Huatulco to Chiapas de Corzo

We had a long drive planned from Hautulco to Chiapas de Corzo. I was really looking forward to spending some time in Chiapas, so didn't mind the preparation for the long drive even though we both woke up hungover from the kraken the night before. This trip would be a very short trip for us, as Eric picked up an extra shift for someone this week giving us only 4 total days of travel. That meant that we would spend one night in Hautulco, two nights in Chiapas de Corzo, and fly out of Tuxtla the next morning. We both knew this trip would seem way too fast, so we agreed to take it easy and plan less than we normally would. So, we were heading to Chiapas de Corzo which was said to be a quaint town outside of busy Tuxtla, the state's capital, to see Canon Sumidero. We booked two nights before leaving Hautulco at a reasonably priced hotel as booking.com promised there were only one room left, and we didn't want to be stuck driving around aimlessly at night looking for a hotel.

To be honest the drive was pretty dull aside from a few scares we had along the way. Our first scare was our GPS dying leaving us to guide ourselves with freeway signs and directions. We we able to get ourselves the way we needed to go until our GPS charged back, so for this we were thankful. Though while driving through an open field between mountains we hit very large gusts of winds, well known to the area with the amount of wind turbines, and were thrown back and forth along the road. My first thought of course was that we were going to be thrown off the road completely, but I reassured myself thinking Eric is a good rider and he knows what we is doing. Later that night, we discussed the winds and Eric admitted he was very nervous the whole time too and the road was exhausting. It's conversations like these that make me wonder my it is I decided to put my life in the hands of someone else? Oh boy.

We arrived in Chiapas de Corzo and agreed it was a small, cute town. When checking into our hotel we noticed there wasn't another soul in sight. I told the reception guy I had a reservation and he looked down at his one piece of paper and said it was right there. Apparently we were the only ones staying in the hotel that night. Booking.com, you lie! After settling down we walked the town and strolled around for dinner. The town is very small with not much going on. The main reason to visit this town is for Canon Sumidero and a couple of small ruins they have nearby. After searching for a place to eat, we found only one taco stand style restaurant and settled in since we had no other choices. No matter, they were pretty good and decently cheap. There was really no point in walking the town again for the second time so we went back to our hotel room early, blogged, and called it an early night. 

Nice park across the street from our hotel 

 Eric whispers sweet nothings into the bikes ear. I mean, he cleans dirt off the bike before riding.

 The hotel room was so so...

 Nice view from the hotel's front door though

 Tamales after tacos

OS to Huatulco

Our flight was short this trip and ended up back in Hautulco around 2:30pm. Arriving in Hautulco airport with the sun shining, and walking into the open air palapa roofs made us feel like we were deplaning into Hawaii. We were more than excited to be back in Mexico! Our plan for today was to book one night in Hautulco where we would stay in a hotel where the Sonoma couple had recommended to us last week, and hit the beach one last time before heading north. We checked into the hotel Delphinus after some active research of looking around to make sure there weren't any cheaper, better options, carried our last bit of tequila we had left over from our last trip with us, bought some juice in a bag to add the tequila in, and found a spot on the beach for the next few hours. We got exactly what we wanted. 

Hautulco is made up of many small pockets of paradise along the coast. Some of these pockets you can get to by car, but many you need to take a boat to get to. These secluded beaches are supposed to be some of the most beautiful on the coast. Though, we never got to see beyond our hotel zone since we didn't have a boat or much time. 

Us looking rather tan after our last week in Zipolite. 

 Hotel Delphinus. Good value at 38 bucks.

 Eric buying our drinks in a bag.

 

 Eric observes that my bikini bottom is the same color as the my strawberry drink. The best thing to ingest into our bodies? Probably not.

 The beach was small but the water was nice and the sand was lovely. Not really so much sand but tiny little rocks. No sticking!

 Eric takes a nap after chugging his tequila/lime based beverage in a bag. Why is he not on the towel? I don't know why.

After welcoming ourselves back to Mexico with some beach time, we drove the bike into town to find some food. We decided on a place Tripadvisor recommended for good seafood at a cheap price. We ate, were slightly disappointed as the plates were seemingly tasteless, and then hit the Oxxo station to refill our booze. We saw a band setting up for a show on the beach before we left and we wanted to be able to catch the second half of the show after dinner. This is how we spend the rest of our evening. Getting drunk on the beach!

 We spend the rest of the night with a bottle of Kraken & Coke, watching an 80's style blues band, talking about things we've postponed for far too long, and staying up way past bed time. Our first night back in Mexico was a good night. 

Zipolite to Hautulco

We had a 9am flight to catch, and a 45 minute drive from Zipolite to Huatulco where the next airport was, so we woke up before then sun this morning. We reluctantly hung our keys from the door, loaded up the bike, and headed off into the sunrise.

With the road construction this hole in the road was just wide enough to where our front tire could or could not have gotten stuck in. The guys were nice enough to put this plank of wood down for us to drive over.

Arriving at the airport we were met by a guard who told us we could just drive right through. Did they think we were day trippers? Why didn't we need a ticket? Oh well, lets just park and take care of it when we get back. Maybe it's free, we thought.

The airport itself it quite nice. It is fairly new since Hautulco itself is new made primarily for a cruise destination since Acupulco is no longer safe enough for cruise ship touristicas. The airport is incredibly small, so we ended up being an hour and a half early. We ordered one last Tlayuda for breakfast while we spoke with another couple who were waiting for the same flight. They were from Sonoma and owned a vineyard. They were just leaving Mexico after 6 weeks of travel. They recommended a few places to visit on our next route down. They told us that while they travel, they rent their vineyard home to vacationers to make some extra cash. i thought this concept was interesting as we could potentially be doing the same thing. 

Lost in Zipolite

We woke up the next morning deciding to spend one more night in Zipolite. We only got to spend about an hour on the beach while the sun was setting the day before, so we both wanted some extra beach time before moving on. This is exactly what we did. We ate breakfast, picked up some snacks and drinks to picnic with, found a secluded spot to indulge in some nude sun bathing (you only live once, right?), swan in the ocean, got creeped out by the nude guy playing with himself 10 feet behind us, relaxed around our hotel room, went out for some seafood, and called it a night.

Of course, we woke up the next morning again not wanting to leave, so we booked one more night and headed 10 minutes north to a town called Mazunte to see some sea turtles at an aquarium of sorts, and spent the rest of the day lounging around on the beach again. While we first pulled into town thinking Zipolite was going to be a dirty (with the road construction) hippie town that we wouldn't be into, we were actually very pleased with the town so much that we both agreed that this trip to Zipolite was our favorite trip up to this point all throughout Mexico. Zipolite is unique in that its still a small fisherman's village but with a small bit of tourism. The beach is wide, but not very long which gives it its small village feel. Like I said before, there are only a handful of “nice” hotels to stay at and only 1 or 2 places with air conditioning. There is one all nude hotel if thats your thing, and there is a carefree atmosphere that will make you never want to leave. Zipolite sucked us in so much that we would have stayed one more night if we could, but we had a plane to catch the next morning. We had heard from others that they spent a few weeks in Zipolite, and I can definitely understand why. To me, Zipolite is the new Tulum; a backpackers paradise. And to us; a three day heaven.

 While Eric catches up on some blogging, I secretly switch rooms since the night before we could hear the people above us walking around on our semi thatched roof. I moved us to a room with no upper floor. This room was smaller but was much better, and more clean.

 This place wasnt online, so we never saw it before arriving in Zipolite. Though we wished we had. While we loved our stay at the Posada Mexico, this place was only 150 pesos per room per night. That's $11! Though these rooms are more like camp style sleeping as there are no in room bathrooms and the rooms consist of a bed only, it looked like. But the rooms were right on the water and we could have parked our bike right under our room. I would definitely stay here next time.

 There were many nude couples walking around and some singles laying around tanning. Where many nude beaches consist of nudes aged 50 and up, there was a wide variety of ages here at this beach. I was surprised to see there werent just creepers walking around nude and consisted of hippie nudes instead. I saw a few nude men and women playing their guitar naked on the beach. What a hippie life!

 Walking around downtown. The streets are all being dug up for an underground wire system so the town looks pretty grim, but made for an interesting walk.

 This is what most of the restaurants look like in town, pretty basic.

 Lots of people playing soccer on the beach every night

 The woman above walked by trying to sell these pastries. We decided to try them since there were such a large Italian expat community close by. They were wonderful! We only bought 3 pastries all together, one spinach and tomato, one chorizo, and one chocolate, but we wished we had bought more. She came back by with an empty tray and we were disappointed. We saw her each day after but by the time we did it was too late, she sells out quick! If you're ever in Zipolite and you see this woman walking by, don't hesitate, just buy them all!

Day 3

 Taking the bike to the turtle sanctuary

 The sanctuary was never finished. You can tell they had great intentions when they opened, but then ran out of money. Actually, we found out through Martha, an employee that the sanctuary has no money because the state takes the money from visitor admittance fees so the park has nothing left to work with. This is kind of sad, because the sanctuary really could use some fixing up. Though, I really appreciate what they are doing here. What was once a town that slaughtered, sold and ate these turtles (and not too long ago), they now give aid to turtles in need until they are self sufficient again. The best part about this place is that you can pick up the baby turtles!

 Fish tacos. I love how food just comes to you on the beach!

 Ended our last night in Zipolite with two nice, big, delicious pizzas!