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November 03, 2002
zipolite the first two days
zipolite
the first two days we were here, it was sunny and beautiful and i burned the hell out of myself. then yesterday it rained and was windy and blew sand around all day, and we got stuck holed up in my new ¨hotel¨ room. it has a concrete floor and two beds inhabited by bugs. i got a bunch of bites, but nowhere near as many as pascual, he´s covered. it sucks, last night i cowered under the mosquito net and kept waking up to slay the mosquitos that managed to sneak in through one of the many tears. this morning i jumped out and cruised outside, to discover that...it´s crappy weather again, thought not so bad. anthony and i tried to go swimming, but the current pulled us at least 50 yards down the beach before we realized and struggled back onto shore. that´s the shitty thing about this place, it´s hot as hell and crazy humid but the surf´s deadly. pascual bought a board the other day, 50 bucks american, it´s kinda screws up though, but we all have it a shot. i´ve been eating a steady diet of beans and rice, i feel good. met some spaniards and played some soccer, that was an eye opening, i am not so very much in shape. it was me, anthony and the three spaniards versus 5 mexicanos, i´m surprised and proud to say that i snuck in the two goals my team scored. the mexicans gave me a grudging look of respect and i smiled and ran to the edge of the playing field, i.e. the beach, and jumped into the ocean. that was before it started raining mind you.
tomorrow i go to puerto escondido, then i think back up to oaxaca and puebla and d.f., then i either figure out a flight or go to the gulf coast and try to catch a boat to cuba. we´ll see how that goes.
been thinking about how this will be my third holiday season away from home. i won´t miss how crazy the u.s. gets, the holiday shopping madness frenzy and all, but it would be nice to be around to hang out with the folks and friends. oh well, some other year i hope.
Posted by bendan at November 3, 2002 01:43 PM
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