Well, we arrived in Puerto Escondido on Saturday, had surf boards by Monday and have since been learning to surf, how to fix our boards, etc. The waves here are a bit large for beginners, which has made for some pretty intense & comical wipe-outs. Overall the surf is well and we are having a blast learning with only a few minor scrapes and bruises (oddly concentrated on my body and mysteriously lacking on Griffin´s).
Griff´s birthday was yesterday and we had a lovely day of surfing followed by an evening of drinking Mezcal (the Oaxacan tequila-- $3 for 2 quarts) with some other travellers and locals. Griffin of course got the worm (a birthday bonus!). Minor headaches this morning followed by some lovely waves... not a bad day in paradise.
Our loosely constructed plans are to head south and start looking for a little surf town to rent an apartment for a month or so... pero, vamos a ver.
The pic: some last minute waves before the sun sets on the Pacific
A note: ¨The Mexican Pipeline¨ comes from the fact that one-two days out of the year this place gets a break that is approximately three to four stories high. Apparently this year it is supposed to be on June 30th. All the pros come to ride it. The only way you can catch the wave is by being dropped off by a jet ski. If you miss a wave that size, one could easily die. Crazy.
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