St. Christobal de las Casas, Chiapas

I am now in the nice town of San Christobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
What a change from the beach in Oaxaca where the weather is HOT day and night.
Here its cool during the day and cold ay night.
I have not worn shoes and socks in a few months in PV.

I have spent 3 days here wandering with my camera.
This is a mellow tourist town with an empahsis on shopping.

The architecture here is classic Mexican style.

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I stumbled on a tiny Thai restaurant run by a kind Thai couple.
I have wonderful memories of touring Thailand last year with Jelli.
Thailand is the best country for eating amazing food...by far!
To find more coverage of me and Jelli in Thailand look back to November 2010 in my blog.

In the market I found a stall selling these 'zapatistas' rebel dolls.
This is from Wikipedia...

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.

Since 1994, the group has been in a declared war "against the Mexican state," though this war has been primarily nonviolent and defensive against military,paramilitary, and corporate incursions into Chiapas. Their social base is mostly rural indigenous people but they have some supporters in urban areas as well as an international web of support. Their main spokesperson is Subcomandante Marcos (currently a.k.a. Delegate Zero in relation to "the Other Campaign"). Unlike other Zapatista spokespeople, Marcos is not an indigenous Mayan.

The group takes its name from Emiliano Zapata, the agrarian reformer and commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution, and sees itself as his ideological heir. In reference to inspirational figures, in nearly all EZLN villages exist murals accompanying images of Zapata, Che Guevara, and Subcomandante Marcos.

Here is a photo of the real thing...I found in a restaurant.

During lunch, this little guy approached me about buying a souvenir...

After much speculation I chose this one.
The kid promised this rabiit with a snake would bring 'buenas suerte'...good luck.

I had chile relleno at the restaurant...to be honest..not as good as moms.

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Keep checkin back in as a explore more of Chiapas.
I am on an early morning bus to Palenque.

Barra de La Cruz, Oaxaca Mexico

I am now in the surf town Barra de La Cruz, Oaxaca. Life in this small, dirt road town revolves around the great surfing wave located at the rocky point. The design of the town is different to any other beach town I have encountered while in Mexico. The 40-50 small houses are settled a half a mile inland. The beach has 1 dirt road in and a pleasant restaurant/bar in front of the break. The rest of the broad sand beach and nearby lagoon are still pristine and full of natural beauty.

The sand-bottomed righthander is amazing.
 While I have been here the wave has averaged shoulder to head high. The locals say this is small for this time of year.
I find it perfect!

The wave machine, here at work.
Dawn patrol.

The weather here is hot and dry.
The locals here in Barra are some of the most kind, friendly people I have met here in Mexico.

I hiked over the rocky point to the beaches up the coast.
Its a primitive landscape here.

Wild Oaxaca.

In a few days I will leave my board behind and travel inland to palenque...
keep checkin back for the updates.

Oaxaca!

I am in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico. Home of the famous 'mexican pipeline'..a heavy wave!
My latest journey started Thursday as my buddy Will dropped me off on the road from Saladita. 
There I met some wonderful people, great hospitality at Casa de Curtis and discovered I can surf lefts.
I caught the morning bus to Acapulco and arrived there bout 2pm.
I bought a bus ticket for the overnite bus to Puerto Escondido.
I spent the day/evening exploring Acapulco.
After dark was when that town wakes up. The disco beat was everywhere as the tourists drank and drank.
When I finally got on the bus and headed south it seemed the entire road was one big checkpoint.
Local cops, State police, the Federales and even the military were checking everybody coming and going.
We were told as we boarded there was some sort of roadblock up the road and we will be delayed.
The mexicans didnt seem so concerned so I went to sleep.
About 5am we were in a traffic jam on a two lane road near some small town.
When I asked if they were the good guys or the bad guys...everybody shrugged??
At 7am we reached Puert Escondido safe and tired.
I took a room for the weekend and have enjoyed exploring here.

Blowfish on the beach.

Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca

Sunrise in Mexico.

Some Mexican guy was releasing baby turtles on the beach here yesterday.

In the morning I will head south to find some mellow surf beaches for a few weeks.
Then off to the jungles for Mayan ruins and howler monkeys.....
Keep checkin in.

On The Road Again

After 2 months in Puerto Vallarta, I am finally back on the road.
 I am traveling with Will, a surfer and world traveler who lives near Punta Mita, Nayarit.
The most difficult part about traveling in Mexico has been the lack of quality internet along the way.

La Ticla is a well known surf spot in Michoacan.

Will and I overlooking La Ticla

Sunset at Nexpa.

On the beach at Nexpa.

Cactus flower.

The waves at Nexpa come from deep in the Pacific Ocean.
The rivermouth makes a perfect, powerful left.

This coast is dotted with these amazing breaks.
The locals have it dialed as the sets roll in.