From Chiapas we traveled west to the coast of southern Oaxaca, to Puerto Escondido and Playa Zicatela, Mazunte and Zipolite and other beach towns. We were looking to decompress, and spent almost a month hanging out at various beaches, taking in the sun and waves, relaxing and getting good and... well, bored. But it was a good boredom, a boredom where your mind goes into neutral and just kind of stops and you are processing some profound things without realizing you are reflecting on anything, and you are deeply recharging without any active effort or intention to do so. Easy living. And yet, toward the end of that stay, mind activity ramped up again as we began to prepare for the journey back to Canada. But first, Oaxaca City and the Yucatan!