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it is pretty good
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thank you [Music] we're late in Mandy we're digital Nomads currently traveling the world
in search of somewhere to call home we've recently traveled by bus from San Jose del
Pacifico in the Misty Mountains of Oaxaca all the way to the coast to explore the beautiful
surf town of Porto Escondido foreign [Applause]
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good morning from beautiful Porto Escondido we're just out for a run this morning well
about to run we've been sucked in a little bit with how good having beers and pina coladas
on the beach are so um we've been making a bigger effort to exercise while we've been
here the weather is absolutely stunning I'm really happy here I really like it we've been
just working flat out the past few days so we haven't really got to explore too much
but today we're going to check out what's around us yeah and there's this really cool
beach truck that runs along the beach in Puerto Escondido zigatella it's a really good running
track I think it's about like three and a half kilometers up and back I've been doing
this most mornings get rid of the beer belly it's pretty awesome um afterwards we'll go
grab some brekkie and then what's the beach that we're gonna check out today I'm very
excited to check it out I came here 12 years ago and uh stayed in lapunta and it was really
quiet but I remember being a really cool area and from what I've heard being built up a
lot more since then so we're gonna check it out [Music]
thank you [Music] picked up some unwanted friends ow cactus
I get them every time we go running yeah this is the best running track I think I think
the problem that we always had with everyone else that we've lived is the sidewalks are
not big enough for running or walking we've also ran past quite a few bars that are still
open from last night uh definitely a party atmosphere here if you're into that I think
this is a good place for it surfing and partying is uh probably the two biggest things here
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has the most beautiful view of the ocean it's like really authentic like older Mexican style
it's really beautiful and it's really quiet here there's a pool it doesn't seem to be
too much partying going on nearby us it's in a really good spot like you can walk to
the beach in about five minutes and there's like a main strip of restaurants and night
markets uh just around the corner as well you can walk all the way into town probably
takes about 15 minutes pretty ideal we've liked it here so far it's also a really good
area to work from which has been really nice being able to work outside and the Wi-Fi's
been pretty good as well the Wi-Fi has been really good we're that was something we were
warned about in Port of Escondido that you don't really get great Wi-Fi on the Oaxaca
Coast this hotel is sort of perched up on a hill so I think maybe it gets better service
than other places okay guys we just have to take a quick break to tell you about today's
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this park is awesome I don't know like it looks like a tiny little scooter but it's
like a mix between a scooter and a motorbike it's got like these Motocross handlebars that
sit up nice and high and then you've got foot pegs at the front instead of like on a scooter
when you're just on the platform thing but it's really easy to ride and really cool to
get around this is my favorite scooter we've had since we've been traveling I think and
it's pretty much brand new we got this for 300 pesos a day
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all right it's our first day here pretty much we found this sick open-air gym on the beach
where you can work out no shoes on on the beach looking at the ocean it's all like wooden
weights and like coconuts and stuff that you've got to lift it's pretty cool and they've also
got a little cafe there that does like good smoothie bowls lots of superfoods with mushrooms
and really good stuff so check it out it's across the road from the Selena hostel right
on the beach here in zigatawa the gym is called Paradise gym and the cafe attached to it is
called [Music] I don't know
it's pretty good we've got a four day gym pass so we're gonna go to the gym like every
second day and that cost us maybe 40 bucks each Australian that's pretty good so Puerto
Escondido has a pretty strong surf atmosphere um there's lots of like healthy cafes yoga
plenty of so pretty hectic wave so it's a really good place if you're someone that's
into that sort of laid-back coaster lifestyle yeah it's actually a really hectic way they
call it Mexican pipeline so like the original pipelines in Hawaii which is a really popular
heavy wave and then this is the Mexican version of it I've been here twice before this is
my third time here but it was 10 years ago and I didn't remember it being as busy and
built up as this if you get a big swell through here you're going to see some of the biggest
waves in the area so I wouldn't recommend anyone who's just learning to surf to come
out here we're actually going to head down to La Punta which is another Beach here in
Puerto Escondido and they got like much more mellow waves and a more chill vibe there so
we're gonna go check that out and as usual Mandy already wants to live here
I'm not gonna lie I think this one's gone to number one like it pretty much ticks all
the boxes so far so we'll see
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when I was here in 2012 I stayed in a house up the top of that Hill there and we used
to walk down to the point here to Surf and we used to get crepes and smoothies from a
little Shack here and none of that none of those buildings none of those restaurants
or anything was there there was pretty much just one dirt road with a few restaurants
in there I can't believe how much is built up [Music]
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's just saying that when he came here there was literally no people and no buildings or
infrastructure right now it feels like the place to be there's lots of young people lots
of expats lots of trendy new cafes it's a really really cool spot
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[Music] okay we've just come back down the beach that we were at this morning last night
we found a bar that's here on the beach has the best lighting and they do like bottomless
pina coladas for really really cheap and they serve them in the pineapple and they're so
good so we're gonna go grab a couple of them can we live here oh please it is pretty good
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