Free Diving for Lobster: MUNCHIES Guide to Oaxaca (Part 5)

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For the final episode of MUNCHIES Guide to Oaxaca, we head to a secluded piece of paradise along the Pacific coast to a beach called Aguablanca. Here, host Daniel Hernández meets a group of freestyle divers who fish for lobsters, oysters, and scallops with basic tools and a lot of guts. These divers go fishing almost every day of the year and sell their catch in nearby Puerto Escondido. From the sea to the table, Daniel and his friends finish the day by enjoying the freshest seafood feast possible. Just another day on the beach in Oaxaca.
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[@alexcueto3611]

I've been watching this series for 3 days... Man.. Visiting Oaxaca must be one of the more magical experiences that anyone can live. I am from Mexico City and never had the opportunity ... But I swear someday I'll go with my sons . Such a piece of paradise .

[@tigbitsss1133]

Such a chilled out dude and the way he speaks and presents is just amazing!

[@Elmarcyboy]

This vice editor seems to be a great guy. Let him show more parts of Mexico.

[@darkangelhatesyou]

I agree with you. He seems pretty cool

[@24reyeser]

@@darkangelhatesyou he seems like a clown

[@SebastianGonzalez-cf1jl]

@@24reyeser you seem like a clown

[@steakparty]

This guy is a great host. Great series!

[@NatyG728]

American born but proud of my Oaxacan roots ❤️❤️❤️

[@pamraven717]

This host is the coolest. Effortlessly likable 👍

[@davidle7899]

Really want to visit Mexico now! Taco bell just ain't cutting it.

[@bahenadodgers]

Taco Bell is garbage. White washed mexican food

[@davidle7899]

i know right! need that oaxca food in me!

[@melvinost8272]

lol

[@-los-7291]

Stop eating trash

[@alexgamboa5466]

que chingon esta serie de videos !!!! Mexico lindo y querido !!! gracias !!!! quiero langosta !!!!

[@MRPILL72]

This series was totally amazing... Glad that they do stuff like this to spread Mexican culture... Two thumbs up!

[@golu_badbola]

I am really liking Daniel's style & nature.. good host, great series//

[@obeth1]

Daniel Hernández is a great journalist i'm a fan of his,great reportage and documentaries on Vice.Congratulations Daniel!

[@pedrogarcia30]

I am sad that this series is done.

[@josephrebel5995]

Looks like heaven!

[@laurarossant8489]

Muchas felicidades muy buenos videos y recorrido por este hermoso estado, y eso que te falto conocer muchos lugares y muchos sabores mas de la exquisita cocina oaxaqueña!

[@karimeKings]

thanks! this was amaizing!! Oaxaca is a wonderful piece of México and it was represented so good! Hermosisimo!!!

[@theJimmy2]

This series blew my mind. I'd like to see more with this guy!

[@luistorres2939]

I really enjoyed this series! I did not want it to end. Please do more of Mexico! Jalisco next!!

[@ramadorsince1983]

Super stoned watched it twice bombies!!

[@dixonanimals2012]

I often come back to this video just because of how serene it is. Mexico is unfortunately corrupt and in ruin in some towns, but there is still a natural beauty within it, that aren’t touristy towns like Cancun. Just honest people with honest lives. God bless them

[@jamessmith-kj1zr]

nice chap, get him to do more :)

[@sinstage]

how i miss oaxaca!

[@MrFREDDY0406]

Thanks, this is so my next vacation destination. :-D

[@Damnshegotcake]

4:26 lol oyster ass! Sick video, do more of these Oaxaca is beautiful

[@dharmybum]

It's astounding how much I loved that fucking turtle clip.

[@Hyphy101dre]

Perfect way to start my morning

[@bambamkapow8843]

beautiful beach and amazing people..

[@jorgegonzalez870]

Fascinante Oaxaca, mi mujer siempre me lo dijo, no me desenganché ni por un minuto,el mezcal, la comida, todo absolutamente, excelente producción, de verdad que no quería que termine, va a estar genial ver el de yucatán! Hats off to Dany!

[@theshocker520]

This is my favorite series I ever watched about somewhere in Mexico. Thank you

[@lilpinche918]

The music on this episode is so dope! It's like elevator music, but you're taking an elevator to the beach.

[@brycehino7315]

wen u can't even go in the 10 ft area cuz ur ears hurt

[@sevenoctobers7471]

This series is the reason I subbed to Munchies. Just the best, hands down.

[@jacquelinespot7136]

Cómo chilanga definitivamente necesito un amigo oaxaqueño jajaja ❤️👍🏻

[@SnowmanTheJimmy]

Beautiful. I am definitely going to get over to Oaxaca soon

[@MrSimonj1970]

Great series, thanks Daniel and all involved!

[@escope1959]

Great series. Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to more good work

[@zacnoel2926]

Oaxaca changed my life. Thx.

[@TheGranti7a]

Nice 5-part series on the food culture of Oaxaca! I love the nature relationships of the local people. Niiiice grass roots tour and guide!!! (He could straighten his shoulders as a habit, though. Beautiful when not caving in at the solar plexus!) Gracias!! 👌💋

[@FoNgThOnG]

This episode was amazing!

[@SowiniBushido]

its crazy how lobster used to be a poor man's food.

[@phil2u48]

So many great memories of Oaxaca. Do you have a Chiapas series?

[@clo5ure830]

guy is a good host

[@Mj66683]

Loved it, wish it was longer!

[@ookiemand]

good looking video, great cinematography, getting hungry. From another freediver, spearfisher to you, 30ft is nothing special, most can learn that with a freedive instructor in a few hours. Beyond 30m it becomes special I'd say. These divers could save a lot of energy if they would use snorkels.

[@KevDaMan-pq6dm]

Does munchies have their own tv series... they need one

[@jesusmedina2650]

Vengan a oaxaca todos son bienvenidos

[@Kindred_Val]

2:16 Ya gotta love his tennacity!! Arrayfans get that refference

[@tico1283]

So basically that guy is giving the oyster an ass whooping!! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@izzie833]

i always go back to this video while i eat my crappy food

[@vvv2975]

BEST JOB EVER

[@Xluiz5]

More of the host!

[@thirumuraiyouthwing]

4:44 The fisherman chops the lobster to the beat of the music.

[@FeachTeam]

Cool guy! I wonder how long those divers can hold their breath

[@Zombeatsfilms]

Excellent Documentary 5 chapters do not think they are sufficient to demonstrate the cultural riches of this beautiful state, but it was very nice to know a little of this, however I think it would be very interesting for visitors to the canal, see more states in this very cool way to make this work. Congratulations!

[@MarcoImYummy1998]

Please do let him do Michoacan.. that would be awesome

[@rrufio3026]

4:50 lol that little grinch on his face when he said that xD

[@farmpmf1760]

Such an interesting, intelligent and handsome journalist!

[@jesusfranco4571]

Please make these oaxaca episodes at least 30 minutes long. So much to cover and so much to do there

[@WeBeYachting]

Nice video, thumbs up from us and cheers from sunny IGY Simpson Bay Marina, Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.

[@tetebug1843]

Dream job

[@happygilmore8806]

love my home state nothing but old school shit

[@WayOfShotgun]

Fuck it, I'm going to Oaxaca !

[@dbatten92]

more of these please vice

[@elcacheton89]

Thanks for really showing what oaxaca has to offer

[@Choogie_]

This was better than the bourdain episode he recently did in mexico! and i love bourdain!

[@billbye4783]

This guy reminds me of a slightly more energetic David Blaine

[@alexisguzman6878]

Mi mexico es la vrga❤❤🇲🇽

[@ExclusiveMusicisHere]

good host.

[@frasersgirl4383]

Is it over??!! So sad! Please do more!!

[@thisisyaren]

good way to end this oaxaca series. top shelf stuff

[@ape2833]

Its quite sad that theres so many problems with tourists getting abducted etc in Mexico right now, if it all cooled down, i would love to go on a long trip throught out it visiting every part, one year travel so i would have enough time. Im a chef and i would love to meet all these people that cook with basic stuff they grew up around. Truly majestic for European that has to drop his roots to keep his job

[@DeanJr6913]

hahaha what? Mexico isn't dangerous for tourists. its narco on narco violence. And for the tourists that were abducted in Mexico, look at what they were doing before they were abducted, as well as where they were. I'm so sick of people like you that think Mexico is dangerous. If your looking for sex and drugs, you're going to find trouble easily. If not, you'll be totally fine. I've lived in Mexico and will be living there again very soon. I strongly advise you to go to Mexico and see for yourself how it Actually is.

[@DeanJr6913]

It's actually better you don't go to Mexico. Mexico doesn't need tourists like you in their country

[@johnnyperez58]

Crazy to think how many different cultures exist in just one state ....the richest cultural state by far

[@thisisyaren]

free diving is nuts for anyone that knows. these guys are kings

[@TwisFishCat]

1:54 Adam Richman.

[@agush22]

Good video but I found it hypocritical eating illegal turtle eggs last episode and visiting a turtle sanctuary the next one.

[@cosmicsoullove]

He would've had to advocate for one side or the other for it to be hypocritical, instead he experienced both with no bias, so I see no hypocrisy here. Perhaps irony? Turtle sanctuary was just to get some cute turtle shots anyway...

[@agush22]

Good point, touché.

[@AlexRodriguez-li7jk]

I dont think he actually ate the turtle eggs. He just showed them

[@xiangchongescudero2556]

People got to understand that before the spanish conquest, Zapotecs used to eat animals like Iguanas, turtles, armadillo, deer, jaguars and many other things. Zapotecs were never conquered by the spanish, that's why they remain speaking zapoteco and that is why they preserved so much of their traditional cooking. Turtles are now an endangered species but because ALL the HUMANS around the globe are killing the ocean. Yes it is bad that we eat them and their eggs ( I used to because it is cultural, almost like chicken eggs for breakfast). But you got to understand the context : that only back in 1990 the federal government did something to protect the turtles. It is hard to change an habit of hundred and hundrend years. It is like suddenly PETA made illegal to eat chicken.

[@masterozy7679]

Do tulum, xcaret PLEASE

[@30yearoldmanthatgetsbullie44]

dem sandals BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[@IadiiI]

i've watched some kids fishing with just wooden spears and shorts

[@b3nner]

Gonna give this piece a 9/10 Had you gone to Monte Alban and Aguas Calientes it would have been perfect.

[@Judojack5]

To be honest, 30ft isn't that deep for an experienced diver such as these guys, actually diving to 30ft is pretty easy even without fins. They're short-selling how deep these guys can probably go, I'm guessing they could be comfortable around 60 or deeper for fishing purposes. Also, 30ft pressure is pretty minimal if you equalize properly so I don't know why he's making it out to be so intense. Regardless, awesome video, you all gotta try spearfishing and cooking up the catch right out of the water, greatest thing ever.

[@user-fx2hg7jl5h]

This daniel is cool host ehe 😅👍🏻

[@ministeriounamanoeneldesie1615]

Hey there you remind me of Anthony Bourdain, in no Reservations program.

[@fernand00m]

Hey Daniel eres al pedo carnal, espero y te den mas tiempo en programas! saludos a Vice y a ti en especial!

[@JonahGhost]

my god.. that looks unbelivable.

[@RidiculousMeow]

Wow! Those oyster looks so fuckin ahmazingly good ahaha 😍

[@uriuriostegui2910]

Can u do a series on ny homestate of Guerrero?

[@stevenwestern8199]

Maybe something was lost in translation but 14 to 30 feet is no biggy. Humans can easily handle several atmospheres of pressure, only at 32 feet to you pass thru another atmosphere , 64 feet, two atm's etc

[@fifaaddiction07]

Plot twist munchies is a show owned by PBS

[@freddyfitx7670]

This is the food channel on drugs 😂 Follow me on IG @freddyfitx

[@spidaminida]

Hee hee...most awkward eater ever!

[@alexiseptimus]

30 feet equals to 9 meters which is hardly 2 atm. There isn't much pressure there to speak of.

[@molokodreams1]

WTH Danny Trejo can do everything!

[@thisisyaren]

fuck those are some serious oysters man!

[@bram9333]

haha 1:50

[@oopopp]

So which part of Mexico can I go to without worrying about the Cartel murdering me???

[@eyedeal5662]

Oaxaca

[@Danmerino.]

Oaxaca and Puebla for sure :D

[@oopopp]

MrPVjay SHUT THE FUCK UP DOUCHBAG!! Like Mexico doesn't have problems with cartels killing INNOCENT people and kidnapping them. Tell that to the 42 students they got murdered on a field trip.

[@MrPVjay]

oopopp x 43 Actually, field trip? That was not a field trip, please educate yourself in this matter. Mexico has many issues just as other countries... Cartel killing random foreign/local people is not one of them, everything ends the same way when you run with the wrong crowd.

[@budybradley8257]

Which city in Oaxaca??

[@georgeschuler2448]

Hey Mr. haha

[@ZiggaDIZIG]

Is it me or does he look like manny pacquiao

[@reanrecede2197]

NeVeR hAd A lObStEr BeFoRe ....BTW wUt DoEs It TaStE like :)

[@DVTSNEAKERS20]

If u cook it right, the claws are delish.lobster to me,is an alternative to crab.they taste quite the same but lobster tail is chewier

[@romsam4234]

Yea the video was great, all the food looked exquisite and incredibly tasty. On the other hand it's a shame that their taking the female lobsters full of roe, that's hundred of thousands of eggs that will never hatch, and by looking at the size of the lobsters it looks like their pretty over fished. Diving thirty feet is great, but beginners do that, if these guys do this day in and day out I would have thought they would have explored the deeper reefs 60 - 90 feet to find bigger prey.

[@impuss838]

+Rom Sam I Mr. Rom, what you don't know is that this people catch the and bring the first from the day, and you are right when you said that they shouldn't catch the lobsters with eggs, but there not over fish because believe it or not there are very control by the government, and this is a small fisherman community, not like in Japan, here's plenty of seafood...

[@romsam4234]

+I'm puss That's good to know, would love to go there one day

[@impuss838]

Your always will be welcome!!!

[@OVRDSE]

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