Thursday, March 19, 2009

The Bus Ride to Puerto Escondito

The real part of this journey has begun!!  After 2 weeks at the Luxury Resort, Fairmont Princess Hotel we decide to head south to get a REAL feel of Mexico and of course experience the Mexican Pipeline.

After realizing that our luggage was going to cost $1000 to get it to Puerto Escondito, (45 minutes south of Acapulco on Plane) we decided to take the First Class Luxury Bus Line, Estrella Blanca.  Well it was a bus and we did get there, after 8.5 hours!!  It was actually an awesome experience:  We watched 4.5 movies (all in Spanish), had most of the bus to ourselves and the air conditioning was super cold!! 
If I could explain what we saw traveling south, most people would freak!  Especially traveling with a 2 year old, but it was amazing.  This is the Real Deal Mexico, with little tent like shacks housing a full family, a million Pero's (Dog's) running around, dirt, policia  (police) with machine guns welcoming you through the country and of course some of the happiest people on earth!  The mexican people are truly happy with life.  


The bus would come to a rolling stop and people would jump on with trays of food.  Swano grabbed a fried Bannana for 10 pesos and later some Arroz con Pollo (Rice w/Chicken)  It was great!  
We arrived at the Bus Station and thank Goodness our ride was there!!