- lote 18, manzana 6 Residencial Conejos, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-581-0265This 6 room property, renovated in 2011......Commission: 15%
6 Rooms
$89-$139 (USD)
65.5 miles See on Map - Paseo Benito Juarez s/n, Tangolunda, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-581-0055Mediterranean-style six-story resort wraps in a U around its vast two-pool complex. located 3 miles from downtown....Commission: 10%
351 Rooms
$142-$580 (USD)
64.2 miles See on Map - Mixie y Mixteco, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-587-0945This 20 room property, renovated in 2004......Commission: 10%
20 Rooms
$105-$145 (USD)
62.2 miles See on Map - Blvd B Juarez, 5 Bahia de Tangolunda, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-583-0300Contemporary Mediterranean-style hotel with 20 acres of gardens and fountains - Situated at Tangolunda Bay....Commission: 10%
148 Rooms
$2,050-$2,200 (USD)
64.5 miles See on Map - 7A Oriente S N 1A Sur Col, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico 71980
Phone: 954-582-3814This 185 room property, renovated in 2010......185 Rooms
$121-$205 (USD) - Bahia de Tangolunda Lot 13, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-581-0203Colonial - Overlooking the bay....Commission: 10%
25 Rooms
$122 (USD)
64.7 miles See on Map - Blvd Santa Cruz 303 Bahia de Santa Cruz, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-587-0144Colonial-style hotel situated downtown at Santa Cruz Bay in front of the marina, 25 minutes from airport....Commission: 10%
112 Rooms
$51-$143 (USD)
62 miles See on Map - Lote 1, Manzana 12, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-525-400065.6 miles See on Map - Blvd Benito Juarez 8 Bahia Tangolunda, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-581-0044Mid-rise all-inclusive all-suite hotel reflecting a Mediterranean style, situated on 6 acres overlooking Bay of Tangolunda....Commission: 10%
134 Rooms
$120-$138 (USD)
64.1 miles See on Map - Blvd. Benito Juarez #4 Bahia de Tangolunda, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-583-0400Located facing the beautiful Bay of Tangolunda, 20 minutes from the airport and a short distance from Puerto Escondido....Commission: 10%
421 Rooms
64.4 miles See on Map - Carrizal 1406 Fracc La Crucecita, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-587-0115This 32 room property, built in 1990......Commission: 10%
32 Rooms
$62 (USD)
62.2 miles See on Map - Car Costera De Puerto Escondido Km 124, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico 71980
Phone: 954-588-7280Commission: 10%
18 Rooms - Calle Porfirio Diaz 108, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico 68000
Phone: 951-514-0999This 15 room property, renovated in 2007......Commission: 5%
15 Rooms
$116-$203 (USD)
31.4 miles See on Map - Agent Rating:
Bahia de Tangolunda Lote 1 Zona Hotelera, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-583-0200This 484 room property, renovated in 2006......Commission: 10%
484 Rooms
$142-$181 (USD)
64.1 miles See on Map - Tehuantepec 112, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-587-0963This 67 room property, renovated in 2001......Commission: 10%
67 Rooms
$780-$1,020 (USD)
62.1 miles See on Map - Blvd Benito Juarez s/n, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico 71980
Phone: 954-582-0133Low-rise Hotel situated on a cliff overlooking the ocean, surrounded by beaches and tropical gardens....Commission: 15%
100 Rooms
$11-$20 (USD)
7.5 miles See on Map - Blvd Benito Juarez, Lote 2 Bahias, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989
Phone: 958-581-0428Mediterranean style hotel - 25 minutes to Bahia de Huatulco Airport - 2 kilometers to La Crucecita....Commission: 10%
28 Rooms
$297-$333 (USD)
64.2 miles See on Map - Calle Pel 6 Morro Numero, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico 71980
Phone: 954-582-0170Commission: 10%
62 Rooms
$69-$294 (USD)
7.5 miles See on Map - Secc. Hotelera Bahia de Conejos Lote 8 Bahia de Conejos, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 70989All suite beachfront hotel on the Pacific Coast - Ocean views from every room - Adults only, all inclusive....Commission: 10%
399 Rooms
63.6 miles See on Map - Loma Bonita 2, Fraccionamiento Bacocho, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico 71980
Phone: 954-582-0382Modern Villa Hotel located in residential area, 1 mile from beach....
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Journey to Oaxaca 2012 Tales of my 4 month long internship in Oaxaca, Mexico
Journey to Oaxaca 2012
Tales of my 4 month long internship in Oaxaca, Mexico
The Beginning
Oaxaca, Mexico | Apr 10, 2012
Moving to Mexico for four months was never one of my life plans. I was offered an internship with
ProWorld’s marketing team in Oaxaca two weeks before my plane left to fly down. It has been
a roller coaster ride but I am very thankful for such an amazing opportunity. My name is Erika
and I am a recent college graduate from northern Minnesota. As I sit here typing it is about 85 degrees
here and about 45 at home. I have noted a sort of mutual fascination between myself and the local
Oaxacans that I find a little funny. Walking down the street a lot of people look at me, probably annoyed
by the blinding reflection of the sun off of my white skin. I, in turn, look right back at them wondering
how on earth they are wearing sweatshirts and black pants when it is 90 degrees out. I do not fit in
here, but that is part of the experience. I have always been interested in travel and different cultures,
and feel very lucky to be interning for a company that provides not only travel, but meaningful travel,
allowing it’s participants to actually make a difference in the beautiful destinations they visit. The staff
here is super nice and very helpful when it comes to the language barrier I’m doing my best at dealing
with. I look forward to doing what I can for this company and learning as much as I can. I know when I
look back I will have lots of great stories to tell, and will shake my head thinking of how the time went by
so fast. For now, I will live one day at a time and be thankful for every minute I have in this beautiful city.
- MazunteOaxaca
May-10-12
Friday, May 18, 2012
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Motorcycling in Mexico Local adventure rider Doug Holck spent six weeks traveling Mexico’s rugged roads, where he braved deep canyons, laughed with locals and followed a dream
Motorcycling in Mexico
Local adventure rider Doug Holck spent six weeks traveling Mexico’s rugged roads, where he braved deep canyons, laughed with locals and followed a dream
Posted: Friday, May 18, 2012 7:45 am | Updated: 8:49 am, Fri May 18, 2012.
Doug Holck lives for adventure. He traveled up and down the back roads of Mexico, passing signs on gravely roads that warned of “bandidos,” local bandits with pirate-like antics.
His hotel reported him missing when he returned days late from a ride into the depths of Barranca del Cobre, a Mexican canyon that is four times as wide as the Grand Canyon.
He rode solely in the daylight, and still dodged a fallen tule tree and piles of broken cement blocks in the roadways.
For six weeks, he ate tacos and tamales from roadside restaurants and family stands, and never once suffered from food poisoning.
While he is a self-professed “risk management guy,” he didn’t escape a beach-bathing sunburn in Acapulco, bed bugs in Batopilas or an empty gas tank in Copper Canyon.
Holck is a man who loves his family, his motorcycles and adventure. Classified as an adventure rider, he rides his motorcycles around the world, leaving his country home between Lockeford and Lodi to explore terrain that motorcycle enthusiasts hope to see.
In February, Holck rode out of town with David Miller of Vancouver and Glenn Nicol of Red Bluff — friends he met on a motorcycle website, and the only ones who were willing to commit to such an extensive journey. With his bike loaded with “don’t hit me” yellow saddle bags, Holck spent six weeks touring Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon), Mexico’s Gulf Coast, Oaxaca and beyond.
On his roundtrip journey, he experienced snow and heat. He bought beers for French travelers at Coco’s Corner near San Felipe. He climbed ruins with his wife and daughter, who met him in Oaxaca, not far from the Belize and Guatemala borders.
It was a journey of a lifetime, one that covered about 7,500 miles in a country where he didn’t speak the language.
While it was one of his riskiest trips, it was in no way his first long ride. In 2010, he rode to Nova Scotia, and explored each of the Great Lakes. In 2009, he rode his motorcycle to the Vancouver Islands.
The ride that won him “Best Adventure” from Curve Cowboy Reunion (an annual children’s charity event) has been dubbed Dell & Doug’s Arctic Trip. in 2007, he and his friend Dell Fields drove their motorcycles to Alaska. It has since become a milestone in Holck’s motorcycle career, as it was the last extensive trip Fields made before he died of cancer in 2008. In 2010, Holck honored Dell by riding back to Alaska to spread some of Fields’ ashes.
Making it an adventure
When Holck travels, he does it for the ride. More than arriving at the destination, his thrill and enjoyment comes from the overall journey — from surviving the weather, the obstacles and experiencing what happens in between.
“That’s what makes it an adventure,” said Holck, who started riding a dirt bike when he was only 9 years old.
There was an urgency to ride through Mexico. He wanted to experience the gravel, the mystery and adventure highways that aren’t yet lined with motorhomes and Cadillacs. In the next few years, his route will be paved.
Facing rugged terrain
Holck was lured to Mexico by two places: Copper Canyon and the city of Oaxaca.
The wide, sprawling canyon known for its time-consuming switchbacks is a destination any adventure rider strives to visit. For Holck, it was an item he had wanted to check off his own bucket list.
The thrill is telling other riders that he did the ride. He often hears responses like, ‘“You’ve been to the Copper Canyon? Oh my God … I’m scared of getting my head cut off,’” he said.
The three travelers had a hotel room in Creel, just before the canyon. Before heading into the canyon, they unloaded their baggage and had only their jackets and helmets. They had expected to be gone just a day.
They didn’t return to the hotel for three days.
The hotel — wondering who would pay for the room — quickly reported them as missing.
The riders, though were in the canyon, slowly making their way up switchbacks, through a river and, admittedly, a little lost.
“It was very rugged,” Holck said, “some of the most rugged terrain I’ve ever done.”
After a night spent in a motel at the bottom of the canyon, they found their way out, where police questioned them immediately, “Douglas? Douglas?”
Nicol, having made the trek through Mexico to Panama years before, decided to return home after the trip through Copper Canyon.
Conquering the canyon was only the beginning of Holck’s trip. There were still long days and weeks of driving 100 to 250 miles a day.
They drove back roads, avoiding traffic hazards, including an area around Tampico, where everyone in his motorcycle club warned him of corrupt cops who targeted riders.
Between Tampico and Oaxaca, Holck and Miller split ways. Holck was going to meet his wife and daughter in Oaxaca, while Miller attempted to cross the Belize and Guatemala borders. They would meet up later in the week to continue the trek home.
What moves the soul
Holck has always been intrigued by the large city of Oaxaca that sits between Mexico City and Southern Mexico. It is old and busy with 800,000 residents. Unlike the rest of Mexico that celebrates its Mayan and Aztec heritage, Oaxaca celebrates its Zapotec heritage.
With his wife and daughter, who flew to meet him, he explored Monte Alban, the only Zapotec ruin he says the Spanish didn’t find and build a Catholic church on top of.
For a week, they explored natural wonders, like Hierve el Agua — mineral waterfalls made of salt, brine and limestone. They lounged in the pool, and lingered over breakfasts of pancakes and huevos rancheros.
But the family vacation came to an end, and it was time for Holck to meet up with Miller once again and head up the Pacific coast, through Puerto Escondido, San Marcos, Acapulco. They were going home.
In Mazatlan, they waited for a ferry to take them on an 18-hour trip to Cabo San Lucas.
It was the last home stretch. They would be in San Diego in a few days. Holck would ride to Lodi, while Miller would continue north to Vancouver.
He was proud. The trip was a success. He’d met travelers from all over the world. He’d had conversations with the wealthiest and poorest of locals. Motorcycles — and every part that comes with it: the freedom, the excitement, the enrichment — excited him more than ever.
That feeling hasn’t left him. But, sitting in his home office looking at the 1,200 photos he has on his computer from those six weeks, he sums it up like this, with one of his many mantras:
“Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul.”
Contact Lodi Living editor Lauren Nelson at laurenn@lodinews.com.
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