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Beach Bound – Bahias de Huatulco, Mazunte & Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 14 January 2011
Sand and surf may not be the first things you think of when you think of Oaxaca State in southern Mexico. This region more commonly conjures up visions of exquisite food, the Monte Alban Mayan ruins, uber-Mexican handicrafts, mexcal, more exquisite food and an awesome annual Dia del Muertos celebration. But beaches they got–and each one with its own personality. The first sandy-feet stop we made in Oaxaca State was at a stretch of bays called Bahias de Huatulco.
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The More Sane Drive Back to Oaxaca
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 9 November 2010
It smelled like corn tortillas and chicken cooked in tomatoes and onion and chili. It smelled like earth. I was heading from Pochutla to Oaxaca the same way I’d come. I looked around the van and inhaled the mixture of scents, happy to be returning to Oaxaca. But most of all, I was just happy [...]
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Watching the World Cup in Oaxaca
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 6 November 2010
I know it’s bad blogging practice to write about a major sporting event so far after it’s ended. It’s even more out of date now that my city has been consumed with World Series championship fever. But my Oaxaca state travelogue wouldn’t be complete without including the World Cup. At first, I felt a little [...]
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Oh, the People You’ll Meet in Mazunte
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 4 November 2010
Mazunte is rife with expats who can most aptly be described as “trustafarians”. People who have escaped from the man, man. During my interactions with these people, I was split between an understanding of their desire to escape the trappings of western ways, amusement at their frivolity, and annoyance with their arrogance. I spent parts of my [...]
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The Mad Drive to Mazunte
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 26 October 2010
I’ve known crazy roads and even crazier drivers. In Ghana, I got to know potholed dirt roads during heavy tropical rain where cars drove in every direction in any lane. I saw tro-tros stop in the middle of the road because their engines fell out and I rode with drivers who continually honked at and [...]
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Highlights of Latin America
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 1 November 2009
I had such an awesome time in Latin America it’s pretty hard to pick out favourite moments. But I’m going to give it a go anyway. Here are the best things I’ve seen and done over the past six and a half months, along with links to what I originally wrote about them. Favourite City: Valparaiso, [...]
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Time for a holiday
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 4 June 2009
Travelling’s not all fun fun fun you know. There are endless hours spent on bus journeys (especially in a country as big as Mexico). Waiting around in bus stations (just as dull as back home, just twenty times busier). Sitting around waiting for photos to upload over veeeery slow internet connections. Sitting inside your hotel [...]
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