Busing It

We don't drive in Oaxaca. Well...I take that back...we rented a car one day to visit two pueblos outside of town, but for the most part we bus, walk or taxi to wherever we need to go. Tonight, we embark on our biggest bus adventure yet! We hop on a 1st class bus and ride all night to our beach destination, Puerto Escondido. We priced airplane tickets and felt this bus ride might suit our pocket books better than the charter flights that run once per day.

Now...the test...can we get a somewhat decent night's sleep on this all night bus? I'll let you know in a future post, which will hopefully include a beautiful shot of us lounging on the beach.

In the meantime, I’m sitting at my desk, in the Oaxaca heat (which isn’t too oppressive today), writing at my computer, the fan blowing on me because it keeps the temperature perfect and I’m trying to imagine the cold, Bay Area rain, Winter weather, damp, chilly breezes…Even more difficult…I’m thinking about snow in the Sierras. It’s not so easy to fathom. Being here is like an extended summer vacation and since it may be the only time in my life I actually miss out on the cold winter, I’m relishing every moment!

Before you get too jealous, we have read on the weather reports that rain will fall in Puerto Escondido this week…rain of the tropical sort. We’ll see how miserable it is. Maybe we’ll extend our stay to catch some sun. We’re bunking at a bed and breakfast at one end of the big wave beach, though everyone tells us we shouldn’t swim there because of the rip tides. The total cost, including taxes and including a huge, homemade breakfast to order each morning is $75.00. This is their off season price, though I don’t think the price goes up that much in December. So cheap for 4 of us!

Jason did all the research and really liked this particular hotel. Loretta...it has a vegetarian restaurant on site...for which Abby is, and you would be, thankful. Jason has been emailing back and forth with the owner. Hospitality seems to be his selling point, given the B & B doesn’t offer a pool or some of the other luxuries that a large hotel would. Check out the website. http://www.tabachin.com.mx/

The kids are so excited, they got up this morning and started packing, even though we don’t leave until 10 PM tonight. Jason and I don’t need a vacation, but the kids do. They’re the ones working the hardest at language learning every day, cross cultural immersion, enduring structured time at school. They don’t complain about it, but I’m glad we can give them a break. Our kids love the beach probably more than any other place on earth. Abby, especially. She stays in the water for hours and the water temperature this far south should be amenable to her.

Puerto Escondido, here we come!