! great we thought and left Puerto Vallerta and dro...

...back in Mexico...sticking with the state of Oaxaca only this time...sticking with the coast, good-hearted happy locals, simple life, yummy food, and lots of sunshine :))) Heaven on Earth...

This is a few photos from the road.

A few lost shots that hold some great memories and good laughs plus i want to get the photography award peoples... enjoy

HOla todos  nuevamente!!!hacia unos dias que los teniamos abandonados, pero es que estabamos en lugres que ni siquiera figuran en el mapa.Lo primero que hicimos despues de acapulco, fue Puerto Escondido.Viajamos por la estrella blanca, empresa que Odiamos, sacamos boleto en primera, osea, aire, tele, baño. Viajamos en uno de esos bondis que iban a mar del plata en 1970, atras de todo, en el asiento de 5, arriba del motor y sin poder reclinar el asiento pa dormir. viajamos toda la noche,...

As soon as I came back from Italy I was just so excited about gathering with my friends and I needed vacations from my holidays in Europe so I decided to go with one of my best friends Des and her boyfriend to this awsome beach! The weather is perfect, the people is great and you can also prove your surf habilities there!

The Trip started with the Luna family and ended in a mysterious place. Great times in DF, but viva las chivas!

Ok, we haven't written anything for a while partly due to us being lazy and partly due to there being little to tell, but here goes. Before we started at the orphanage, we were spending pretty much every day at the beach with a guy we met called Justin from holland. We spent the majority of our time at the beach doing two things. Firstly we would spend hours attempting to body check waves, which would literally smash us all over the place to the amusement of Angela and everyone else on the ...

So we didn´t get the first bus we wanted to puerto, but instead had to wait a couple of hours which was all good as we got to see the zocolo (square) in Oaxaca without the protesting teachers that were there the days before......the bus ride was fairly hectic. Mexico roads have a ways to come.... a 200km journey took 7 hours! the whole way there were either speed bumps (tope) or an extremely winding road!!!  oh well... we made it in the end... we had already arranged to stay at a friend...

We arrived in the morning after quite a comfortable bus ride. After some haggling with the taxi drivers I managed to reduce what they initially tried to tell me would be a 3 hour trip acoss town to an agreed 30 to 40 pesos which then became 20 pesos and a 5 min trip once I got hold of the charge sheet in the taxi. We're staying with a very friendly family but are hitting a serious language barrier which is frustrating since it is so difficult to communicate.

All better!  What a relief to be well again.  Jerry and I had decided to get up early to see the fisherman coming in from the ocean with their catch.  Jerry had gotten there the day before after they were already finished and wanted to see the whole thing.  So we took a nice walk to the other beach and sure enough, the boats were coming in.  I got a few short videos and some nice pictures of it.  The women were there to help clean the fish and there was a spot wh...

I grabbed the night bus going  from some mexican border town and about 8 hours later, i woke up as we arrived to Puerto Escondido.  Puerto Escondido is a quiet pacific beach down with pretty good beaches which are frequented by surfers because of the gigantic waves.  I made my way to my hostel.. a place called the Mayflower Hotel and picked out a bed in a dorm room.  my roommates were a group of Austrian friends that had just arrived from the yucatan after being evacu...

From the streets of DF with Tynan, through the ruins of the Mayan Empire, to the gringo road, in Antigua, Guatemala. Photo is from election night in the Zocalo, Mexico DF