Team Man-Kini

So I figure I´ll elaborate a bit more on what I´ve been up to. Cat, Char, Comron, and Tobias have formed a group which we call Team Man-kini. It you want to imagine our graphic symbol, think the swimsuit that Borat wears. We have begun choreographing a dance routine, which includes leap-frog, line dancing, travelling piroettes, and jump kicks, among other sweet moves. We have also been known to play the ukalele, harmonica, flutes, and we sing. It´s great fun. Tonight we may change our name temporarily to Team Man-stash and paint moustaches on ourselves.
I experienced one of the most amazing things today- we went on a four hour boat trip which cost all of 150M and I swam with a group of hundreds of manta rays. It was indescribable. At first a few of us jumped in the water and were told to swim out to where we saw a couple mantas jumping out of the water. I couldn´t see any anywhere for awhile, but then suddenly I looked down and there were literally hundreds swimming around. It was so startling and I got this really creepy feeling. It was a bit scary. But I got over it and spent awhile in there just watching them all until they disappeared again. Phenomenal! Prior to that we saw some soft turtle-porn and spotted some dolphins, as well as did some mediocre snorkelling. I also did some cliff diving, but the highlight was definitely the rays.
We are staying at this place run by this crazy stoner couple- the man from Alaska and the woman from Scotland. The place is really laid-back, with no frills. There´s 2 toilets- one for shitting and the other for peeing, both of which you have to flush using a bucket of water. The electricity is inconsistent and the water runs out because it only gets delivered twice a week, but it´s only 50M per night. And we have use of the blender- which we used to make some delicious rum and fruit smoothies last night. We were cursing them on the boat this morning.
Puerto Escondido was cool as well- the surf is great so it was fun to watch all the surfers out at sunset. I´m thinking about returning there tomorrow for a couple of nights. I´ll write more when I have the chance!