February 25, 2018 Playa Blanca to Roca Blanca, Mexico

This morning we said goodbye to our quiet spot at Playa Blanca and moved north 55 miles to Roca Blanca, a camping spot found on ioverlander.

After a stop in Puerto Escondido to stock up on milk and a few fruits and vegetables we had enough cell service to post and make a few phone calls. It was good to check in with family!

Not far out of Puerto Escondido we stopped for the cattle drive. This young man and another on foot were moving cattle and goats from one side of the road to the other. We waited while they got them going in the right direction, although a couple of the cows didn’t act like they wanted to cooperate!There were miles of papaya trees and mangos. Some of the papayas were starting to get ripe, but I am not a huge fan of papayas.We noticed two big trucks and several cars stopped at this roadside restaurant so we stopped for lunch there, too. It’s always interesting to eat where the locals do. We ordered carne asada tacos and the boy waiting on us said we would get carne asada (grilled beef), beans and tortillas. Okay. The tortillas were really good – almost like a combination of flour and corn. The meat is paper thin and a little tough to cut, but it was very tasty. We arrived at Roca Blanca about 12:30 and are camped on the street behind Restaurante Marisol, one of the restaurants on the beach. We spent some time on the beach and took a swim. The waves were pretty strong, but it was refreshing. We talked to a few people on the beach and many of the “gringos” seem to be from Quebec, Canada. Most of them live in Puerto Escondido for the winter.

We had dinner at Restaurante Marisol and enjoyed watching the last of the families on the beach and a couple of surfers catching waves.This is a pretty popular beach with the locals with lots of activity all day. The restaurants are slowly closing down and people are heading back to their homes. We will only spend one night here. Next stop? Who knows?