So in today's video I'll give you the 5 reasons I think Puerto Escondido Mexico
might be the next Digital Nomad hotspot! Good evening YouTube from my rooftop
here in Mexico City. This is actually my last week in Mexico City. In three days
I'll be hopping on a plane and headed to Hanoi. I spent almost the entire month of
June in Mexico City, and while I adore this city,I needed a break from the
hustle and bustle. So last week me and five of my Remote
Year compadres decided to book a trip down to Puerto Escondido Mexico in the
state of Oaxaca. Puerto Escondido is a small Mexican surf town with a
population of about 45,000 if you're a surfer you've definitely heard of Puerto
Escondido it makes the top ten list of best places to surf in the world every
single year and recently Puerto Escondido made the New York Times and
CNN list of top destinations that you must visit but even with all this press
Puerto Escondido is still a very low-key place to visit there are no Marriott's
no Hilton's or any other big hotel chain or resort here the only place is the
book our people's personal residence on Airbnb or small mom-and-pop motel and
hostels as I mentioned before I traveled to Puerto Escondido with five of my
amigos from remote year one is a lawyer - or corporate training program
developers one is a real estate marketer and the last two are product managers
since we headed to Puerto Escondido on a Tuesday we would all need to work
remotely while enjoying the beach in order to meet this work live play
lifestyle we decided to stay at a Celina if you never heard of a Celina before
there kind of a cross between a hotel a motel a hostel a resort and a co-working
space the Celina we stayed at would fit into anybody's budget they had a seven
dollar a night bunk bed and a 10 person bungalow all the way up to $100 a night
room with sweeping ocean views and everything in between the Internet at
that Celina was about 20 up and 20 down well that might not be the best internet
in the world it was good enough for the lawyer that we are with to file briefs
to the court and it was good enough for my other colleagues to participate in
video teleconferences from the pool there are also cafes and other hostels
scattered throughout puerto escondido that have similar internet speeds okay
so why do I think this is a future potential digital Nomad hotspot well I
got five reasons the first reason it is dirt cheap apartments are as cheap as
apartments in Chiang Mai the digital Nomad capital of the world and maybe
even a little cheaper you can get a very basic studio here in puerto escondido
about a block from the beach for about 200 a month and you can get a more
upscale studio or one-bedroom about a block from the beach or with beach views
for about 400 to 800 a month depending on how fancy you want to get and many of
those places have their own pool these are air B&B prices I'm giving you so you
can probably find these places even cheaper if you search locally you can
also run out of bed in a hostel like Salina that's kind of like a resort for
about a hundred and eighty a month so no matter what your price range you can
find a place that fits within your budget here in puerto escondido which is
very rare for a place that has a world-class beach
okay the second reason is the lack of big hotel chains and direct flights into
puerto escondido from the united states and canada keep the tourists at bay and
most digital nomads like a place that isn't spoiled by too many tourists even
though you can't get a direct flight in a porto escondido you can get to puerto
escondido pretty easily from Mexico City and Oaxaca City so digital nomads that
are used to traveling won't find this a challenge even though they can't get a
direct flight from the United States okay so third puerto escondido hits the
work-life balance sweet spot okay so what do I mean by that the internet
isn't the fastest in the world but it's fast enough to get your work done and
then you can chill and enjoy the small-town vibe of this Mexican surf
town I lived in Hawaii for about nine years and this place really reminds me
of Holly Eva town on the North Shore of Oahu it's just a really chill and cool
place to hang out at you really can't beat the vibe here and I think most
digital nomads would enjoy that just a quick little break if you're enjoying
this video please hit that like button it helps more people find it and they
can figure out whether or not they want to spend some time in Puerto Escondido
as a digital okay and the fourth reason is puerto
escondido is in mexico and you have a much longer tourist visa here one of the
biggest pains that Digital moments have to endure is worrying about a tourist
visa expiring many places like Thailand have a 30-day that you can extend a
60-day and then you got to do a visa run you don't really have that issue in
Mexico and Puerto Escondido most Western countries get a hundred and eighty days
in Mexico so that's one less thing you have to worry about as a digital nomad
your visa is not gonna run up all of a sudden you can also make your cost of
lodging go down because you can negotiate a cheaper price since you can
stay a little bit longer without having to lead the country and the fifth and
final reason is that there are so many cool things to do here in puerto
escondido just like any other place in mexico there is great food to enjoy you
can find tacos and puerto escondido has world-class seafood you can rent a
scooter and just Beach hop all day there are so many awesome beaches in Puerto
Escondido there's the famous surf beach but
there's also a bunch of other smaller surf beaches and beaches where the waves
aren't so big and you can just chill speaking of surfing you can also learn
to surf or hone your surf skills no matter what your skill level there's a
beach at puerto escondido that you'll be comfortable surfing at most of the
hostels and hotels and motels around here also offer activities like the
Selena I'm staying in last night I took a bachata class and learn some moves I'm
not that great but I'm better than I was before that class there's so many things
to do here in puerto escondido i should probably do a separate video on just
those things but i'll go ahead and link you to another youtuber justin pours
video the six must do things in puerto escondido so yeah those are the five
reasons I think that puerto escondido could become a new digital nomad hotspot
if you've been to puerto escondido before and you agree with that or you
disagree with that please comment below and share your opinions and for those of
you new to this channel my name is Kevin I spent 20 years in the military I
retired went to law school and became a corporate lawyer I got tired of that
grind so I quit that job to travel full time and that's what I do I travel full
time making these videos for you to hopefully inspire you to do
something similar or for you to live vicariously through me so if that kind
of content interest you please make sure you comment below thanks for watching
and see you next week when I'll be in Hanoi Vietnam