From Oaxoca to Puerto Escondido

Last week sometime (can´t remember days anymore!) we left Mexico city and made our way further south to Oaxoca city. City full of churches mainly, we just spent a couple of days there. There is alot of poverty there and loads of vendors selling everything. After awhile you can get complacent and just brush them off with a polite ´No Gracias´. It gets really hot during the day and one of days we went into shop to get some drinks and there behind the counter, a mother was washing her newborn daughter in a bucket. When she saw us she just wrapped up the baby in a towel and started to serve us, the baby was tiny and couldn´t have been more than a couple of days old- no such thing as maternity leave here! We continued one to a shaded tree in one of the many squares to cool off. When we left we unknowingly left behind our shopping from the market earlier that day. We only realised it a couple of hours later and when we went back of course it was gone. But it turned out a local artist selling his art in the square had found it and was keeping it for us. We were given directions to where he was teaching an art class and when we found him he had our things- we left Oaxoca the next day with a very good vibe for the city.

Our next stop was Puerto Escondido, a beach town famous for the Mexican Pipeline. The bus took 6h and was pretty much on mountain bends for all the journey. Spent the days just chilling out on the beaches and while i think i am a dab hand at surfing (down on Lahinch and Strand hill when the tide is calm) there was no way i was attempting to catch any of these waves- i think they would have made mince meat of me. Some of them must have been 20ft high. It was just fine to sit back and watch the pros do it. We did muster up a bit of energy and do a boat trip out to see the dolphins- well that was how they sold it to us.! We did not see hide nor hair of a dolphin. However, the skipper managed to spot an adult turtle beside the boat and got it on board- have some good photos of that-will try and upload them next time. And we also managed to catch a big fish- called Mahi Mahi- it was a fiesty thing as it took three attempts to kill it- poking its eyes out didn´t do it, nor did slitting its throat but finally mashing its head with a blunt object knocked the life out it!!! Spent last night on the night bus for 13h journey to San Cristobal. Today is a national feast day, independence day. Apparently big celebrations everywhere. So we are off to take a look!