Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Hey all,

Well, my plan has worked out well. I have been hanging out in a hammock, relaxing on a beautiful beach in Mexico. Puerto Escondido has been awesome. I wasn´t too sure about it when I first got here though. As it is Easter wkd, it is a huge holiday here in Mexico, and apparently, P. Escondido is where they like to come to party. When I landed here on Monday, everything was full. It took over 3 hours of walking around with my pack, trying to get a place to stay. I finally found one way down a dirt road, and the end of the beach. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise though; an awesome part of the beach, no people, and a casa with amazing food. I also don´t have to worry about competing for a hammock. It has been awesome.



I unfortunately can´t say the same for my spanish. In the first 2 days, I never saw even one non Mexican tourist. When I sat down with a group of Mexican students that were here on vacation, I realized that my spanish had almost regressed back to zero. Twas a little painful communicating. Thankfully my spanish is coming back pretty quickly. I have had them all laughing at my broken-spanish jokes, so I guess that´s all that matters. I am now back to being ´Brian sin B´ (`Brian without the B´), as Ryan is hard for people here to remember.



The owner of my hostel is deeply concerned about me travelling alone and not having any friends. Ha. He is been introducing me to anyone who comes within earshot. I met an American couple this morning, and they already knew everything about me (Oooh, so YOU´RE the guy from Vancouver; Did you end up finding your sandals?).

The guitar hasn´t gotten much use, as I have unfortunately broke a string. I´ve gone to two neighboring towns but there are no guitar strings to be found. Thankfully I brought the ukulele along, so that will have to do.

As for the surfing, it has been horribly painful. This place has one of the craziest beach breaks that I have ever seen (ie. the beach is super steep so the waves come up sharp and hit it hard). I took a go at it a couple of days ago and got toppled by the first wave I went for. Ended up wrenching my back and have been hobbling around for a couple of days now (feeling better this morning). Going to have to wait a bit before I give it another go....hoping to find somewhere a little easier! Ha. If not, I may just stick to Pina Coladas in the hammock.

I have met a Mexican dude named Oscar, who actually lived in Vancouver for 2 years to get his MBA. He is pretty stoked to be able to use his english again and I´m stoked to learn my spanish. He´s got his own truck, so we´re going to start heading down the coast to check out some other beaches.

Anyway, Happy Easter all! Love seeing those comments on the blog again....brings back memories from last year. Will check in again soon.