So this weekend was fairly lazy. Most people in my group went to Puerto Escondido. I decided to hold out because I wanted to go to a smaller, more tranquil beach with a somewhat smaller group and the plans were so last minute. ALSO...my host mom's sister owns an apartment in Hualtulco that she offered to me. It holds up to 8 people (much better number), I could stay for free, and she would give a really cheap rate to my friends. It's en la Bahia Tangolunda (because Hualtulco is also known the 9 Bays of Hualtulco). I'm really excited!!!!! Actually...I regretted it at first, because this weekend started out rather lonely, but people returned yesterday and this morning. Apparently a group of them (8) were walking at 4 am Sunday morning and were robbed at knifepoint. Everyone is OK physically, but oh my gosh I can't imagine. Then there were one or two people that were so sick they were vomiting the whole time. So maybe there was a real reason I didn't go. It's kind of crazy and scary and I'm worried about them. But Gracias a Dios that nothing worse happened. Hualtulco is much less populated/more tranquil and more safe.
Yesterday I spent some time planning. I like planning lol....and I was surprised to see that I only have three free weekends before my classes end and I start my internship! This Saturday we are going to hot springs/a petrified waterfall. Next weekend we are going with Witness For Peace to La Mixteca. We'll see campesinos and Indigenas and some extreme poverty. The weekend after will be Hualtulco. Then I have a free weekend. Then Day of the Dead. Then a free weekend. Then our classes are over and the group leaves for our last Witness for Peace trip to Chiapas for a week. Then it will be November 23rd and my internship will start. I can't believe it. I don't have all the time in the world.
So this is the plan....one free weekend I want to go on a camping trip in the Sierra Norte. My intercambio is bringing me a book tomorrow and I've been doing some research. But the other weekend I'd really like to try to get to Cofradia. It would be a LONG bus ride. But I'm in Mexico. I'd like to make it work.
I'm excited for Hualtulco. But I can't stop thinking about what happened in Escondido. We'll be fine. We won't be out that late (another reason I wanted to go a different weekend) and it's much less developed/much safer. I just really really hope they will all be OK....in every sense of the word.
Hola from SGCC. Remember me, su amiga Lee, from the ladies group?? I suggested you visit Huatalco as I had been there this time last year while on a cruise. The small town where the ships dock is lovely, and small and probably as safe as where you are right now. Don't worry, you made a good choice.
ReplyDeleteIt has pristine beaches, great food (fish) and gorgeous water to play in. Have a great time.
PS glad you liked the pozole. Have you tried mole?? I never got comfortable with it. bye for now, LEE