Zipolite

The ride from Puerto Escondido to Zipolite was to be a longer one for the climate. About 70 km. We planned to leave with the sunrise at 7am, but didn't get away until 8:30am. There were quite a few 100 - 200 meter climbs and they got quite steep closer to Zipolite. We were getting hot at 12, and ate leftovers from clearing out our fridge in Puerto Escondido. Still, we had only gone 40km, and had 30 or so to go.  Erin wanted to stop, but Rigel pushed for doing the whole thing in one day.  It was a difficult ride, and we didn't arrive until after 3:30. Along the way we saw many small lizards on the roadside, and passed thru several beautiful beach towns beconing us to stay.

More crazy Mexian grafiti\art

Once at Zipolite, we ate immediately and began searching for a beach side hotel. We found the hotel roca blanca, though we did not rent a room. We rented a half finished room with a glorious view of the beach where we could set up our tent and swing on a hammock;  actually, we had rented a single hammock which normally goes foe 100 pesos a night, and shared it for 75 pesos a night, and then setup the tent under it instead.

With Maria, our Italian hammock neighbour for two nights

During our stay, many people commented on our bicycles. And since it is a beach, they also tend to compliment the bodies we have developed from cycling.  The beach is quite long, at 2km, and very picturesque.  There are many rock formations, and even a spot where the waves create a 'boof' as they crash into a rocky funnel shape.
The entire beach is strewn with restaurants and hotels servicing many price points and lifestyles. One night we spent the evening on our backs on a beach blanket listening to raggae music and watching a laser show. Another day, we spent the day with a friend we made named Joel Black at one of the more expensive hotel\restaurants sitting under the umbrella on the beach and lazing around on swinging beds with sun blocking curtains.

We decided to go on a snorkeling adventure to see whales off the side of boat and some of the sea life. We didn't see any whaes, but we did watch rays doing flips out of the water and watched the sea foam up with fish activity in localized areas.  while snorkeling, the different colours of fish in the ocean were very surprising.  shouldn't they be dingey colours for camoflauge? They were vibrant oranges, and fluorescent yellows, and blues that looked battery powered.