Todays ride is around 40km, its up and down and we left early, around 7 to try and beat the heat. We didnt beat the heat - but the ride wasnt too bad, a fair bit of sealed road today as we get closer to the bigger town of Puerto Escondido. On arrival we had our breaky (starving!!) we had omelletes and i had a big hot chocolate, theyre really into their chocolate and its awesome too.

The town itself seems half american, theres tourists everywhere. The beach break here is pretty famous and is often called Mexican Pipe. Over breaky i watch the double overhead barrels come in, its an agressive wave!! Im too tired to worry about the waves but maybe tomorrow. Its time to check out town, book into our hotel etc. Theres loads of bars and restaurants,too many to choose from.

Day 1 - we had a look around som of the northern beaches in the area, a couple were just packed with mexican tourists, had to get out quick haha.. Further north we found a great place to have a snack, and some beers which are 15 pesos or pretty much $1..We make it to the last beach in time to see a baby leatherback turtle get released intot he ocean..cute. There heaps of run down beach clubs and stuff here - looks like people go bust and just leave or something - kinda spooky.

Day 2 - Went for a power walk to the south end of Zicatela, its super hot and we have a few swims on the way. Peoplehassle you on the beach and in restaurants to buy stuff - its kind of annoying but ive seen heaps worse. Hammock, fruit, bracelet??? NO Thanks. Lounging day today, tired legs and weird suntan marks need repairing. Fish tacos and oversized cocktails for dinner.

Day 3 - Surf was pretty poor yesterday but its back today, not as big as Thursday but nice, so i decide to grab a board and surf mexican pipe. The main break is a hollow pumping left hander, it gets shallow quick so the wave is super fast. Theres heaps of blokes out so i find a quiet corner with a few other blokes and drop into my first wave.. Success, im up and nearly even scored a little bit of barrel on my first attempt, its closing out now and i jump of.. In the whitewash it feels like my heads being ripped of, my arms and legs are everywhere and salty water gets pushed up my nose with such force that it burns the back of my throat..Fun!!!

Anyway, after a crackin surf and a bit of breaky, its time to jump on a bus, enough of all these peeps, time for a quite beach town..