Huatulco and Around

I haven’t written too much about Huatulco which is a lazy but not hazy kind of town. It’s perfect for the beach and if you just want to chill and be assured of perfectly hot, sunny weather with appropriately warm, limpid water and a few different swimming beaches to choose from. The beach we mostly go to is called Santa Cruz. By cab it costs 30 pesos which is about $2.00 so $4.00 there and back. It’s really not worth walking unless you want the exercise. Even in the early morning it’s already super hot and the tourist walkway to the beach doesn’t have a whole lot of shade. Mandatory water drinking and lots of stops along the way otherwise you get burned out. The bus is also available. Took it a couple of times coming back, costs 8 pesos per person so only half cheaper than taking a cab. I like to take the odd bus more for the experience than for saving money. The beaches are all outfitted with palapas, there is no natural shade on any of these beaches thus, not much of a choice. You pick your palapa and start ordering Cerveza which keeps them happy for a while. Actually it’s pretty good nobody’s ever tried to kick us out yet. The beach food is not great. Not a good idea to order either fish or shrimps. They are always prepared the same way with either butter, garlic, a la Veracruzana (tomatoes) diablo (piquante) ec....basically wherever we have been in Mexico these food items have been the norm if not the gold standard. Personally have never had the gold standard not even the plata standard maybe a little under the bronze category. Let’s just say we haven’t been lucky with food, invariably turn out to be a big disappointment. The guacamole was all right but the Nachos were a total disaster. We also went to another beach called La Entrega. This one is crescent shape and slightly bigger than Santa Cruz. It seems to be a favourite of many people here. There is more to see in terms of fish life if one is into snorkeling. Lots of rocks and little crevices where creatures can hide. Once again the water here is warm and crystal clear. Only problem is it’s further away and costs 60 pesos one way so about 9 to 10 bucks for a return trip. Not overly expensive for the distance but if you’re staying in Huatulco ,on a budget, it can start to add up. Yesterday we took a boat tour, on a Catamaran, to visit the 7 beautiful bays around Huatulco. They are truly magnificent with unspoiled, untouched gorgeous golden sand and turquoise waters. We saw the beach where the film Y Tu Mama Tambien was filmed, that was one of Alfonso Cuaron (he of Roma success) to reach a wide audience outside Mexico. The boat dropped us off, via a small launcha, to a beautiful beach where we could sit under a parasol and frolick in the water. We stayed there for about an hour and a half which was just perfect. Any longer and you fry. The sun is mucho mucho caliente. Off on the big boat again with beautiful vistas along the way. Jutting cragly rocks which resemble monstrous creatures of the deep, hazy mountains in the back and of course beautiful water with lazy,lapping waves. This time we were dropped off on another equally gorgeous beach where it was time to do some serious eating. Well not so serious in our case. We chose pechuga empanada (chicken breast lightly tossed in breadcrumbs) nothing too revolutionary. We have stayed away from fish and shellfish in general. Not that inspiring here. The fish filets we have had have been stringy and dry like the poor fish just couldn’t give enough. They do walk around with ostiones (oysters). We love oysters but the problem is with the walking around. You don’t know how long they’ve been sitting on that platter so best to stay away. Over our many travels in Mexico we have decided that we really don’t like Mexican food all that much. My favourite meal of the day here is usually breakfast because what can go wrong with eggs although the coffees is never good. We got back on the boat after two hours under the palapa which was cool. Gave the workers a time to rest and eat. Most of the tourists on the boat were from all over Mexico. There might have been a few Canadians in the bunch and even a couple of Americans but that’s about it. All in all a great trip for 350 pesos per person which is aground 23 dollars Canadian and well worth the money. The guys on the boat were great and beer ,water and other drinks were free of charge. I would definitely recommend his trip. I will post some of my photos on here. They’re not great, not a very good photographer and I was using an IPad. Hope you enjoyed reading this.