Blowing in the wind
I was on the beach in Puerto Escondido with some good friends (i met them that night), all bien pedo, at about 5 am on Monday. One of the guys (Pablo), from a town called Pinotepa, about 2.5 hours north of Puerto, invited another american guy (Tim) and I to come home with him the next day. Neither of us had responsibilities, so we saw no reason not to. By 7 am, not having slept, we were on a bus north.
Pinotepa is a nice place. It isn´t a particularly interesting city, not a place for tourists. In fact, if a basketball competition wasnt going on while we were there, Tim and I would have been the only gringos in the city. Pablo lived down a dusty dirt road about 2 miles from the city center in a house with a tin roof. There you shower with a bucket, and you also flush the toilet by pouring a bucket of water into it to create enough pressure for the contents to travel through the plumbing system. They have 4 dogs and 8 kids in the house, and Pablo was one of 7 brothers.
The first day there I met many of Pablo´s friends, all of whom are really cool and chill. One owns a bar in the city center, and there was always somebody there, chilling or listening to music or drinking. We spent a lot of our time in Pinotepa there, as there wasnt much to do during the day. I also met up with a girl I had met in Puerto the night before, called Lirio. I really liked her, so we set up kind of a double-date the next day with her friend and Tim. That night there were about 12 guys drinking at the bar, and at about 3 am we all went to a mountain over the city where you can look down at the lights. I was riding with three other people in the back of a pickup truck, without question the best way to travel. Afterwards, we all had tacos. It was a real good time.
The next day we went with the girls to a pretty river and to the mountain again. At 10 pm they dropped us off at the bar, and assured us they would be right back after they got some money from one girl´s house. They never came back; im pretty sure it was Tim´s girls fault, because she had the car and was in control of the situation… we saw her the next morning wearing the same clothes and makeup, pretty sure signs she didnt go home that night. Well, we wouldnt really care if we hadn´t waited an hour and a half for them to come back for us.
The next day I headed back to Puerto, and it was another party night. I left on a bus at 7 the next morning for Huatulco, extremely tired and not having slept. I changed buses and went to Salina Cruz, then to Juchichan (?) then to Arriaga, Chiapas, then to Tuxtla Gutierrez, where i spent the night. Today I left in the morning for San Cristobal. This city seems to be a wonderful place. It is gorgeous, filled with pretty churches and colonial buildings… and im not saying that means shit about what kind of city it is… The indigenous culture is extremely apparent here, and the colorful dress and beautiful crafts make the place quite varied and interesting. Im ready for a party, though!
So my thanksgiving was spent traveling, but what can you do? At least I´m in Mexico, suckers!
Tell everyone whats up with me, cause im sure some people dont read this.
Love,
Dan
Tags: Mexico
Neocoltrane
November 26th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
heyy!
im in canada right now, freezing my BUTT OFF!! and thinkin of u down in mexico hangin out at the beach! lol sounds like u just keep on having a gud time! i’m so glad for u! 😀
its also cool (but also sad) that u got to see wats-his-face’s house, sounds like he was living a pretty rough life eh? 8 kids and all, not too much of a great water system… but at least he has great friends! which is all that really matters 🙂 (above money and materialism and all that)
well i’m off to boston in a few minutes! just enuf time to say bye to florie and some of the ppl i met here who are really great people!
keep on having a great time!! and stay safe!! aaand enjoy everything you see!! (feed ur eyes with all shapes and colors and new sights! cuz everything you see in ur trip seems to be unique:D)
love always
Alix
November 28th, 2005 at 11:42 pm
You know that story from your last entry…e-mail it to me!
thanksgiving was bombs, but i missed you! we had this semi-bonfire at menots and I was like dan should be here, sharing his dan-like enthusiasm.
anyways, have a good time, party hard (and cheaply if u must) and rail a lot of ladies!!
love, amisha