sometimes it feels like travel is just an endless journey to the town down the road
we arrive somewhere and everything is surprising and fresh
then after a short period of time it becomes comfortable it becomes in a sense our home
and then we're off again we're looking down the road for the next spot that can surprise
us and give us that feeling again where everything is new well in puerto escondido
the town down the road is mazunte some people go there to surf some people go there to rest
some people go there for spiritual reasons why am i going to mazunte well it's as i said before
it's the town down the road and when you're a traveler sometimes that is reason enough
it does
so just arrived in mazunte that's what the bus looks like if you're interested in taking the same
bus look for the one that says pachutla on the front uh but is not the end destination you want
to stop in this town called san antonio and the guy will make a little announcement san antonio
for mazunte and from here basically it's like a i don't know a few minutes taxi ride down the road
just shared the uh taxi with two girls from holland
they were actually going to the next town a place called san agustin neal san august
but i hopped off here in mazunte so here we are it's like i was saying at the beginning
you know there's always another town down the road for some people mazunte is not far enough
they keep going they keep going they keep going and eventually you reach the end of the earth
or you just reach the end of the road i don't know whichever one comes first
anyway so i actually don't have anything booked for tonight um
i was just messaging so i have a friend who has been in mazunte for a couple of weeks
and i was messaging and i got the contact for the hostel that she's staying at
it sounds like they have a dorm room so it sounds like i might have somewhere to sleep tonight
mazunte is actually fully booked on hostile world and all the booking websites but my friend was
saying that there's a lot of places here that aren't listed online so once you get to the town
not only is the availability bigger but you're probably gonna get some cheaper deals as well so
i'm not saying it's the wise way to do it i'm not saying it's the the safest way to do it but it's
the way we're doing it here on the new travel and uh fingers crossed it's gonna it's gonna work out
look at this cool looking cactus with the ribbons tied around it i wonder what that's about
okay so i just stumbled my way into this this place called algae uh i saw they had a sign on the
street for the menu of the day you know i mean i'm sure there's a lot of good restaurants in mazunte
but when i see something where it's like you get a soup you get a main dish you get a dessert
that usually catches my eye and it's a pretty pretty cool little space they have here
i'm not going to lie i don't have much plan for my trip to mazunte other than the fact that i'm going
to stay overnight for one specific reason and that is to catch the sunset from a place called punta
cometa i guess it means like comets point but everyone says that this is the spot one of the
most epic sunsets that you can catch at least here on the coast of oaxaca so i'm gonna be there i'm
gonna enjoy it i don't want to worry about rushing back on the last bus or anything like that um but
yeah other than that we're just gonna explore we're gonna see what this town is all about
it's not a real menu of the day if it doesn't come with a side of warm tortillas
as i had a coffee and ate my dessert i got confirmation that i had a room at the hostel
so i hurried up the hill towards the hostel to drop my bag before heading out for the sunset
just going up the road towards the hostel
and uh found this beautiful mexican cemetery it's a small one but really pretty
balaam juyuk this is the place
somewhere up here there should be a dorm with my name on it for 200 pesos a night not too bad
okay that sign says welcome to peace and love
bevenidos vice emr i'm not sure if that's a separate hostel called peace and love
or if they're just making a general statement like welcome come with peace and love let's
see if this is the place hold up want to start this it's a hostel uh come with us on
so i just met a woman in there who said yeah this building here is mine
and she said i asked what bed i should take and she said any bed that looks tidy
i got some music over here
wow
there it is my friends
magical place
how's that for a 10 night view my friends
mexico
this is why i keep coming back
while i walk towards punta cometa the sun was bathing everything in that orange glow
that you get in golden hour and it made an already magical place feel even more so
this is just incredible already lord of the rings vibes over here it's just mexico or new zealand
and then i saw it the sun fading into the ocean marking the end of another day
it's amazing isn't it when you think about it that this happens every single day
and most of us don't make time to watch when's the last time you've watched the sunset
really sat down and watched you know it's a special thing when you do it
i think we could all go for a few more sunsets in our life
good morning this is uh this is the hostel where i'm sleeping these weird-looking ghosts behind
me ooh spooky no it's actually not a ghost it's a it's a what's it called a bug net a mosquito net
something to keep the insects off you as you sleep now i tend to like roll around in my sleep so
i think i made a mess of mine and i think some of the insects still got on me because i got bites
i got bites on my feet can you see them okay yeah i got bites on my feet maybe
get some bug spray uh if you're taking a trip to mazunte because they will get you
you know i was talking to somebody who spent six weeks living in mazunte and she was saying
you know this is the kind of place where if you visit for a day you'll walk around you'll be like
yeah it's nice nice little beach nice little main street and then you won't think much of it you'll
think you saw mazunte but she said you really have to live here before you understand it before
you see the kind of events that happen every night the spiritual ceremonies that take place
the morning yoga the experience of just taking in the sunset and the sunrise and
really experiencing the pace of life in the town of mazunte and i think that's a great
observation you know as travelers as i was saying at the beginning we're always we're
always looking for the next spot we're always seeing what's next what's next what's next
but after a while isn't that active always moving like we're kind of always doing the same thing
isn't it sometimes when you slow down and you really take the time to
to find a spot and to say hey i want to be part of this community if even for a week
or two and see what that feels like maybe that's when you experience something new
maybe the new travel is not just about traveling to new places but traveling in a new way
maybe a slower more thoughtful more meaningful way i don't know if there's anything else i can
say about mazunte maybe it's the kind of place you just have to feel you just have to explore
you just have to experience i'm going to end this video with some shots
of the rest of my day here hope you enjoyed this one and as always i'll see you on the road
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