Paradise on the Pacific coastline – Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Everyone, both regional as well as foreign, told us that when we’re in Mexico, we should see the specify of Oaxaca. understood for its amazing cuisine, lovely beaches, colonial cities as well as native culture, we agreed that this would be our type of place, as well as chose to take a flight from Mexico City to the west-coast paradise of Puerto Escondido.

The pilot put on a show, tipping his wings from delegated right, enabling us to see the ocean, a extremely long stretch of sand as well as brown trees with our small airplane windows.

Except for the large body of water, whatever down below was so parched! The trees, foliage as well as turf were quite much all dead, as well as appeared like they would stimulate at any type of minute. This was certainly the dry season, as well as it only reminded us of exactly how much we choose to travel in the off-season, when the hills as well as plants are dynamic as well as full of life.

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Consider flying to Puerto Escondido, it can be less expensive than the bus!

As we exited the airport, we were provided two options: pay 50 pesos each for a shared taxi, or 150 pesos for a personal one. Neither of which we believed was a great deal. So, we hoofed it out to the primary road, sweating in the hot sun, up until we reached the turn off to the airport. We were greeted by a long line of cabs just waiting to take us into town, for the much more sensible cost of 20 pesos each.

We were given a warm welcome upon our arrival at Hostal Losadeli. before us was a fantastic lady waiting to inspect us in, a smiling guy to take our bags, as well as a glistening pool beckoning for us to jump in as well as great off.

The hostel is found outside of the primary town of Zicatela. The waves there have been dubbed “the Mexican Pipeline”, as well as with swells reaching 16 m high during the summer, it’s no question this is a world-renowned destination for surfing competitions.

Hostal Losodeli is amazing!
Zicatela town is hectic as well as full of various lodging options, bars, restaurants as well as shops. We were much more thinking about chilling out as well as having a unwinding beach holiday, so we chose the area near the three beaches northwest of Zicatela which are risk-free for swimming: Playa Manzanillo, Puerto Angelito as well as Playa Carrizalillo.

The sunsets on the pacific coastline are magical, as well as having not seen one because San Pancho, we were determined to head down to the beach for a late afternoon swim as well as sunset. After a steep descent of 157 cement steps, we shown up at a secluded cove with about 6 bit palapa bars serving up easy food as well as beers. barely anybody was on the beach as well as the royal blue water was calm as well as welcoming.

There are various things to perform in Puerto Escondido, however I believe chilling out as well as viewing sunset was our favourite. 

Ah, paradise
The gradient dropped instantaneously as we went into the water as well as we were only about three meters away from the shoreline, yet we couldn’t touch the bottom. The ground below us was soft as well as sandy as well as gazing back up at the persuading palm trees was a excellent reward after a long day of bussing, flying as well as taxing around Mexico. We sipped our beers, dug our feet into the sand as well as gazed out from our chairs at the sun hitting the water. Paradise.

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Our days were mainly spent at our preferred bit cove, or lounging poolside at the hostel. We had some work that we needed to catch up on, as well as this seemed like the very best location to get it done. We did, however, venture into Puerto Escondido town which had a excellent grocery store as well as a market, however not much else. We took a cab down to the surfing beach as well as walked along its sandy shores up until we couldn’t walk anymore. At 4 kms long, it was practically impossible to dominate the entire stretch in the mid-day heat.

Looking down at Playa Carrizalillo from the top of the steps
(Check out the quick video of us checking out Zicatela as well as our preferred beach area at the bottom of this post…also, don’t miss the traveller’s notes at the end!)

One day in specific did stand apart for us though: the day when somebody acknowledged us from this website!

We had just returned to the hostel from a tasty dinner of poultry mole, when we heard it, a shrill that made us stop dead in our tracks, one that virtually provided us a heart attack…

“OMG! It’s GOATS ON THE ROAD!!!”

The lady was Nadine as well as together with her 16-year-old son, Sam, they are understood as AdventureSpeirs. These fellow travellers are on an epic, one year road trip from Canada to Guatemala, as well as back again! They have a large van stocked with supplies, camping gear, bikes as well as even a Vespa. They’re completely set for the journey as well as are extremely inspiring.

So, what do 4 crazy Canadians do when they satisfy up? drink as well much as well as talk about all of the locations we’ve went to recently, as well as those we want to see soon, of program ? We’ve never satisfied up with any type of of our visitors before, so this was quite interesting for us.

Us with Nadine as well as Sam of www.AdventureSpeirs.com

After 8 days of beach-bumming, eating excellent regional food as well as having our moment of fame, it was time to relocation on. We were heading inland to the mountain town with much hype surrounding it: Oaxaca City.

Check out our video of Puerto Escondido here!

Traveller’s Notes:

When figuring out exactly how to get to Puerto Escondido from Mexico City, keep in mind that interior flights can be less expensive than the bus! In our case, it was cheaper, as well as much quicker to fly. inspect out Viva Aerobus or Aero Mexico.

Hostal Losodeli is a gem. spaces right here are 600 pesos for two people, which includes personal bathroom, everyday cleaning, wi-fi as well as air conditioning. There is a communal kitchen area for utilize as well as a swimming pool. The personnel are excellent. Dorm beds are 150 pesos/person. discount rates offered for long stays. inspect them out here.

Just past the road leading down to Puerto Angelito, on your method to Playa Carrizalillo, there is a row of restaurants as well as shops on Benito Juaraz Av. inspect out El Sultan for affordable as well as tasty middle Eastern fare, Estrellas for amazing homemade Mexican food (and huge portions) as well as Mediterraneo for excellent pizzas.

A taxi from the row of restaurants on Benito Juaraz Av. to Zicatela area is 30 pesos.

There is a excellent cement, waterfront pathway leading from Playa primary to Playa Manzanillo, this is a excellent walk, however make sure to do it early in the morning or late afternoon, as it’s rather hot – no water is offered along the way.

Walk outside of the flight terminal to the primary street for considerably less expensive taxis.

To leave Puerto Escondido to Oaxaca City by bus, there’s a little shuttle bus stop in town. A minibus to Oaxaca costs 200 pesos/person as well as takes 7 hours. The journey is windy, however not as well bad. Ask at your hotel, they’ll point you in the best direction.

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