Casa Bella, Sueno del Mar, Bahia Chahue, Huatulco

Buenos noches from the Pacific! It's 10.30pm and 27c. I feel as though I'm really on my hols.
We left Oaxaca at 8.45am and got here at 2.45pm. The road was very good apart from when we were crossing the Sierra Madre Occidental - bit curvy then with sheer precipices at the side of the road and wonderful cactus forests every so often. Lots of animals - black pigs, oxen, cattle, goats, mules, burritos, horses. An iguana crossing the road at one stage, lizards, loads of Zopilotes (black vultures), hundreds of beautiful butterflies. It was a lovely journey.
The Condo is just as we expected. On the 3rd floor of a pirvate development. 2 huge ensuite bedrooms, open plan kitchen, dining room and living room with a terrace overlooking the swimming pools and ocean.
Haven't made it down onto the beach yet - just unpacked and went to the supermarket to stock up.
Drove into the centre of La Crucecita - maybe a mile away - tonight and couldn't believe the buzz. The Zocalo was packed with people walking and talking. Lined with dozens of restaurants and bars and nice craft shops (leaving those for another day - will have to ration myself). Had some good food - a Tlayuda for DD and Enchilladas with chicken and mole negro for me. Of course, every meal seems to come with tortilla chips (as in fried pieces of tortilla)with salsa and green and red sauces. And, of course, a few beers. We then found an open air restaurant/bar on the first floor of an adjacent building with live music and sat up there for a while. I had the most scrummy thing I have had in ages - a Moka Frappucino topped with cream, chocolate sprinkles and a maraschino cherry! A zillion calories I would guess but so delicious. I'm going there every night to work my way through all the flavours.
Well - off to bed. Passed a transparent gecko on the way up the stairs and a scorpion in the carpark. There is a chorus of frogs outside the window (without Paul McCartney)so might need the earplugs.
Will take loads of photos tomorrow.
xx