Gracias I mean Thanks!
So my last update we had just arrived in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, since then a lot has happened. Our 9 day stay in the small surf/fishing town was amazing, we filled our days with early mornings (Ben surfing, me taking pictures), swimming in the hotel pool, reading books and going for walks in the blistering heat. With a little regret at having to leave we got on a coach and travelled 8 hours up the road to Acapulco, we had found our hotel on Hostelbookers surprisingly and it turns out we chose the right place. Our room was overlooking the harbour and the beautiful sunsets were right in front of the building.
We took advantage of the airconditioning and enjoyed the numerous swimming pools and the waterslide, but the high light of our stay was definitely the cliff divers, it wasn’t the diving that impressed me the most it was the 30m climb up a cliff that was amazing these men just climbed up in a matter of minutes wearing only a pair of dodgy speedos! My final comment on Acapulco is that it reminds me of a British holiday resort like Blackpool, a place that was once glamorous and great is now, 20 years down the line, faded and forgotten by foreign tourists which is a shame because I can see the appeal it once had.
So we left Acapulco and headed to the airport, we decided to splash out and stayed in the Ramada by the airport. It was such a shock to the system all the space, the posh soap, soft towels and …a free sewing kit?! After the excitement we ordered room services and settled in for the night watching the ‘f’ word on tele’ and not looking forward to our 5:30am start.
We arrived in San Diego just after lunch and got a bus to our hostel dumped our stuff and headed straight to Ocean Beach, we had been told it was the ‘must see’ place in San Diego and it was nice but nothing to write home about ;)
Yesterday we had day 1 of the Ben birthday celebrations, we headed to Mission Beach by bus and spent an fantastic afternoon of taking pictures and filming Ben on his present to himself the ‘flowrider’. Its like a manmade wave and soon I will put up some pictures of him (he got some amazing bruises from falling off!). In the evening we headed to the cinema to watch ‘Up’ the new pixar movie, we went to a 3D screening which was brilliant I looked so funny wearing 3D glasses over my normal glasses (no picture evidence available).
Today we are heading to see the Body Worlds exhibition by Gunther von Hagens’ as Ben has wanted to see it for a while, after this we are doing what I have been looking forward to the whole trip we are going shopping (Victoria Secret mid season sale here I come!), and then picking up a car for a couple of days of exploring.
Less than 3 weeks to go now so I will be seeing you all very soon, expect texts as soon as I get my phone back and remember how to use it!
Love Charlie xxx
