Mazunte: fireflies and shooting stars

As Hannah so aptly put it, sometimes the best things you find aren't the ones you came looking for. Tonight, walking home from a yummy fish dinner (consumed with the sand wriggling between our toes and the surfers still doing their thing in the last hours of sunlight) we came upon a hill where many thousands of fireflies were congregated. Amazingly, their flickering lights were coordinated to give the appearance of moving lights. Over and over again, the ones on top of the hill flashed first, followed by those below in a rapid, yet fairly precise pattern. This was not an accident - they did it at least a dozen times while we stood on the side of the road, taking it all in. Some kind of mating ritual, perhaps?

Last night we stayed up drinking Oaxacan Mezcal and staring at the stars - SO MANY STARS! - it's really breathtaking. The Milky Way is visible to the naked eye, and we all got to see at least one or two shooting stars.

City-slickers are used to seeing pigeons, squirrels, rats, and roaches. But here we're sharing space with countless gekkos, crabs, snakes, bats, and even tarantulas! There's something about seeing chickens running around the tables of a restaurant that cracks me up every time. Let's just say some of us have adjusted more than others...

Still, the air is fresh and fragrant, the beach is soothing and the water is remarkably warm and inviting. Today we rented a boogie board in the hope of riding some of the tremendous, incessant waves they've got here. We didn't exactly succeed, but there'll be more waves to conquer tomorrow.

Buenas Noches!

Brian