still alive, still here

yes, i know, i haven't written anything for such a long time, sorry. I promise, this won't happen again, i don't wanna lose my readers....

so guess what, i have the very boring class again....
I don't even know where to start...We went to Puerto Escondido and Mazunte on the last weekend of February.

The heart of Puerto Escondido is Avenida Pérez Gasga, better known as "El Adoquinado" or "La Zona Adoquinada". Here, beginning with a statue of Benito Juárez can be found five areas filled with bars, hotels, cafes, restaurants, discoteques, craft shops, pharmacies, internet cafes, corner stores, tour operators and scuba diving rental.
There are two main beaches, Playa Principal and Zicatela, as well as several other smaller beaches. The Playa Principal is in the far northeast of the bay, directly in front of the oldest part of town. It is 500 meters long with finemy name is what my name is what ckicka chicka slim shady, gray sand and low to moderate surf. This is the primary place to hire boats. These boats take tourists to otherwise-inaccessible beaches, to see purpoises and marine turtles or for deep-sea fishing.

The Sueño Posible Sea Walk begins at Playa Principal and winds along rocky oceanside cliffs. Up the hill from the Adoquín is the coastal highway 200 and on the other side of that is the downtown business district where you can find banks, the mercado, etc.

Playa Zicatela is the other major beach of Puerto Escondido. It is separated from the other beaches by an rocky outcropping called "El Morro". The beach is 40 to 50 meters wide and a couple of km long with large waves that reach up to 6 meters. It is a world-class place for surfing.


There are several other notable beaches. Puerto Angelito is a 100-meter beach with low surf. Playa Manzanillo is separated from Puerto Angelito by a rocky outcropping. It is 70 meters long with moderate surf. It has restaurants and boat rentals, and has become popular lately. Both these beaches have water that varies in color from emerald green to turquoise blue. Playa Carrizalillo has fine, white sand, low surf and cobalt blue water edged in light green.¨´Playa Bacocho is to the extreme west of Puerto Escondido with large hotels and beach clubs. It has fine, soft sand, palm trees, warm, blue-green water and a moderate surf although the far west part of the beach can have a strong undertow. It faces southwest, offering good views of the sunset. Playa Marinero is just off the Playa Principall and has surf strong enough for beginning surfers and boogie-boarding. On Sunday morning, after 2 days in Puerto, we headed towards Mazunte...and I left my supernice glasses at Puerto, which will never come back to me again...

Mazunte is a small beach town on the Pacific coast in Oaxaca, Mexico ( [show location on an interactive map] 15.66485° N 96.55388° W). It is home to an impressive turtle museum, the National Mexican Turtle Center (Centro Mexicano de la Tortuga). The museum was opened in September 1991 to help the local economy since the turtle and turtle egg trade which the area had previously relied on was made illegal 30 or 40 years ago. There is also a turtle research center and turtle nursery here. There are two beautiful golden-sand beaches -- the main beach and one smaller cove called Rinconcito -- surrounded by rocky outcrops. Rinconcito is the beach that the locals use for recreation and for launching their fishing boats. The water is azure blue, occasionally with big waves, but ususally swimmable.

All but one of the marine turtles come here to lay their eggs, as well as a few land and freshwater turtle species. Mazunte's gorgeous beach and the green-travel allure of its sea turtle museum and nesting grounds have contributed to Mazunte's reputation as a mellow travel stop among backpackers has encouraged the growth of restaurants, bars and rustic accommodations, some of which line the beach, for budget travelers; there are no luxury accommodations or resorts. Mazunte is also within a short drive's distance from nude beaches and nightlife of long-time hippie destination Zipolite.


The sunset is best seen at Punta Cometa, the most southern point of Oaxaca, that can be reached on foot from Mazunte. Another great place for sunsets is Playa Mermejita, just on the other side of Punta Cometa, until recently a virgin beach.

Mazunte was minimally populated until the early 1970s, mostly by indigenous Zapotec people, when a Texan known to locals as 'James', who still winters at Mazunte, built the road to the beach. Access to Mazunte was an unpaved footpath until the late 1980s. The town now has a population of around 700, many of whom are European expats. We went to a restaurant owned by an Italian, and the owners of our hostel were French....

Two days in Mazunte, in the paradise, but also the End of Nowhere were enough for me. The little town does not even have concrete streets and there is no service for mobile phones except for a 2 square meters spot by the sea... It is funny, but i caught a cold at the beach... After two days and one terrible night in Mazunte, Lis and me went back to Puerto Escondido Monday afternoon to catch our bus to D.F. in the evening. On the way to Puerto, on the bus, all the people were looking at us, if we were UFOs...A nice gentleman just finished his coke and then threw the can out of the window. I also have to mention, that Lis left her Ipod in Puerto - which has no service - so we were in 100% stress on the way back, checking our cellulars every minute trying to catch a wave of service. Finally, sitting down in the Lonley Planet recommended restaurant in Puerto, I could reach Luis, who already found the ipod....

Spending nice 2-3 hours with loads of food we very happy, that at least Lis had her ipod, only my glasses were gone. Getting ready to take a taxi for getting to the bus station, a big truck stops and th driver asks us: "where are u guapas going to?" Not to make it too long, a 60-year old hippie-alcoholic fell in love with us at the first sight and took us to the station. To be honest, I was a bit worried, when he told me, he wants to visit me in Hungary, but due to the fact, Lis was with me, everything seemed okay. After the 13-hour bus trip, we arrived in D.F., where Claudio, the romantic guy was waiting for us and he took to Alpina, the home of the exchangees.