For spring break me and 7 other girls went to Puerto Escondido and Huatulco. We stayed 3 days in a nice hostel in Puerto Escondido. There weren't a lot of people there, which was really nice! The majority of tourism at the beaches is during Semana Santa (which was the next week). We spent a lot of time on the beach and playing in the waves to cool off. My friend Heather and I were the first to jump in the waves. We were So excited to be at the beach that we neglected to take off our sunglasses. So we then lost them in the very first big wave that hit us... A few suffered from pretty intense sunburns, but thankfully I got away without. My birthday was the first whole day we had at the beach. So, in the morning, we went on a boat tour to see turtles, dolphins and visit other beaches. We boat out pretty far and eventually one of our drivers spots a turtle. We sped over next to it, and he then jumped from the boat (Steve Irwin style) to TACKLE the TURTLE! (we had no idea he was going to do this) His partner then pulled him and the turtle in with a rope to put the turtle IN the boat! (We were all rather shocked that this all just happened...) I am pretty sure even TOUCHING a turtle in the states is illegal... But we got our pictures with the turtle and then I got to set him free :) He was heavy. Later that night was our scorpion fiasco. There was a scorpion discovered in one of our rooms, as you can imagine, everyone was squealing and hopping up on the beds. Heather and I had formed a team effort that eventually led to the smashing of the scorpion with a shoe. The scorpion was only about 3 inches long, but that didn't really matter. The next day was a relax day at the beach. We played in the waves and went on a banana boat! which is like a long floatie that people sit on and get towed around by a boat. it was SO fun!! We told the driver that we did NOT want to fall off. He took us over waves out in the bay. (It was kinda like riding a bull) There were a lot of laughs, squeals and Sam praying to God that she doesn't fall off and get eaten by a shark... The boat driver knew where we were camped out on the beach, so he decided to drive the boat right next to the shallow part [turned sharply so no one had a chance to cling on] and then literally DUMPED us off... Later that night we met a group of Seattle medical students who went out with us that night. The Next day we wake up, and while we were getting ready we had another critter visit our room... We had porches with bushes right outside and we always left the door open because it was so hot. I heard Libby yell "OOOOOOH MY GOD!..." from the other room. Naturally, all the girls dash to see whats wrong. Upon entering, we see a large lizard just chillin' on the ground in front of the bathroom. From nose to tail he was probably 2 feet long. This wasnt just like the cute little geckos we had seen numerous times before. Some were shocked, some confused, some were afriad, and others wanted to know if it had teeth. I just wanted to know if I could somehow manage to take it home. After a bit, we figure we should "shoo" it back towards the porch where it must have came from. Our brave Helen shooed him out to the porch and saved the day! Later that day we took our bus to Huatulco. The house/masion we stayed in was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!... to be continued
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