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Vamos a la playa!!

Vamos a la playa!

Hola todos once again! So today we take an intermission from the journey to Chiapas to check out Salina Cruz properly. Now as has been mentioned before it’s a working port and the seas have very treacherous currents so it’s not safe to swim on these beaches. Because of this it is not the most popular of places for tourists. I haven’t seen any other güeros here not even in the bus station yesterday which says it’s not exactly on the surfer circuit – their preferred destination is Puerto Escondido which is 4 hours the wrong way to where I’m headed. Maybe another time…… I don’t think it will be the last surfer place we will encounter on our route.

It was a slow start all round and decided to walk down to la playa. It is about a 40 minute hike through the city but hey one way to get the steps in! Once I got there I had a cuppa and some apple juice in this beach resteraunt and stayed for breakfast/lunch too – went for a pescadilla – a quesadilla crispy fish taco and some salad. Fue rica!! 😋. This dish can be made with cod, Pollock, haddock or other shore fish. One I’ll deffo try to do when I’m home.

After this I walked up to el Mirador. While it was 35 Degs outside I surprisingly didn’t feel too bad all day and despite sweating not burning up like Bazza, 63 on his hollybobs! It was a nice view and good to see the mountains along the coast. Also quite a lot of ships in and around the port. Presumably heading for or from the Panama canal.

I headed back and had some lunch closer to my hotel and then siesta time. The evening was uneventful. I went back to the same place as last night and had a pizza and a few gentle beers to close out. 

Tomorrow begins part 2 of the journey to Tuxtla. Another 6.5 hour bus ride awaits us…… Here’s hoping Tuxtla goes a bit better than Oaxaca city did. It’s been over a fortnight since we met our last new best friend!!!