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Puerto Escondido – Cintalapa, Mexico

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I left out of Zhuatanejo bright and early after a nice night enjoying the city and a dinner with some retired Americans from San Diego and Oregon. I knew I had a long day ahead to Puerto Escondido an luckily the ride was’nt to bad though getting through Acapulco was a chore. I would’nt recommend Acapulco as a destination.

About two hours before reaching Puerto Escondido yesterday I came across another lone biker heading south on the side of the road. I stop to see if he was ok, which he was, so I invited him to share a room for the night to save some pesos.

Matt was French and had come south from working in the Yukon a few months ago.

Upon arriving in Puerto Escondido we found a cheap place up on the hill on the north end of the city. Before looking into the place more we decide to go with it because it was cheap and had Playa in the name and assumed it was on the beach. Not so, but it was a room for the night and I was beat.

After changing out of our riding gear we headed down to the famous surfing beach Zicatela to have some beers and tacos. It’s definitely a killer break which was turning out some nice waves at sunset.

After sunset we walked around the bars at the beach and met a nice couple from Italy who currently live in Sweden. I found it a little funny to be in Mexico hanging out with people from the other side of the world but the conversation was great and they offered great insight on their side of the world.

The next morning I got a late start and planned to ride about six hours to somewhere around Salina Cruz though I made it a little further to Cintalapa. The ride to Salina Cruz was pretty uneventful but after that I fought the winds for a while which nearly blew me off the road a few times. Not super fun.

Cintalapa is a ture Mexican town and not really much to see though the people are freindly and the tacos and the room were cheap. Tomorrow I plan to stay somewhere near Palenque and see the ruins.

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Nov 13, 2011, 3:17 PM

Hello :) We are going to visit those place during our trip. If anyone has any idea to visit places or getting there fromCancun to Pt Escondido we would be very heppy :))) THX

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Nov 13, 2011, 4:58 PM

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Well ... from Cancun to Palenque I would take the ADO bus. This will be about a 13 to 14 hour trip (one way). As far as Puerto Escondido goes, this is on the West Coast of Mexico and you will need to fly from Cancun to the nearest airport to PE (probably through Mexico City and then down to Acapulcoand then another bus or taxi ride).

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Nov 13, 2011, 5:19 PM

Or possibly take buses the entire way.

Moon Yucatan and Moon Oaxaca are a pair of excellent guidebooks that together cover all three of those places. They'll have the details on bus transportation (time, cost, stations, etc.), and lots of info on things to do as well.

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Nov 13, 2011, 6:55 PM

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I would likely make it an all bus trip. While the guide books are somewhat useful , I would not go by their bus information to travel since information in the books is usually one to two years old and bus information changes rapidly.

You might want to post your question on Lonely Planets Thorn

Tree forums. They tend to get a crowd more likely to know about bus travel in Mexico.

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Nov 13, 2011, 7:09 PM

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I agree, with plenty of time the entire trip is possible by bus. Time will be the key element and a bit of planning. Which ever way you go have a great trip.

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Nov 11, 2011, 8:56 PM

Has anyone used Viajes Dimar Travel to get a shuttle from HUX airport to PE? They have an ad on the web but I can't seem to get through to them.

There will be 2 of us arriving the afternoon of Dec 18.

Any other suggestions for travel that aren't a rip-off (eg airport taxis!)?

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07 November 2011, 19:14

Hi! We're heading to Puerto Escondido in January. We're not surfers and would like to stay by a swimming beach. I understand that good swimming beaches are Carrizalillo , Manzanillo and Marinero, but I'm finding it hard to find on TripAdvisor which inns/hotels, B&B's are near or on these beaches. Any one have a recommendation of one? Defenetly less than 100$ a night. Prefer less than 70$ a night. Thanks so much!

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08 November 2011, 2:58

Villa Mozart is inexpensive and very close to Carrizalillo and also to Manzanillo/Pto Angelito. No pool though.

You can also check out tomzap - they have clickable maps with the locations of various lodgings ...

http://www.tomzap.com/escondidohotels.html

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