Oasis in the Desert

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Puerto Angel and Fernando's Hideaway

Downtown Puerto Angel -- viewing the sheltered bay

Mexican Bendix washing facility to the left of the RV, Cindy could not wait to try it out!

We were fortunate to have a Palapa next to the RV for meal preparation, etc.


Photo shot of our site in Fernando's Hideaway. Note the shower facilities to the left of the RV.


The First Sighting of the Pacific Ocean as we sped toward Puerto Angel


Upon leaving Tehauntepec and finally reaching the Pacific coast, we had three choices of beach pueblos to spend the night -- Bahias de Huatulco, Puerto Angel, or Puerto Escondido. Puerto Angel was midway, thus we decided to make this pueblo our home for the evening. From reading the Church's book, of the three, perhaps Puerto Escondido might have been a better choice, but we will never really know for sure.

Fernando’s La Palmera Trailer Park in Puerto Angel was to be our home for next few days (we now affectionately call it Fernando’s Hideaway). If one would want to “drop out” and settle in a place where no one would ever find you – Fernando’s would be the place. The photos tell it all.

It was here that I decided to acquire “Montezuma’s Revenge”. It wasn’t pretty. Through one sleepless night and into the next morning, I was not a happy camper. Fortunately, Cindy found a farmacia that opened on Sunday morning and purchased the meds that gave me relief. The medication is called “Treda”. It is a combination Pepto Bismo and antibiotic. It worked and worked well.

The beach across the street from Fernando’s is called Zipolite. Lonely Planet describes the beach as follows: “Zipolite is fabled as southern Mexico’s perfect budget chill-out spot…all in wonderfully elemental surroundings of crashing surf, pounding sun, rocky headlands and tree-covered hills “. We were told it used to attract the Hippie crowds in the ‘60s. Much to our surprise, it is also a nudist beach where you can let it all hang out (we kept our clothes on – we didn’t want to scare anyone). We stayed three days at Fernando’s while I recovered from my “Revenge”.

We left Puerto Angel, spent one night in a Pemex station in a Cuajinicuilapa, and finally arrived in Acapulco – our first visit to the fabled resort of the rich and famous.
Hey, has any one seen Elvis?

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