Zipolite

18.10.2011 - 22.10.2011 30 °C

¡Hola! The last couple of weeks have been very busy for us (at least when you're used to laying on the beach drinking beer and the occasional Margarita...), as we have been trying to learn Spanish and cover multiple cities simultaneously. Therefore we have been way too lazy to deal with the blog.

After Puerto Escondido we traveled to Zipolite, a small beach town only a couple of hours drive away. Because it is such a small town, there are no buses that go there. You can get an air conditioned shuttle, but because we're cheap we decided to do it the hard way, getting a bus to Pochutla and catching a ride with a camioneta from there. Camioneta is fancy for "sitting in the back of a truck".

The first bus we got on is mostly used by locals, and doesn't stop unless you tell the driver to do so when you want to get off. This can cause problems when you don't know where you want to get off, and especially if you fall asleep. We got off the bus 20 minutes later than planned and felt pretty lost. Fortunately there were some very helpful children around who helped us find a camioneta, and we were back on track again.

Jason seeking help from Lonely Planet

Are you going to Zipolite?

In a camioneta, finally heading for Zipolite

The Power Stance

When we eventually got to Zipolite we ended up staying a few days longer than planned. There is not much to do here but laze in the sun, drink beer and eat. All of which we have become fairly good at.

Much needed Tequila Sunrise upon arrival

The beach

Its a hard life...

Zipolite sunset

Zipolite has a bit of reputation of being a nude beach. Turns out this is not true, for the most part. The West end of the beach had a few nudists strolling around/ lounging around in awkward positions on sun beds. Jason decided this was a little much for, in his own words, "a small town Canadian dude" so most of the time we kept to the center or east side of the beach. This wasn't very hard considering that our hotel was right on the beach.

The view from our balcony

The balcony

Theres really not much more to say about Zipolite. It is a very relaxed place with a beautiful beach were you could easily end up staying a week longer than you planned. After Zipolite we headed for Guatamala, planning to go all the way to Lago Atitlan in the Guatamalan highlands without doing any stops. Pictures from Guatemala will be up soon