After 2 great days in Puerto Angel we decided to move on towards Huatulco, which would put us in a better place to catch a bus back to Oaxaca. So we spend the morning at the beach outside our hotel, having breakfast and some renfresco planning to get to Pochutla after lunch, the closest bus terminal. While we are there we were repeatedly asked where we were going next; well first it sounded like out of curiosity, but after many times hearing “my friend has a taxi, he’ll bring you there”, we figured they were looking to earn some “commission”. One guy even said there are NO buses to Huatulco, so we must take (his friend’s) taxi. We declined again but the taxi driver arrived after a few minutes anyway, and we had to say no to him too. So we got pissed off and decided to not feed this corruption and instead pick a taxi to the bus terminal on our own. That meant only one thing: take our bags in the middle of the day, in 40 degrees, cross the beach to the rocks and climb the hill from Playa de Pantheon to town. So we did.
Packed our backpacks in Puerto Escondido to catch a bus to Pochutla in a pretty devastating heat. In just a bit more than 1 hour we arrive at destination and get a taxi to Puerto Angel. As we don’t have a reservation we chat with the taxi driver to get some insight on what is the best deal for a hotel close to the beach. We arrive at hotel Cordelia’s, which looks very comfortable, chairs on the beach, some places to eat and the room is cheap and with an amazing view of the bay. We take it!
As the time had come to leave Oaxaca we got into a servicio express minibus, without seat belts, for a 7-hour drive up and down the mountains with destination Puerto Escondido on the Pacific coast. The ride was great, the view also, but after 5 hours of curving right and left I was sure tired and wanted to forget about it! When hadn’t book any hotels, so we just popped into an internet point and booked the cheapest on expedia. That turned out to be a great hotel, with beautiful rooms, a pool and few minutes from the beach. In the hotel it was only us, a bunch of Dutch people and a Japanese couple on some sort of honey moon. So being half dead we went to sleep early to get in great shape for the day after. I wake up in a good mood and just need a moment to go to the bathroom and I’ll be ready for a swim. As I rise from the toilet I feel a gecko attached to my butt! He gets scared and jumps into the toilet bowl…damn Van der Waals interactions! So we get to the beach which is really gorgeous, with powerful waves. The waves and strong currents this day are rather risky to swim in, and there are red flags planted in the sand. But it’s great just playing with the breaking waves along the beach.