Mexico Part II

Mazunte, Oaxaca
We’d heard about this little hideaway on the beach from a fellow traveller and decided to check it out. It was so good that we ended up staying for three nights and had to drag ourselves away. We lounged on the beach, played in the gigantic waves, ate fresh chocolate filled bread every morning and drank fresh fruit smoothies at the ocean side cafe. We were also able to catch a few live bands in chill open air bars. To our surprise we also ran into the first person we knew. Linda and her partner Phillip from Whistler had been coming here for years and recognized Pete on the beach so we were able to enjoy a few glasses of wine and awesome pizza.

Barra de la Cruz
After tearing ourselves away from Mazunte we decided to hit one last beach before we went up to San Cristobal. Barra de la Cruz is a tiny town that’s gaining popularity amongst surfers. We got there nice and early so we hit the beach which didn’t have any homes on it only a palapa restaurant, fresh water river to swim in and a long sandy beach with good surf a little too close to rocks for novices. We spent a great night camping at Pepe’s and woke up nice and early for the long drive into the mountains.

San Cristobal de Las Casas
Off at sunrise we arrived in San Cristobal in the afternoon, found a place to camp and finally met two other groups doing the same trip as us. Marcus and Sonja from Switzerland are on a three year adventure around the world in a Land Cruiser and are shipping their vehicle from Panama to Argentina at the end of January. This may work out perfectly for us as we could share a container with them. We also met Max from Montreal travelling solo who has a mutual friend of ours. San Cristobal is a funky colonial town with lot’s of cafes, bakeries, good restaurants and live music. The town also has a very artsy-liberal-Zapatista feel which was great for Mexico’s Independence day celebration. We ended up cruising around for four days preparing ourselves for the next border crossing into Guatemala.