Bone-shaking roads and waterfalls

Part 5 - Magical waterfalls

It took 1 and a half hours of bone-shaking driving into the mountains to find the waterfalls but they were well worth the effort and damage to our bodies. It's not every day you get one of nature's spectacular spots all to yourself!

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We started off the day with a full-blown Mexican breakfast, knowing that there would be nowhere to eat along the way

We soon found ourselves driving along a very dusty bumpy dirt road heading up to the mountains

A small church we passed along the way

This area was still very dry

A typical house along the way

Watched attentively by the locals - a dog and turkey!

A small wayside stand by the road

Driving deeper into the mountains.. here it was very green

Crossing a stream

Tree draped in lianas

We finally arrive at the waterfalls. It took 1 hr 10 minutes to cover 30 kms of bone-shaking dirt mountainous road

Beautiful lush rainforest all around

The first waterfall we saw

Th Bridal Veil waterfall

Looked so refreshing

Walking to the other waterfalls

Green everywhere!

Squeezing through the rock

Huge tree trunks

A waterfall all to ourselves!

No captions needed for the following photos... this is paradise!

Time to go back down... slow going, following the local "bus"

A satellite dish in the middle of the forest!

Breakfast on the beach at Santa Cruz - our last full day at the Bahias de Huatulco

Delicious sincronizadas

This can only be Mexico!

Souvenirs in Crucecita

Funny sign seen

Fried ice-cream!!!!!

Weaving looms where they make rugs and mats and fabrics

Colour everywhere!

Even the chairs!

Mexican-style prawn cocktail - delicious!!

Sunrise on our last day

We ate breakfast on the empty beach at Playa de Chahue

Huatulco Airport with its palm huts! The end of our holiday and back to Mexico City!