Bahìa la Luna

So my companions and I endured a day and a half of travel, a major transportation mishap, and, as I described in my last post, a comical episode of miscommunication. By early afternoon on our second day of travel, we were sticky with travel and sweat, tired, and more than a little cranky. Our Combi deposited us in a small town called Pochutla, about an hour outside of Puerto Escondido, and after some negotiation, we commissioned a taxi to drive us to our first hotel, Bahìa la Luna.
Bahìa la Luna is a beautiful hotel set (literally) off the beaten path. The hotel itself is a series of private cabañas set into a small hillside overlooking the hotel’s private beach. There is a common eating area that opens up onto a bright white beach broken only by palm trees and gently swinging hammocks. After the stresses of travel and the ordeal of our drive from Oaxaca, the hotel’s serene beauty welcomed us and put us each at ease again. Within an hour of arriving, we were comfortably settled on the beach, relaxing to the sound of the waves and gently sipping our our Coco Locos (a fresh coconut and rum cocktail served in a hollowed coconut and garnished with a tropical flower). By sundown I was convinced first that I was in paradise, and second, that someone was going to have to forcibly evict me from my cabaña.
We passed two nights and roughly two days at our hidden paradise. We made sand castles, frolicked (yes, actually frolicked) in the waves, snorkled, played a brutal game of beach volleyball, and,in general,had a most fabulous time. We were completely caught up in the magic of La Luna, lulled into a beautiful, peaceful calm.
When we were in Tehuacan, our days were fast-paced and incredibly busy, filled with teaching and lesson planning. On the weekdays we rose early and went to bed late, often snatching only five or six hours of sleep a night. Our weekends were often crazier, a blur of color, music, and tequila. We were badly in need of a break from reality and the hectic pace of our daily lives. La Luna was the perfect escape, allowing us to recharge before rejoining the world in Puerto Escondido.

This is my favorite picture from La Luna.
We were so comfortable and so content, and the scene
was so idyllic, that I felt all we needed was a bucket of beers between us
and we could be in one of those Corona commercials.  Brittany took this picture
so we could make our own Corona ad