Oh, Pacific, it has been far too long...

This weekend (+ a couple of days) we took a tip to Puerto Escondido (PE), Oaxaca, a place with famously beautiful beaches and a laid back atmosphere. From the beginning, we were determined to get there, and boy would it have been difficult without some determination....

The drive there is scheduled to be a 15 hour bus ride, part of which consists of very nearly the curviest roads I've ever been on. Dramamine to the rescue. Well, actually I think it was technically a prescription that the pharmacist at WalMart let me buy after which I sold to the others for 5 pesos a pill. Drug-dealer/mother if you will...I couldn't decide which was more appropriate. But really, I swear on my tube socks that I made no profit...Anyways, both ways we went overnight, but both ways we were also stopped by a blockade near PE. The bus wouldn't take us past the nearest town, so we took a taxi from there to the blockade, walked across the blockade with all of our luggage, and caught another bus to PE. Don't worry, no guns or any scary things, it was just a peaceful blockade between two feuding towns. Well, we finally got to our hotel and went immediately to the beach. From this point on we participated in activities found in the following list:

-swimming in ocean

-being pummeled by the 3rd biggest waves in the world

-boogie boarding (which includes above activity as well)

-laying on beach

-lathering with sunscreen

-reading Harry Potter 7 

-laying/napping in shady hammocks 

-sipping limonada and piña coladas

-playing pictionary telephone

-exploring to find...more beaches!

-delicious sea food

-lots of offers for boat tours 

-not hurrying anywhere

-falling asleep out of pure ocean-clobbered exhaustion at quite an early time at night

A list of things the trip did not include:

-homework

-classes

-computer

-having a sand-free body at any point in time (I think there is still some in my ear)

-camera (not that that is necessarily a good thing that I don't have pictures to show you. I just basically didn't bring anything with me during the day besides a towel, my book, some snacks, and enough pesos to get me through the day)

So put that list on repeat for 4ish days and that was the trip. It was pretty epic. But we are back now, a couple shades darker and ready to start on our last 7 days of school (but who's counting?). Again, I'm sorry about the lack of pics, but use your imagination and maybe I'll snatch some off facebook from those who were good about that. Otherwise, it was a successful long-weekend. Except now, I am sick, comforted only by my Virgencita box of tissues, which has different prayers to the Virgencita all over each tissue. 

-Virgencita...ayúdame con tanto dolor!!!

-Virgencita...líbrame de esta gripa!!!

-Virgencita...ya no quiero llorar, pero no puedo parar :)
But really, I have nothing to complain about.

I stole some photos from the bearded one! Thanks Pat!