I'm safely back in Oaxaca after two horrifying 10 hours bus rides and a weekend in the sand. It was a good weekend. I don't know what to say about Puerto Escondido. I take back all the horrible things I've said about the Pacific coast being disgusting cuz it was pretty, though the water definitely wasn't as clear and there was a lot more garbage washing up. Puerto Escondido was pretty, but not beautiful, like the Rivera Maya. It's a really small, laid back, surfer kind of town...the kind of place that I would go back to, but not the kind of place that I would start planning my next trip upon departure--as is the case with Playa del Carmen. We only got about 2 hours of sun all weekend (disappointing), we paid to go see dolphins and sea turtles (I saw one for about a second and that was the extent of our sightings), I puked on said adventure even after taking dramamine, we met some crazy people from the UK (one took a 52 hour busride from CA to Mexico City while sitting next to a convicted murderer), and I swear to God the bus nearly flipped at one point on the ride down. I didn't see it but one of the other girls said that at one point along the road there is a bridge that is barely big enough for a bus... and it's only markings that it is so small were literal flames on either side. I found some pretty neat rocks and shells on the beach, and got very addicted to searching for them. We didn't go out at all. We watched Mexico lose at a bar that had 2x1 drinks for all-day happy hour. I tried nieve for the first time (tastes and feels like freezer burnt ice cream) and had pizza for the first time in a month :).
20 days until I'm home. I have a list of foods I NEED to eat in my first few days back and also things I want to do...first on the list--taking a shower that will stay hot longer than it takes to get my hair wet.
If you don't hear from me much in the next 20 days it's because school will most likely be hell.
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