hello and welcome to the beautiful puerto escondido
i'm walking down the middle of the street in an area called los tamarindos
and i can tell you i like this neighborhood for a couple of reasons i like it because there's cute
dogs like the dog i just saw coming up to me as i was filming the intro to this video hey doggie
yeah yeah you are a puerto escondido doggie yes you are yes you are
yes you are
no it's okay buddy
don't let that scary doggy scare you okay
she's very loud but you are very cute and being cute is good too okay
yes
there's also noisy dogs but noisy dogs are never too far away in mexico
there's also my airbnb the place i'm staying which is why i'm walking down the street
there's also just a couple blocks up from here an incredible breakfast spot where for 40 pesos
i had one of the best uh best value breakfasts i've had in all my travels through mexico
now there are more tourist focused places where you'll spend a lot more than 40 pesos
for breakfast that is not average for puerto escondido but my airbnb host a woman named hannah
told me that that family just opened up the street maybe they haven't figured out
yet that they're the best deal in town maybe they'll learn and by the time you visit it'll
cost 80 pesos or something like that but all i know is it was a good way to start the day
and the other reason i like this neighborhood is that just a couple blocks in the other direction
is the main attraction the reason most of us end up in places like puerto escondido
the beach and if you're wondering why the streets are so strangely quiet
it's because this is almost 2pm which is about the hottest time to be walking around puerto escondido
and i think most people are either chilling at the beach or having some lunch
or maybe taking a siesta which is also nice in a sleepy town like this
though maybe i shouldn't call it a sleepy town because porto escondido also has some very
happening areas which i hope to show you a bit later today after sunset i'll take you over to uh
what's the area called las puntos i think it's called
i should double check that make sure my facts are right no it's la punta
la punta okay i just arrived i don't know about my facts straight yet but i know that
it's a pretty uh happening part of the city that we're gonna check out a little bit later today
ah the beach is calling but lunch is also calling
i'm going to uh find a place i was recommended called kelly's cafe
the motorbike is the primary uh mode of transportation down here
ah here it is kelly cafe open every day eight till five
and at five maybe uh kelly kelly goes to the uh to the beach like everyone else
it's interesting you know i've been reading this book called the geography of bliss
and it's it's a funny idea it's this guy he travels to all these countries that are
said to be some of the happiest places on earth and he tries to discover what makes them happy
like he goes to thailand and he says people in thailand are happy because they never worry
too much they never think too much they don't they don't get upset about problems in thailand
he goes to the netherlands and he says well they're happy because they allow everything you
know sex drugs anything they're very permissive culture you know and it's interesting to think
about what makes places happen in my outsider perspective i would think of mexico as a very
happy place but i don't know like mexicans watching do you think your country is happy
do you think it could be happier i guess everywhere could be happier right
catch of the day here we go you ready for this
well definitely have some kick to that green sauce pleasantly spicy a bit of a pepper taste
but it's that fresh light taste of the fish that really carries the bite that's about all i can say
i'm not anthony bourdain i don't know much about food but it's a good bite
[ __ ] i go for a swim i kind of want to jump in
i kind of want to swim but it's hard right after a meal isn't that what they say don't swim after you
eat or the sharks will get you is that a myth or is that true i don't know i grew up in the middle
of canada i don't know anything about oceans but i do know that the pacific is looking nice today
i'm not swimming with my camera i'll take a dip a bit later
but it is nice to just stare out of the ocean sometimes isn't it
hey look at that skydivers
wow that's cool look at them land right on the beach
you won't catch me doing that anytime soon
i'll take you back to the beach a bit later i've had one sunset so far i had the sunset last night
and it was just incredible la punta the area i was talking about earlier uh that's the sunset spot
yeah we got a couple hours till then but first i'm actually gonna take you to
you know if you look closely i think you can see it see that dome looking building in the back
almost looks like a football stadium or something that is a that is the local market it's a good
thing i see it because i was actually just about to check google maps and see how far away it is
well over here in los tamarindos nothing is too big so it's easy to it's easy to see the market
man i went from uh sleeping under three blankets in mexico city
where it was getting really cold at night to uh worrying about a sunburn here in the beach
in oaxaca oh yeah did i mention we're in oaxaca for anyone who isn't too geographically inclined
puerto escondido literally translates as hidden port i mean it was once a quite sleepy
little town off the coast of oaxaca it's it's still pretty sleepy the airport is small
people are chilled out you got uh witches surfing on surfboards that's cool
okay
yeah some of you might know i've been to oaxaca before i've been to oaxaca
city which is a beautiful spot as well if you're into old architecture and good food
and you would think because it's in the same state as puerto escondido it's not that far away
but actually i've heard it's like at least an eight-hour bus ride because so much of oaxaca
is hills and you gotta be in these little buses that go back and forth up the hills and
you can get here on bus but the easy option which i took it's definitely to fly
okay now there's the market the only thing between me and the market is this dirt path and that hill
i can't really tell how steep the hill is from here but we'll find out i immediately
regret this decision no actually it's not that bad
it's just hot my canadian skin is melting the sun hits different in mexico on the beach
here's the market mercado
okay so what do we got here i am on a hunt for some some ice cream maybe
a coconut i don't know something cold and delicious let's see what we can find
oh my god i can't believe i walked around this whole this whole market there's no ice cream shops
people at puerto escondido if you need a business opportunity please bring ice cream to this market
there's got to be a thousand tourists just like me who are dying for something frozen on a hot day
like this let me just check our friends at google just to be sure iceland no ice cream ice cream
oh 60 yards away look at this 70 yards away
ammo gelato
i don't know how i missed it
foreign
you know i don't know what happens quicker a canadian getting a sunburn or chocolate ice
cream melting on a hot day that thing melted all over my hands like so quickly i had to
buy a bottle of water just to uh to clean my hands here and now everything is perfect
i had my ice cream a few clouds coming in to give us some relief from the sun
i think i'll find somewhere to sit and chill out for a bit
and then uh i will turn my camera back on around sunset see you then
test one two okay i'm back at my airbnb uh i didn't film the walk home
because i was hot and tired and i can't film every moment of my life um but yeah what do you think of
my place it's got like a hangout zone it came with a bicycle there's the shower and bathroom
area
kitchen area
there's obviously no ic so it gets pretty hot around midday but other than that i mean
it's a pretty it's pretty comfy place i like it here airbnb is going to be kind of hit or miss
to be honest i had one in mexico city recently that wasn't that good but when you have a nice
one and you have a nice local neighborhood around you it just it just makes life good
welcome to la punta
man this is wild going from las tamarindos
to here both great neighborhoods for very different reasons you can tell that this
where is the best place to watch the sunset this way
it's never hard to find friends in a place like this especially when you're holding a
giant camera people just ask what you're up to like those two guys outside the surf shop
just told me the best place for the sunset if i keep walking up they said there's some rocks to
climb i don't know where they are i don't know how far it is but i'm sure i'll find something
this is cool there's just a little little trail through the cactus
no not today
i see a sign saying punta zika tella maybe that's like the official name of la punta
well i think zykatella was the name of the market we went to today too
so i guess whenever you see zicatella you are in a good spot beware about the currents yeah that's
actually good advice if you are swimming out here be careful because the waves can be pretty intense
only swim around other people if you if you don't know this area you got to uh gotta be careful
this is it my friends
what a sight yesterday i took in the sunset way over there that's the quieter end of the beach
once you get to la punta there's definitely a lot more people and look at these waves
well it seems like the surfers and the birds have one thing in common
and that's they both pick this spot over here right at the end
a few fishermen down here
ah there's people up top i guess this is what he meant when he said
the best spot is up the rocks it's probably this this hike over here
oh man it's like to climb to the market all over again okay dan one more climb you can do it
do it for youtube do it for youtube
this is it my friends
was it worth the wait you tell me
the end of la punta and i believe it's the end of this video as well as much as i enjoy filming
stuff i always try to remind myself to take it a moment away from the camera just to allow
beautiful sights like this to imprint into my mind and not just to be for the youtube
so now i'm gonna have a moment to myself enjoy the rest of this epic sunset here in puerto escondido
and i hope you have a chance to visit here too there's something
there's something about this place as always i'm dan from the new travel i'll see you next time
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