Today I'm leaving Mazunte after 3 months of staying here. It's been
the place I've stayed longest during the last years and, truth be said,
it's not because it has been one of my favorites, but because I was
tired of traveling and wanted a good rest near a nice beach.
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| A visitor to the family house |
While
detail-wise it seemed like it could have been the perfect place
(beautiful beach, chilled vibe, good combination of tourism and long
term denizens, music shows and parties almost every night),
different places interact differently with different people at different
times. While the mosquitoes, the flies, the uncleanliness of the family
house where I lived in and the lack of
proper Internet are all things that I could manage well, the fact I
haven't met enough people with whom I felt I
could communicate on a deeper level was more disappointing. The parties
have mostly had Cumbia music, which I've come to extremely dislike
after being brainwashed with it over n over here. Gutting different fish
and shark catch on the beach and throwing their smelly content back
into the water didn't make me feel better swimming in them, neither as a
vegan or a person with a functioning sense of smell. Add some water
cuts, Internet cuts, toxic smoke from burning trash and you'll see this
piece of paradise won't be the first place to which I'll go back to.
It's definitely not a bad place, just wasn't a very good one for me.
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| Selfie became one of the top words of 2013... |
Now
let's go for the good things as without them I'd have left long ago.
I've hosted different people, both friends and CouchSurfers I've just
met, some of whom I was extremely happy to have around. I went to swim
nearly everyday and believe it did good to my general health even though
there were some things to counter-balance that good :) I played a lot
of guitar on the beach. I
did manage to push forward on Colnect and January 2014 has shown a
considerable surge in traffic. I did feel well having my own place and
preparing my own food mostly.
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| Colnect is kicking STRONG! |
That's it, now a short tour of Mexico and then towards London.
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| Me, taken by Judy |
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| Caguama might mean a turtle, but it's more importantly a large beer bottle (between 940ml and 1200ml most often) |
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| Eating and playing guitar with friends |
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| Smugness does occur |
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| So do partial haircuts |
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| Funky shape of airloom tomatoes |
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| Jaw harp I got in Cambodia |
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| Water bottle truck selling filtered water. Scams apparantly abound with these as well, most often trying to replace a plastic bottle in good condition to a crappy one. The bottle's deposit is 50 peso whereas the water itself 11-13 peso so guess where the money's at :) |
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| Pochutla hospital is NOT recommended. This chart shows alleged maximum waiting times for patients who ask for medical attention. We've waiting nearly 3 hours and got a friendly but not very professional assistance. |
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| To those unfamiliar with the spiritual side of "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the OTHER side" - here's one who has reached nirvana |
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| Mazunte can surely make anyone go bananas! |
