We took a bus at 6am from Oaxaca to the Pacific coast to reach the small seaside town of Puerto Escondido. Out of 7h drive, 5h were in the mountains on the road of thousands horrible never ending turns, Carol felt super bad, hard also for Alexis thst is generally not sick in bus… The worst bus drive we’ve had in almost two years of travel…

Once there, we settled in a very nice hotel, the best room we had in Mexico, with a balcony overlooking the sea and cheap!

Puerto Escondido is a favorite spot for surfers, we soon realized why, the waves here are giant, they can reach up to 12m high, this is a spot in the world surfing championship competition. Swimming is prohibited on several beaches. It is very hot here and the beaches are pretty nice.

One day, we went to walk to Carrizalillo beach, a beautiful place with long waves, perfect for beginner surfers, we ate ceviche (raw fish with lime) and Guacamole and a lot of fun in the waves in a sea with a perfect temperature.

Etienne joined us and we spent the afternoon doing bodyboarding, we had a lot of fun! Then in the evening we went out for a drink in a bar on the beach.

We took a night bus, and 14h later we arrived at San Cristobal de Las Casas. A city of 250,000 inhabitants but rather seems to be a village of 20,000. San Cristobal is 2400m high, we went from very hot to cool, even cold at night, which makes the happiness of Carol who does not like the heat…
The city is very charming, it’s the place where all the hippies go in Mexico, there are also many women from neighboring villages, dressing traditionally and selling their products to tourists. We do not really know why, but here there is a lot of French tourists.

The next day we went on a tour to visit the Canyon Del Sumidero by boat. The canyon is beautiful and impressive, on the banks of the river you can see spider monkeys, large crocodiles and also water falls.

We met again Greta, an Italian we met two months earlier in Playa del Carmen, we also met Rebeca a Brazilian, together, we went out singing on the main square and then we went clubbing.

We visited the museum of traditional Maya medicine, then to the craft market and we climbed up to Mount Guadeloupe to see the city from the heights.

For the second time in two weeks Carol ate something that she shouldn’t, she spent the night going to the toilets, Mexican food is definitely not good for us. She had to go to the hospital and spent the rest of the day in bed.
The next day she was still not going very well but we went to visit the Amber Museum and we walked in the city.