If you have ever wanted to find a sun drenched beach to call your own we found one. It is called Playa Escondida, hidden beach, and for the first time in that trip the name said it all.
Stacey and I visited this beach with her parents 15 years ago, but since it is not on the maps, we were never able to find it. The witch at the hotel gave us a hand drawn map for some tourist attractions and on it was the beach. So off we went. After wandering down the highway, we saw the sign and went down the road to the beach... Here I use road only in the most general sense. Parallel goat paths might be more accurate.
When we arrived we walked around the grounds of the abandoned hotel on top of the cliff. After a few minutes a nice, one armed man walked up with a machete and asked for $3 for the right to use the beach. Now if you have never met a one armed man wielding a sword while asking for three dollars, let me just say, "Pay the man". He was really a nice fellow who was clearing brush in the truly hopeless attempt at restoring the hotel. After admiring the two mile long beach with no one but cows on it, we sent down the path to the secluded beach. This was the fun part, the path was a set of slabs on the top of a ridge. Think Indiana Jones here.
When we got the beach, we were all alone. The kids went swimming in various states of undress and they found lots of shells. I love Mexico!!
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