Playa Zicatela, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico.
If life is a highway, I'm back on the road again after a speed bump and a detour. First the speed bump,...Gene took a 'little"fall on the rocks to Playa Los Gatos. This happened back in December when our son Eric first came to visit. It wasn't witnessed by me (or anyone else), so I want to say it was little, but it started a trend in falling for Gene that has resulted in an injured right leg which has persisted and created a reduction in his mobility and necessitated the use of a "baton", a colorful cane I bought at the mercado, to navigate over the uneven surfaces which make up Mexico. He's getting better but he is being very careful as any setback could change our plans on this trip. Then my life took a "detour"when I went back to Vancouver to stay with our daughter Kristen and Reilly while she underwent surgery. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and I wanted to be with her while she had the surgery and recovered. This was a detour in our plans for another full winter in Mexico, but one that gave me the unexpected plesaures of a chance to be with my children and learn more about their lives in Vancouver. And see Vancouver pre-Olympics in all its glory. Well done Canada, and well done Kristen w
ho has made a quick and healthful recovery.
ho has made a quick and healthful recovery.Gene and I are both figuratively and literally back on the road and in this case, it's Mexico's National Hwy. 200. Let me be the first to say that it is a road with a lot of speed bumps, but here they are called TOPES. We have taken this highway before, with our friends Paul and Lynn and last year with Frank and Helga. Highway 200 winds down the scenic coastline of Pacific Mexico and for the last 2 days we 
have driven from Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, bypassing Acapulco (thanks GPS and Guia Roja) and are now in Pto. Escondido Oaxaca state. It is a slow, winding way to see the country side but we do love it and are happy to be on our journey together again. Today is a rest day, we aren't travelling. Instead we are watching the strength and beauty of surfers as the vye for position on the waves here at Playa Zicatela. Like Zihuatanejo, Pto. Escondido seems to be lacking in tourists. The restaurants, beachside palapas, roads, streets are empty waiting for the usual crowds of the "high season" to come. We should feel lucky to be here while it is so nice and quiet, but this quiet means that this is not a good time for Mexico. And when it's not a good time for Mexico, it makes our presence feel all the more significant to all the Mexicans we encounter. We have to make sure that our journey on this highway is one where we respect our status as visitors. We are visitantes who have started a journey realizing that we don't know what's ahead on this journey just as certainly as we do not know what's ahead on the journey of life!
have driven from Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, bypassing Acapulco (thanks GPS and Guia Roja) and are now in Pto. Escondido Oaxaca state. It is a slow, winding way to see the country side but we do love it and are happy to be on our journey together again. Today is a rest day, we aren't travelling. Instead we are watching the strength and beauty of surfers as the vye for position on the waves here at Playa Zicatela. Like Zihuatanejo, Pto. Escondido seems to be lacking in tourists. The restaurants, beachside palapas, roads, streets are empty waiting for the usual crowds of the "high season" to come. We should feel lucky to be here while it is so nice and quiet, but this quiet means that this is not a good time for Mexico. And when it's not a good time for Mexico, it makes our presence feel all the more significant to all the Mexicans we encounter. We have to make sure that our journey on this highway is one where we respect our status as visitors. We are visitantes who have started a journey realizing that we don't know what's ahead on this journey just as certainly as we do not know what's ahead on the journey of life! 
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