Day of the Dead!! Today Jesica and I are off to her parents house in the mountains to celebrate Day of the Dead. Jesica's parents live in San Juan Batista about an hour outside of Oaxaca city and by 10am we had arrived. Her parents are lovely and as expected speak no English so a good chance for me to practice my Spanish. We had a very delicious breakfast of Emole: soft hand made tortilla with Chicken Mole - one of the best things I have eaten here in Mexico. Jes...

Oaxaca City Explore! Up early and ready for a big day in Oaxaca city - the home of some of the best food in Mexico. I took a bus into the city which turned out to be quiet a long way away and when I arrived it was obvious the city was packed with people and cars for the day of the dead celebrations. I almost immediately ran into two Aussies I had met in Mazunte and they had already been in Oaxaca 3 days so they gave me a bunch of tips and info. I headed straight ...

Oaxaca City!! Trying to make the most of my last morning at the beach; I was up early and off for a walk down the beach to Zicatela. The sun was out in force and the waves were perfect - I start to question why I am off to a hot, busy and probably polluted city today? I think the answer is to meet locals and know more of Mexico, I could certainly hangout at the beach for the next month but what would I achieve? As midday approached I packed the last of my things ...

Lazy Day!! Waking up today with 100s of itching mosquito bites was anything but a pleasant start to the day. After my morning exercises and some delicious Oaxacan hot chocolate that I had brought yesterday from the market I was ready to go down the beach. However just as I was about to leave Luis (a worker at the hostel) offered to take me and Tess to the city and check-out the small surfing neighborhood of Zicatela. First we spent a few hours wondering around th...

Zicatela! Today I got up early and tried to meditate but unfortunately kept falling back asleep. The hostel where I am staying is nice enough but really hot in the night and infested with Mosquitos - places like this are great for a short stay but I definitely wouldn't want to spend too much time here. After breakfast I packed my daypack and headed off up the beach about 4km to the famous surfing break of Zicatela - also known as Mexican pipeline. Walking up the ...