Cuernavaca and Acapulco

The boys and I headed to Cuernavaca for the weekend to meet up with Jono and his mates. We spent about two hours looking for a (cheap) place to stay before one of the many taxi drivers we commissioned took us to this home just outside of the zocalo. It was a pretty decent place. I had to share a bed with Richard, who thought that I made a fantastic human pillow.

After dropping off our gear, we went in search of sustainance. What we found was, in my opinion, the best burger I have ever had. It was like a flattened piece of steak, cooked to perfection on a lightly toasted bun with mayo and lettuce and this fantastic oil, herb and shallot dressing. After that, we found a bar that was selling cases of Sol for $330 pesos. Super cheap. We played a drinking game and ended up polishing that off in about an hour. We all stumbled back to the place we were staying and Jarrod, one of the Aussies, decided he was heading back out for some more fun. He doesn´t even know where he went or how he managed to get back.

The next day we headed up to Jono´s friends place after wandering the city for about 4 hous, getting lost a few times. The family he was staying with was really nice and even arranged another place for us to stay. We ended up going for dinner at this place with the most amazing tacos. Afterwards, we headed to a bar where we continued to play the drinking game that we will now call "Hass". Why you ask? Because we like to make him drink a lot. After that we headed to a lounge/club type place where more Hass ensued. Even the owner was getting into it and taking pictures of us making Hass drink. (I´ll explain this game to you guys when I get back home. It involves a cigarette pack and lots of beer)

The next day we headed off for Acapulco. Not a huge fan of it. Reminded me too much of Toronto in the summer, smog, humidity, shitty beach and all. I have no idea why people come here and think that it´s paradise. The only difference is that here its ocean and tons more hotels.

The first night we stayed I slept all night while the boys went out partying. They found a great bar that we ended up going to last night. We spent most of yesterday sleeping before finding two rooms in a 4 star hotel for $126. For both. Yes. You read that correctly. Super cheap. We spent the afternoon by the ocean, showered up and grabbed a bit before lying down to get some ZZZ´s before partying all night. We headed out to Paradise and scammed some all you can drink. I was $20 and the boys were $30 each. They thought they could scam us buy giving us one drink at a time in styrofoam cups. The joke was on them. Seriously, giving a Canadian, two Brits and two Aussies all you can drink? We drank. A lot. And danced a lot. I ended up dancing with this 27 year old American with braces. Why? I can´t even tell you. Did I mention we drank a lot?

Today I got up, laid by the pool, checked out the beach, hit up Starbucks and watched a bit of the soccer game. Then myself, Hass and Richard took a cab to the bus station to find out our bus doesnt leave until 11pm. And this is why you are getting such a long entry. Because I still have 3 hours and about 15 minutes left before we go.

We are heading off to Puerto Escondido for some surfing. We aren´t sure where we are going to stay but we shall figure that out in the morning.