Playa Roca Blanca

A great bonus of attending local language classes is weekend activities or outings to secret areas.  We were invited to head to a secluded beach about 30min away called Playa Roca Blanca (White Rock Beach).  The strange thing was, all 6 who attended this adventure were all Aussies.  

After hoping on a mini bus to the edge of town and then fitting 7 into a taxi we arrived at this secluded beach and spent the day eating and drinking.  As this is not a tourist beach the prices are very cheap. Eg, one dozen oysters that were retrieved from the ocean while we waited cost less than $7AUD.  Note to self........Steve when you go back to Playa Blanca take your surfboard, smaller waves than Mex Pipeline but NO one surfing.  

The little cove created a calm spot for swimming and a short walk over rocks saw a secluded surf beach.  The surf beach was like most other non tourist surf spots in Mexico, strong rips, good waves and no crowds.  

Looking back through the white rock from the Surf beach.  

A view from the water

Petrina´s spot for a few hours 

From the restaurant looking to where the locals swim 

This is where we ate, drank, rested, drank and ate.  El Buzo means "The Diver"

The view inside of El Buzo. In december this place is apparently packed with Mexicans on vacation

Roca Blanca and El Buzo, thank you!  

Relaxation Mexican Style

A collection of photos showing how hard we worked while in Mex this time.  Too good.

A juice by the beach

Waiting for our main meal

Mojitos

Coconut at the place where we are staying

Cooking Mexican Style

If you have ever tried a genuine Mexican taco with salsa you will know how good they are.  We were shown how to cook a few Mexican basics.

Salsa Roja (Red Salsa)

Tortilla hecho de mano (Tortillas made by hand)

Huevos a la Mexicana (Mexican style eggs)

Salsa Roja, A few chillies in this one.

Tortilla, Maize rolled into balls

Tortillas part 2

Eggs Mexicana ingredients

The end product. Time to eat!

Our cooking teacher Louisa experiening an iPad for the first time looking
at photos from Australia

Quick update

Blogger and iPads dont seem to get along all that well and we are having issues uploading more than one or two photos. 

First week of Spanish lessons done! Steve's brain is fried (i should have paid more attention in grade 3 learning nouns etc) so he is just surfing now. Petrina finds study relaxing so she is continuing lessons.  Hasta Pronto!

View from Spanish lessons... " steve, pay attention to your teacher" Hang on, sounds like school report cards.... A pattern perhaps?

Random photos

The sounds of Mexico...the sound in this video is a classic example of a very popular style of mexican country music.  This was playing at a restaurant across the road from where we were having a drink the other day.


Below is just a collection of randomness!

The waves in Pto. Escondido are becoming more popular 

A little gross, but this is a typical sink....blocked with Frijoles (beans) 

A sign at the local supermarket explaining what to do when an earthquake hits.

Even the brooms are colourful.......just makes you want to sweep.

Pig skin deep fried about 10 times

With the current exchange rate, this 950ml bottle of El Jimador Tequilla is around $10

This corker of a word.........just means short term parking

Adios!

Thatched roofs = Muy chido (that's mexican slang for 'way cool')

The art of using palms for roofing in pictures...

Before, prepare leaves

During, prepare frame. No safety gear, just hang on.

End product, this is our room.  But.... There are gaps, wear n tear etc  that are hard to see.

HOWEVER.... if you don't maintain the roof when it rains Steve and Petrina get a little wet. 

Lucky, this is not the rainy season and storms like last night are rare.

Money 101

What a crazy 24 hours. Turns out our online savings account is No Bueno when overseas. Long story short - we have had to delay paying for accomodation and Spanish classes. Mexicans are soo relaxed. Imagine if you went to a hotel in Oz and said..." Excuse me, i had a cock up with money, can we pay in a week?"

We have been in pto escondido for 1 day so all we have done is sleep and went to the local supermarket where you can buy anything from a motorbike ($1800 au) to beer and food.

But this is the view from where we are staying. Exact same room as last time, and for those who care, waves are only 6 foot today.