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puerto escondido. that is where we have been for the better part of 3 days now. very cool surf town of roughly 40,000 people is famous for the zicatela surf break. this beach is also known as the mexican pipeline, for its resemblance to the famous pipeline of hawaii. without further explanation i will share that i did not attempt to surf this. we did however find good surf, oh yes, i almost forgot... i am surfing again! ribs mostly healed up i am out on the water. and doing alright. this is a tough sport. the biggest challenge seems to be location. be in the right place at the right time. see the sets roll in and get where you need to be. its a learning game. i like short sentences. cheers.
anyway, from where i left of last, saladita, we drove to this very remote little fishing town called puerto maldanado. i dont think they see gringos here very often. we were sort of a spectacle but everyone was friendly as we stuck around for a couple nights. most interestingly this area has a pretty good african influence so many of the mexicans are not of the usual brown skin color but actually black. just a interesting thing as once we left this area and traveled south a couple of hours this african influence is not really seen.
so that gets us back to puerto escondido. like i said, cool place, i like it a lot. met some canadians right of who turned us onto a rv camp spot right in the kind of touristy part of town for about $3 a person per night. a small price to pay for a shower. so that night we decided to go out for a drink or seven. straight off we met 3 aussie girls. really nice girls all 23 years old who have completed law school in australia and are now doing some traveling before returning home to careers. they actually just got done with winter resort jobs in vail, co. got me thinking about snow again. i miss it. but who can really complain about a cold night being 72 degrees. so while nick was shopping for a new, shorter, surfboard we also got to meet a local shaper who has been repairing boards in the area for many years now. his name is miguel rodriguez and his is right up there and one of the coolest people i have met. very laid back, but also energetic. just a local ripping surfer turned boardshop owner/ board shaper. to date he claims to have repaired over 40,000 boards. incredible. so cool thing is this guy made nick a deal on a brand new board for 3400 pesos, or about 320 usd. this board would probably sell for 500 back home. so he is stoked. i bought a shirt. 150 pesos well spent.
so after days of saying we are leaving here and not, today is the day. we have some tips on some good surf spots south and we will hit the road. 13 days remain. i hate to count down like that, its just how my brain works. i plan to make the most of it. at this point we are still making surfing the priority. so the coast may be where we stay. i will try the catch us to ya´ll in another 5 to 7. now get out there and enjoy whatever weather you may have.
out.
justin.