Connor In Puerto Escondido
From Mexico City we took an overnight bus to Puerto Escondido. The bus left at 8 pm and arrived at about the same time the next morning in Puerto Escondido. For the first hour and a half or so we hung around a café named El Cafecito. Apparently it was considered the best place to eat in the city. After having a much better breakfast than the vacuum-packed matter that we had on the bus. We got picked up by one of the property managers of our house that we rented. He drove us there in his van. The house is located in a gated community that has no name. When we use the taxis we just tell than to go next to El Pueblito, the community next door. Our house has an ocean view and its own private pool. We are sure living in the lap of luxury.
For the last few days Alannah and I have been participating in surfing lessons. I still have not succeeded in standing up for extended periods but Alannah has somehow managed to been able to ride the wave all the way to the beach. Must have something to do with her dancing.
Puerto Escondido did not have a giant supermarket until 2008. The name of the market is the Super Che. According to the property mangers that we regularly run in to, shopping for groceries used to be a day long chore since you had to go all around the city to find all the items you needed.
The first night in our huge house was rather traumatizing. At about 10 pm the sound that a large cat would make came through my bedroom window. I was terrified. I automatically assumed it was some kind of jaguar or something. That moment has haunted me since.
Puerto Escondido is home to one of the top 10 surfing beaches in the world, Playa Zicatela. The waves are said to reach several meters in height. No one will see me surfing there in the near future.
In two days we will be taking a boat out to see dolphins and turtles.
1 year ago