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Puerto Escondido Top Ten. December 14, 2011. by Surfing Round The World. It's taken a while for us to get our act together and write this post, and we're doing ...
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Puerto Escondido Top Ten
December 14, 2011
by Surfing Round The World
.It’s taken a while for us to get our act together and write this post, and we’re doing it from Nicaragua, but here is our list of top ten favorite things we experienced in Puerto Escondido (besides the waves, of course!). We feel like we stayed long enough in Puerto to really get a feel for our favorites. We would highly recommend these to anyone planning to visit:
Wood-fired oven pizza at either La Pulcinella (top of the hill on the Adoquin, before the big intersection — closed Mondays) or La Hosteria (Calle Del Morro, beside Barfly). These two pizza joints have amazingly tasty pizza, and we visited both of them more than once. La Pulcinella had a better crust: crispy on the outside, but thick enough that it was chewy on the inside. La Hosteria’s crust was a little too thin, so it was only crispy and not chewy inside, but they used parmesan cheese and not just mozzarella, so their toppings were slightly tastier. We liked the pizzas with vegetables, tomato sauce, cheese and garlic. We still miss Saraghina, in Brooklyn, but this gave us a good taste of home.
The fish tacos at Dan’s Cafe Deluxe (attached to Hotel Casa De Dan). They only serve the fish tacos on Fridays and Saturdays, and are only open until 4 pm. The tacos are Baja-style: once piece of fish per taco with a nice, even breading and then deep fried, served with a smattering of shredded raw cabbage, and pico de gallo, spicy mayo and guacamole on the side. Best fish tacos I’ve had in my life!
Gelato at Vivaldi (on the Adoquin, beside Estrella Del Mar). Authentic, rich Italian gelato. Who would have known you could find that in Puerto Escondido?!
Las Margaritas (previously mentioned here)
La Juquilena – our favorite authentic local restaurant after las Margaritas. Great set lunches and delicious pitchers of aguas frescas as well. Don’t make the mistake we did, and go to the impostor restaurant deceptively named Las Juquilenas on 8th Street, one block away from the Benito Juarez Market. The food there is terrible, and that restaurant is taking advantage of the fact that it’s located in the original Juquilena’s spot — the authentic La Juquilena is located behind the soccer field that’s behind the market.
The footpath on the cliffs around the lighthouse — called the Andador. Breathtaking views onto the water and across the bay to Zicatela. Best undertaken in the early morning, before the sun is too high and too hot. We were amazed that more people didn’t mention this as a great sightseeing walk; we only found out about it by accident. Apparently, you can ask the lighthouse-keeper to let you into the top of the lighthouse for a great view, but we didn’t get to do it before leaving.
Mercado Benito Juarez – great for buying fruits, veggies, dried bulk foods, fresh aguas frescas to drink on the spot. Also, meat displays that will turn any steak-lover into a vegetarian…
Sunset happy hour at La Galera, the rooftop restaurant at the Arco Iris hotel.
The botanical garden at UMAR — we missed the period when everything is in flower (January to March), but the scientist tour guides are so warm and welcoming, and they walk you around for 2 hours and tell you genuinely interesting information about the plants and animals. Incredibly, the 2-hour guided tour is free!
Aguas frescas — You’ll find these almost anywhere you eat, but we love them so much that we had to add them as a favorite on our top ten list. Aguas frescas are made with fresh-squeezed juice, water and sugar. They’re so refreshing and easy to guzzle because they’re more diluted than straight fruit juice, but still sweet. A large pitcher of agua fresca at a restaurant like Las Margaritas or La Juiquilena will set you back a bare 25 pesos – not even $2. Dangerous! We drank a pitcher whenever we went to either of those two restaurants.
BONUS: the colectivo rides. Ride hanging on from the outside for extra thrills at no extra cost!
Puerto Escondido Top Ten. December 14, 2011. by Surfing Round The World. It's taken a while for us to get our act together and write this post, and we're doing ...
www.surfingrtw.com/2011/12/14/puerto-escondido-top-ten/
Puerto Escondido Top Ten
December 14, 2011
by Surfing Round The World
.It’s taken a while for us to get our act together and write this post, and we’re doing it from Nicaragua, but here is our list of top ten favorite things we experienced in Puerto Escondido (besides the waves, of course!). We feel like we stayed long enough in Puerto to really get a feel for our favorites. We would highly recommend these to anyone planning to visit:
Wood-fired oven pizza at either La Pulcinella (top of the hill on the Adoquin, before the big intersection — closed Mondays) or La Hosteria (Calle Del Morro, beside Barfly). These two pizza joints have amazingly tasty pizza, and we visited both of them more than once. La Pulcinella had a better crust: crispy on the outside, but thick enough that it was chewy on the inside. La Hosteria’s crust was a little too thin, so it was only crispy and not chewy inside, but they used parmesan cheese and not just mozzarella, so their toppings were slightly tastier. We liked the pizzas with vegetables, tomato sauce, cheese and garlic. We still miss Saraghina, in Brooklyn, but this gave us a good taste of home.
The fish tacos at Dan’s Cafe Deluxe (attached to Hotel Casa De Dan). They only serve the fish tacos on Fridays and Saturdays, and are only open until 4 pm. The tacos are Baja-style: once piece of fish per taco with a nice, even breading and then deep fried, served with a smattering of shredded raw cabbage, and pico de gallo, spicy mayo and guacamole on the side. Best fish tacos I’ve had in my life!
Gelato at Vivaldi (on the Adoquin, beside Estrella Del Mar). Authentic, rich Italian gelato. Who would have known you could find that in Puerto Escondido?!
Las Margaritas (previously mentioned here)
La Juquilena – our favorite authentic local restaurant after las Margaritas. Great set lunches and delicious pitchers of aguas frescas as well. Don’t make the mistake we did, and go to the impostor restaurant deceptively named Las Juquilenas on 8th Street, one block away from the Benito Juarez Market. The food there is terrible, and that restaurant is taking advantage of the fact that it’s located in the original Juquilena’s spot — the authentic La Juquilena is located behind the soccer field that’s behind the market.
The footpath on the cliffs around the lighthouse — called the Andador. Breathtaking views onto the water and across the bay to Zicatela. Best undertaken in the early morning, before the sun is too high and too hot. We were amazed that more people didn’t mention this as a great sightseeing walk; we only found out about it by accident. Apparently, you can ask the lighthouse-keeper to let you into the top of the lighthouse for a great view, but we didn’t get to do it before leaving.
Mercado Benito Juarez – great for buying fruits, veggies, dried bulk foods, fresh aguas frescas to drink on the spot. Also, meat displays that will turn any steak-lover into a vegetarian…
Sunset happy hour at La Galera, the rooftop restaurant at the Arco Iris hotel.
The botanical garden at UMAR — we missed the period when everything is in flower (January to March), but the scientist tour guides are so warm and welcoming, and they walk you around for 2 hours and tell you genuinely interesting information about the plants and animals. Incredibly, the 2-hour guided tour is free!
Aguas frescas — You’ll find these almost anywhere you eat, but we love them so much that we had to add them as a favorite on our top ten list. Aguas frescas are made with fresh-squeezed juice, water and sugar. They’re so refreshing and easy to guzzle because they’re more diluted than straight fruit juice, but still sweet. A large pitcher of agua fresca at a restaurant like Las Margaritas or La Juiquilena will set you back a bare 25 pesos – not even $2. Dangerous! We drank a pitcher whenever we went to either of those two restaurants.
BONUS: the colectivo rides. Ride hanging on from the outside for extra thrills at no extra cost!
Magnitude 4.8 - OAXACA, MEXICO 2011 December 16 13:02:24 UTC
Earthquake Details
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Magnitude 4.8
Date-Time Friday, December 16, 2011 at 13:02:24 UTC
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 07:02:24 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 16.271°N, 98.176°W
Depth 18.7 km (11.6 miles)
Region OAXACA, MEXICO
Distances 177 km (109 miles) SSW of Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico
178 km (110 miles) WSW of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
188 km (116 miles) WNW of Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico
364 km (226 miles) SSE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 21.3 km (13.2 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)
Parameters NST=108, Nph=112, Dmin=149.2 km, Rmss=1.32 sec, Gp=112°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4
Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc00077e2
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Mexico
•1887 05 03 - Northern Sonora, Mexico - M 7.4 Fatalities 51
•1907 04 15 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7
•1911 06 07 - Off Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7 Fatalities 45
•1931 01 15 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.8 Fatalities 114
•1932 06 03 - Jalisco, Mexico - M 8.1 Fatalities 45
•1932 06 18 - Colima, Mexico - M 7.8
•1957 07 28 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.9 Fatalities 68
•1959 08 26 - Vera Cruz, Mexico - M 6.8 Fatalities 20
•1962 05 11 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.0 Fatalities 4
•1962 05 19 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 3
•1964 07 06 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 6.9 Fatalities 30
•1965 08 23 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.3 Fatalities 6
•1968 08 02 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 18
•1979 10 15 - Imperial Valley, Mexico - California Border - M 6.4
•1985 09 19 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 8.0 Fatalities 9,500
•1999 06 15 - Central Mexico - M 7.0
•1999 09 30 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.5
•2002 02 22 - near Mexicali, Mexico - M 5.7
•2002 12 10 - Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 4.8
•2003 01 22 - Offshore Colima, Mexico - M 7.6 Fatalities 29
•2003 09 11 - near Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 3.7
•2004 06 15 - Offshore Baja California, Mexico - M 5.1
•2006 01 04 - Gulf of California - M 6.6
•2006 08 11 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 5.9
•2008 02 12 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 6.5
•2009 08 03 - Gulf of California - M 6.9
•2009 12 30 - Baja California, Mexico - M 5.9
•2010 04 04 - Baja California, Mexico - M 7.2 Fatalities 2
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 4.8
Date-Time Friday, December 16, 2011 at 13:02:24 UTC
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 07:02:24 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 16.271°N, 98.176°W
Depth 18.7 km (11.6 miles)
Region OAXACA, MEXICO
Distances 177 km (109 miles) SSW of Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca, Mexico
178 km (110 miles) WSW of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
188 km (116 miles) WNW of Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico
364 km (226 miles) SSE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 21.3 km (13.2 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)
Parameters NST=108, Nph=112, Dmin=149.2 km, Rmss=1.32 sec, Gp=112°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4
Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc00077e2
Recent Activity At This Location
Location Maps
Did You Feel It? Tell Us
Historical Seismicity
Seismic Hazard Map
EQ Density Map
Google Map
Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.
Earthquake SummaryEarthquake Information for Mexico
Did You Feel It? Tell Us
Historical Seismicity
Seismic Hazard Map
EQ Density Map
Google Map
Google Earth KML
(Requires Google Earth)
Scientific & Technical InformationHistoric Moment Tensor SolutionsPhase DataTheoretical P-Wave Travel Times
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/c00077e2/us/index.html
Mexico
•1887 05 03 - Northern Sonora, Mexico - M 7.4 Fatalities 51
•1907 04 15 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7
•1911 06 07 - Off Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7 Fatalities 45
•1931 01 15 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.8 Fatalities 114
•1932 06 03 - Jalisco, Mexico - M 8.1 Fatalities 45
•1932 06 18 - Colima, Mexico - M 7.8
•1957 07 28 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.9 Fatalities 68
•1959 08 26 - Vera Cruz, Mexico - M 6.8 Fatalities 20
•1962 05 11 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.0 Fatalities 4
•1962 05 19 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 3
•1964 07 06 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 6.9 Fatalities 30
•1965 08 23 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.3 Fatalities 6
•1968 08 02 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 18
•1979 10 15 - Imperial Valley, Mexico - California Border - M 6.4
•1985 09 19 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 8.0 Fatalities 9,500
•1999 06 15 - Central Mexico - M 7.0
•1999 09 30 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.5
•2002 02 22 - near Mexicali, Mexico - M 5.7
•2002 12 10 - Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 4.8
•2003 01 22 - Offshore Colima, Mexico - M 7.6 Fatalities 29
•2003 09 11 - near Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 3.7
•2004 06 15 - Offshore Baja California, Mexico - M 5.1
•2006 01 04 - Gulf of California - M 6.6
•2006 08 11 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 5.9
•2008 02 12 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 6.5
•2009 08 03 - Gulf of California - M 6.9
•2009 12 30 - Baja California, Mexico - M 5.9
•2010 04 04 - Baja California, Mexico - M 7.2 Fatalities 2
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