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Finding More Waves and Great People – Puerto Escondido to Salina Cruz

We spent two weeks exploring and surfing the Oaxacan Coast from Puerto Escondido to Salina Cruz. This area is really famous amongst surfers around the world, but was surprisingly not too crowded. [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0C-6cfz14sg/VTv7fqcshFI/AAAAAAAAxKQ/7jXF87x5WYI/s144-c-o/IMG_3821.JPG” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/115263927216347870948/SurfingTheMexicoOaxacaCoastBlog22#6141779038238966866″ caption=”My favorite wave, Chipehua” type=”image” alt=”IMG_3821.JPG” ]

A Wonderful Time Spent in Oaxaca City

After driving out of the tropical forest of Chiapas, we headed back west towards Oaxaca. Oaxaca city, located in the state of Oaxaca, was another place we were really looking forward to when we were getting ready for this trip. We had heard of rich Mexican and indigenous cultures and amazing food, and was so …

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Exploring Chiapas – Palenque to San Cristobal

2 Comments / Mainland Mexico, Mexico / By Jenine

It was hard to pull ourselves away from the beautiful beaches and amazing kiting in the Yucatan, but the road was calling us, and this time it was calling us to the lush tropical landscapes in the southeastern part of Mexico, the state of Chiapas. If you haven’t noticed by now, Mexico is full of …

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Chasing Wind in the Yucatan

4 Comments / Mainland Mexico, Mexico / By George

Jenine and I like to alternate between cities and beaches every couple of weeks. We had just wrapped up an amazing time in Mexico City, and I was dying to get to the Yucatan to catch the end of the windy season for kiteboarding. There is generally good wind in the Yucatan from Dec through …

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Titus Goes to The City (Mexico City)

11 Comments / Mainland Mexico, Mexico / By Jenine

Its been awhile since we last posted about taking Spanish classes in Guanajuato. Since then we’ve actually made it all the way to the Yucatan (with no service in Isla Blanca – therefore no blog posts!), and are currently driving west again towards Oaxaca to finish out Mexico. Before heading to the coast of Yucatan …

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Learning Spanish in Guanajuato

7 Comments / Mainland Mexico, Mexico / By Jenine

With long-term travel, we felt it was important to establish our goals. One of our major goals of this trip is to become fluent in Spanish. I’ve taken Spanish in the US on and off sporadically all my life, not getting past the basics, but I was determined to change that on this trip. The …

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Playas Bonitas and Buenas Olas (Waves) on the Nayarit and Michoacan Coast

13 Comments / Mainland Mexico, Mexico / By George

We are currently in Guanajuato taking 2-3 weeks of intensive Spanish (at Escuela Falcon) and loving this amazing university town. It’s nice to enjoy the cool air and experience city life again, but the last two weeks we explored some of the best surf and coastline we have ever seen. This patch of paradise was …

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Hasta Luego Baja – Hola Mainland Mexico!

9 Comments / Baja, Mainland Mexico, Mexico / By Jenine

Our last week in Baja lived up to our expectations, plus some. When I think back on Baja, I think dusty roads, miles of open beach camping, kiting, surfing, fishing and amazing sea life. Baja is where we really learned about being on the road, learned how to get Titus stuck and unstuck, started using …

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At Home (for now) in Los Barriles

9 Comments / Baja, Mexico / By Jenine

[Note: If you received a NEW POST email on Feb 16 for this blog post, please note that it is not actually new, and was previously posted on Jan 9] We know its been awhile, and we have a great month to update on. However, we’ve been mostly staying put in one of our favorite …

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Overlanders Take Over Central Baja (or so it seems)

4 Comments / Baja, Mexico / By Jenine

Fully rested and cleaned up after our adventures in the Seven Sisters, we began meeting a lot of new people on the road, and exploring pueblos (towns) that have a lot of character. Punto Abreojos We left Guerrero Negro and headed for Bahia Asuncion, and after being underwhelmed at the town, decided to move on …

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