WHEN IN OAXACA

We originally intended to stay for a couple of nights in Oaxaca (pronounced 'Wahaka'), but after wandering around town for the afternoon (and looking at yet more churches, squares and markets in the sweltering heat) we heard the beach and sea breeze calling and promptly booked ourselves on the first bus out of town the following morning... to the surf town of Puerto Escondido, on the South Pacific coast.

Had we not just come from beautiful San Cristobal de las Casas we would've probably been more taken with Oaxaca, but it felt a little characterless in comparison. That said, we stayed in a nice hostel called MezKalito, saw some good street art, Ben finally found some long-searched for Lucha Libre wrestling masks and we had a great night out with Paul & Andy from the UK, so worth stopping by!