"Chillin" in Mazunte

We got up early to try and beat the heat, but by 9:30 am we were all suffering again (aka sweating like crazy), so we split up the short but hilly 20 km ride to Mazunte by taking several breaks at the beaches on the road past Puerto Angel. We eventually settled for a hotel in Mazunte after hearing stories of theft on the beach in this coastal touristy hotspot. The hotel wasn't anything fancy, but it was the best cold shower we had ever taken and the hammock on the balcony made it hard to leave as we ate our leftover food and drank the bottle of coconut mezcal we had carried over the hill from Oaxaca. We eventually made it down to the beach and enjoyed using our snorkels again to see the many colourful fish hiding just below the ocean's surface. We shared a pizza dinner with M&M and Luis and Brandy, another cycle tourist couple from the US, and swapped stories from the road, before returning to the comforts of the balcony. It was hard to leave our hammock haven, but Mazunte was a bit expensive and touristy for our tastes so we carried on the next day.Read more