Kaydo goes to Mexico
This February it was Kaydo’s turn to go with me to Huatulco. This blog won’t be as long as some of the others since we did a lot of the same things as other years.
Kaydo is, like many teenagers, hooked up 24/7 to technology so most of the photos of him will be complete with earbuds. We had fun though.
We went again to the lizard breeding farm at Copalita and I don’t think Kaydo was impressed having the lizards actually on him – most of the grandkids have not been, but it was fun to see all the different kinds and ages of them and see how the eggs are incubated.
On the way home we stopped at the newly opened Archeological Park. It is marvellous! Two old temples have been uncovered and there is a great indoor area with a lot of the finds in cases with explanations of what they are. It’s really worth the time to get out there and see it. I wish all the kids had been able to see it. The only problem is that, thus far, all the written information is in Spanish only.
We found the new location for Los Vaquerros restaurant, which I had loved in the old location, but this new place is right at an intersection in town that is buzzing with truck traffic, so was not so pleasant. We were the only people there at lunch time, so maybe their custom is all at night now and maybe the traffic dies down then. The food is still great, but I wouldn’t go there again for lunch.
One other thing that we did that was new was to go on the hike to the Emerald Falls. It’s up in the mountains, so I didn’t make it all the way up, but it is a spectacularly beautiful walk and a great barbeque lunch is waiting for you when you finish the walk and come back to the lower level of the river. I don’t have pictures of the lunch though. Kaydo took a lot of the pictures on this trip but has just never gotten around to sharing them so that I can put them on the blog. A lesson learned.
We also went to the herbal garden this year and now they have two birds and also have someone making tortillas the traditional way. We used to go to another woman’s place to see that.
Just a couple of other interesting things. We saw some wild iguanas too, at the fruit market. I love to see them, I think they’re fascinating – but I think that about all animals. And I brought home some Oaxacan hot chocolate. They form the chocolate, sugar and spices – which vary by maker – into a ball and dry it, then you just pour hot water on it (in a cup of course) and let it dissolve, then you can add more hot water which is the Oaxacan way of drinking it, or add milk if you like. It is *really* good!
Coming home again is always bittersweet. It’s good to see friends and family again, and nice to sleep in your own bed, but hard to leave such a lovely place only fractionally explored.
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AS before, I’m having a real problem getting the photos where they are supposed to be, so I hope you can get the gist of the story and enjoy seeing a bit of our trip.