From San Marcos to Pochutla we high-tailed the whole way: 245 miles in a brisk 7 hours. The typical road work, winding roads, thick humidity and those mountainous topes did not deter our speed….we were on a roll in and out of the mountains with an intermittent view of the aptly named Pacific Ocean.
Photo left: Many Mexicans approach Bruce for one of two reasons; ask for money or practice their English. This gentleman brought along his words for the day and Bruce helped him with pronunciation.....now he can say "nationalized" just like G. Dubya.
Photo right: Three young men hand wash our "coche" for 40 pesos. They did such a good job, Bruce paid them 70.
For lunch we stopped in Puerto Escondido, aka the Mexican Pipeline, this city is well known for it's excellent surfing. As the other coastal towns we visited, this one was busy with activity and humid, we were ready to keep moving.
Before we ended our day at the excellent San Pedro hotel in Pochutla we visited the nearby coastal town of Puerto Angel (4 miles from Pochutla). It looked interesting and we hoped we’d find another Gambusino-gem-like hotel. We quickly turned around as soon as we saw several police in trucks, a drunken man staggering and the central pier packed with hundreds of ppl. As we drove back to Pochutla we saw a helicopter that just landed. It turns out the governor of the State of Oaxaca was visiting Puerto Angel. We didn't want to stick around to find out whether they were welcoming him or protesting.
2 comments:
hola, soy alicia ya vi sus fotos de la familia que pusieron y mi familia tambien las vio, los esperamos pronto, saludos desde san luis potosi.
glad you are keeping the blog updated. Looks like lots of fun...keep the reports coming!
love,
your sis
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