Swim review: Puerto Arista

Concrete cube, lack of sleep alleviated by nice beach days. But you can do better.

Swim review: lagoon and waves at Boca del Cielo, Chiapas

Bathwater, scary towering waves, mozzies and seafood strip.

Swim review: bad vibes in pretty Tulum

Tulum was my first taste of the famous dream beaches of the “Riviera Maya” in Quintana Roo. The beach certainly was pretty and the water lovely. I stayed in an unambitious concrete hotel in town for MX$500 and rented a bike for $100 to hit the beach. Thinking back, that bike ride was probably the…

Åtminstone fanns det en vessa

Describing the horrors of developing acute food poisoning half an hour into a 15-hour bus journey, seated at the back, over serpentine roads. Because of having eaten bad pulses before an Easter bus trip… for the second time. Entry in Swedish.

Hammocks

Ahhhhh

Obscenely pleasant beach capoeira retreat Tandawazi

The best way to enjoy the dazzling firm beach and turquoise Indian Ocean view? I’ve already blogged about it on the Dar Capoeira blog, but here’s a bit more photographic evidence of the capoeira festival/retreat Tandawazi 2013 by Capoeira Balancou Negro! Capoeira on the beach, literally   This was our hotel. Left eagerly every morning…