Seriously, there’s hardly anyone here. It’s the ‘wet season’ which means the occasional late afternoon rolling storm, some night rain then clear blue skies and hot days. The humidity is high I guess, making it feel much hotter than it probably is. Even the cabbies are saying ‘mucho calor’ so it must be hot for…

I’ve been playing the waiting game with FedEx now for over a week – waiting for customs to release my laptop and send it to me down here in Puerto Escondido…but of course with all things MEXICO, it’s about despacito, a common theme whilst being here as you know. Hey, I don’t mind, as long…

A lazy Sunday at Carrizalillo – and being Domingo, we had another Coco Loco – and yes, it’s still brilliant and still Mexico’s greatest invention! Again, nothing to report apart from a surfing dachshund which was of course brilliant.

As you may know, my fairly new MacBook Pro (please don’t buy one of these until they fix the BIG problem*) has broken down, so I’ve arranged for my older AirBook Mac to be sent from Sydney via FedEx to Puerto Escondido. A huge thanks to Tony and Paola for arranging this!!! Tracking is wonderful,…

Nothing much to report Week 7 Another 3 weeks here on the southern Mexican coast Turning to jelly A musical interlude perhaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk A storm rolling over the area with some loud thunder, some welcome rain and the occasional power cut Heaven  

This morning was meant to be the ‘big day’, the major Surf Comp for Zicatela in August (in honour of a local twenty-year old surfing hero who died in a car crash just recently). But sunrise revealed what we suspected yesterday, massive surf – and I mean HUGE 20 feet+ surf which even the die-hard locals (that’s…

Day 12 here in Puerto Escondido and we’ve embraced the concept of ‘despacito’ – slowing it down, real slow. As planned, our mornings are taken up with work – Ants writing from 7am with a pot of coffee on the go, whilst I’m doing some work for a Melbourne Design Agency, so the aim is…

We’re staying on Zicatela, one of the top surf beaches in the world – according to those in the know. It’s not for swimming that’s for sure, as the surf is often enormous with dangerous rips and currents, but that doesn’t deter the hordes of young surfers at La Punta (the southern end of the…

Disaster has struck. My relatively new MacBook Pro has presented a ‘stuffed screen’ (technical term) – flickering pink and purple horizontal lines, making it hard to do anything. The computer itself if fine, just the display – so to add to already poor to non-existent WiFi my fears of disconnection are now fully realised. I…

Walking on the beach around 7 or so every morning, we’re immediately drawn to the six or more pelicanos swirling in the hot rising air, dive-bombing at speed in-and-around the surfers who are tea-bagging just off the rocks. It’s quite mesmerising to watch, but we’re increasingly drawn to the dark cave entrance with its cactus…