PUERTO ESCONDIDO Travel Tips for first time visitors!

[@PlanFree]

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[@divinaflamingarrow9556]

I am eager to look at the map next❤.

[@PlanFree]

Cool!

[@SonyaDessureault]

Tiendas orgánicas: Moringua en La Punta, Canela en Mercado Zicatela. Y el mejor café: Ojitos abiertos en La Punta. ❤️

[@PlanFree]

Yahoooo @Sonya Dessureault, Those are great additional locations and we thank you for adding them! It's great to have some options on both ends of the town also, right? Thank you so much for watching and for sharing. Hope you clicked the lock button also! It's FREE and it helps our channel a lot. 😘

[@loreneriksson5382]

You kids be working it & I like that. Yes I love the vlogs you are doing & love the fact that you go to sunset point (Mirador Las Tortugas) to film from, great spot to see the sunset & the whole open ocean. Keep up the good work

[@PlanFree]

Ahhh you know your town @Loren eriksson! Ya, what a great spot and nice and quiet during the day there to film! Heh heh So super glad to hear you like our vlog and the information we share! Thank you for watching and we really thank you for taking the time to leave us a comment! *Please click the like button too: that really helps our channel, it's FREE and we appreciate the support!! 🙏👌

[@livingoverseasonadime5933]

Great tips- especially about the airport taxi options. Sadly, we are arriving in Puerto Escondido pretty late ( 10pm or so), and have several bags and a ten year old, which are not exactly conducive to walking all that way and there being no guarantee of a taxi. And we plan on walking pretty much everywhere as well - the walkability is a huge plus of Puerto Escondido. Thanks again, and we are looking forward to the next video. On a side note, it is currently -40C across Western Canada!!!

[@PlanFree]

Oh gosh....we see that weather in Western Canada right now....yikes! Hurry up!!! 😊 Yes, Puerto is such a wonderfully walkable place, that is such a wonderful feature! And if the heat gets to you and your out and about, just hop a collectivo, the ride is just 10 pesos (any distance)! Sounds like you might want the taxis right at the door, yes. Which area will you be staying in once arrived? Thanks so much for watching again! And for the comment, you know we love em!

[@livingoverseasonadime5933]

@@PlanFree We are staying in an AirBnB a few blocks from Benito Juarez market.

[@PlanFree]

Woohooo! Nice area. Very local, T O N S of food and market options. Good for you! We hope you thoroughly enjoy your stay. 👍🙏😊

[@fotoset]

Usual rate for a taxi outside the airport to Zicatela is 80-100 in low season. Almost always 80. Colectivos are now 10 pesos a ride inside the town.

[@PlanFree]

Great update @fotoset, Just as we suspected...Christmas taxi rates! Perhaps we'll go back after Christmas and the New Year and check/record again for people. :) When we arrived (mid Nov/21) the prices were not as high as when we recorded this video! Thanks for watching and adding your info, we love it. Thanks also if you clicked the like button. 👌

[@travelrefocused]

Helpful guide. Thanks for putting it together.

[@PlanFree]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Mexicantours]

Hablo English? When I was first in puerto taxi was 20, it that was many years ago, language is key….organic food delivered to your house Works ..also listen for sounds passing your house …every sound sales something. Not just language helps , but the better tan you have helps to look more Puerto, but the secret hand sign works best. 🤙 with a question of the latest surf report.

[@PlanFree]

Those are great tips Gary @Mexican Tours, we should have interviewed you for the vid! 😂👌 You're right on the tan, the cow bell, the whistle train, the chimes, the honks, the shouts....haha And WOW on that taxi price. That's awesome. Would have been awesome. Thanks again for watching and commenting! 🤙

[@icysurfer1]

Thank you fellow Michiganders. On my way down soon.

[@PlanFree]

Heh heh ....was it the Red Wings shirt!? ...just a fan here! We're Canadian. ☺️ But, we can still be fellow Puertoers, hurry up! You're very welcome, did you find our tips useful? Anything else you have questions about that we can try to help with? Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment, that's awesome!

[@rinst93]

This is so helpful guys! Thank you so much ❤️

[@PlanFree]

Thank you for your positive comment, we are happy if it helped you out! Also thank you if you have already pressed the like button, it's a free way to help out the video a lil bit.👋🥂

[@carinadam3130]

You guys are awesome!!

[@PlanFree]

That is so kind of you to say! We appreciate so much the kind words and encouragement @Carin Adam We put a lot of thought, heart and soul and editing hours (!) into each of our videos and so it's so kind for you not only to watch but to click like and to leave us the encouraging word. 🙏 Thank you!

[@carinadam3130]

@@PlanFree oh I can tell!!!! Very informative and helpful to say the least!!!!!!

[@eloisaferruzola3680]

Awsome tips. I am heading there tomorrow ❤❤🥂thank you so.much!

[@PlanFree]

Thanks so much for the positive comment @Eloisa Ferruzola! We appreciate it! Please click the LIKE button also, that really helps us out. 🙏 How long will your stay to visit Puerto? And where are you from?

[@ceciBA1]

This is an amazing channel! I have just discovered you, guys. I will be in Mexico from April to October. We land in Oaxaca. Do you have any tips of smaller towns with loads of nature of any kind? we love peace and nature. All your tips were great! we appreciate them a lot. Best wishes and looking forward to watch more of your videos! The best from Argentina!

[@PlanFree]

Well hi there @Cecilia Giordani! Well first, thank you so much for your kind words! Thank you also for watching, and also for commenting! We love that 🙏👍 So you land in Oaxaca....do you mean Oaxaca state or Oaxaca City? To try to answer you question a bit better: what type of setting do you prefer.....beach setting or mountain setting?

[@ceciBA1]

@@PlanFree thanks so much for caring and answering, I appreciate it a lot. We love water, we are Swedish (citizens, but I am also Argentinian) and we have lived near lakes and forests the last years. So water would be great, even if it's a lake. We prefer that, though mountains would be nice to visit. But to stay, more near the water. We land in Oaxaca city and plan to leave it soon, I don't enjoy big cities. So all tips are more than welcomed. Thanks a lot from the heart

[@PlanFree]

You are most welcome @Cecilia Giordani! We do care and we understand! We wonder about many different locations also and ask others for tips. It's so helpful! So, you really might want to check our Puerto. It has amenities like a small little city does (plenty of markets and stores to get items you need and want) but it's small enough that you bump into people you know after a while. It has loads of restaurants and so many beaches....its pretty wonderful. And from Puerto it's quite easy to catch a bus up into the hills for some mountains and cooler air or up and down the coast for a change of scenery. 😘 I mean the ocean areas available in Puerto, Mazunte, Huatulco are all pretty special and that would definitely take care of your "water" request! Hahahaa. Right!?

[@Jimmyconnect]

Do you recommend visiting PE in September?

[@PlanFree]

If it's the only option/time you have available, then yes! Is it? Or can you go whichever month you prefer? August, September, October are the most humid months. December, January, February are the driest months.🥂 Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@carloscarlos7044]

Is the tap water from a well or a reservoir , what's wrong with it ?

[@PlanFree]

We don't know exactly what's wrong with it and sometimes the locals can drink it no problem whereas the tourists get very sick from it. It could have something to do with bacteria foreign to the tourist stomachs. Thank you for watching and commenting!🥂 Have you been to Puerto Escondido before?

[@jimmccann3856]

Did you think to ask any of the Mexicans working at the airport how they got there? (It sure as hell was not by taxi.) Invariably, there is a local bus or minibus serving airport workers. In Mexico, the stop will usually be at the edge of the airports land, and is generally unmarked. So you have to ask, or if you are observant, just watch for locals setting off down the sidewalk. (They are not walking into town, just as far as the place where the local bus into town can be caught.)

[@PlanFree]

Yes great point and tip! Thanks for mentioning this @jim mccann. No, we didn't ask and yes we do believe the buses and collectivos do go to the airport. At the time of this video making we hadn't discovered the collectivo routes yet. Very smart idea. 👍 And thanks again for watching and contributing to our comments section!

[@centeno2254]

Mexico is much more friendly to those who do not speak Spanish. They will work with you. French people typically demand that you at least show your willingness to attempt to speak their language while the US can be absolutely intolerant of those who do not speak English.

[@PlanFree]

That's all true and we've experienced or witnessed all this scenarios also @centeno2254. We find it has a lot to do with the personality of the person. Are they willing, open? And, in defense of the people of the USA....poor guys, haha....often they seem to "demand" English only (again, we find it would totally depend on WHO you're talking with in the US) because they don't speak anything else! I can see that. Do you think it depends on which soil we are standing as to which language we should attempt to learn and speak? We thank you for watching! Please click the LIKE button for us on our videos, that really helps our channel and we appreciate it!

[@ipluvs]

I keep reading to never take a random taxi on the side of the road unless it's part of a taxi stand. How can you tell if a taxi is legit doing it this way?

[@PlanFree]

Really!? We hadn't read that or really seen that much in our 5.5 months living in Puerto @Michael. We did have our own scooter for transportation.... so we weren't 100% looking at taxi's....but from what we saw we could use ANY taxi we saw, it was just a matter of securing the fee BEFORE you get in! And do you mean IN Puerto or do you mean in ANY random part of Mx? Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment. We appreciate the question and interaction. If you haven't already please click the thumbs up!! It takes just a second and helps support our channel. 👍😘

[@ipluvs]

@@PlanFree good point, I hadn’t heard specifically that you should be wary of taxis in Puerto Escondido, but I’m other cities in Mexico. So I wasn’t sure if it applied there too. Thanks!

[@PlanFree]

Our pleasure @Michael! Any time. Puerto is pretty great, we would recommend to just be polite and use good street sense and secure the fee for your trip before you get in. :) Happy gallivanting! Did you see our other Puerto vids? ...the different beaches, etc?

[@carinadam3130]

I’m trying to learn Spanish in little bits… I may use my google translate 😊

[@PlanFree]

Hi again @Carin Adam, yes! We are so glad you mentioned that. We meant to say that as an idea for when your apartment hunting (replying to you in one of your other comments to us, but forgot and so you actually just reminded us). Yes yes yes use your Google Translate and you will go so far with communicating with locals about their rental properties when you know a bit of Spanish! Muy bien! Go for it!

[@carinadam3130]

@@PlanFree I love the Spanish language and with me already speaking German, a Mexican friend said I will grasp the language quite quickly!!!! Enjoy your fall and winter!!!!!

[@PlanFree]

Ah yes, we can relate. I (Lori) spoke French all my school years so I took to Spanish quite quicky. 🙏 Disfruta la idioma!

[@carinadam3130]

@@PlanFree Spanish is such a sexy language!!!!!♥️

[@PlanFree]

WOW. Well yes.... Cool down you spicy mama! Hahahaaaa (Lori here, I figured I could safely say that!) 🤣

[@centeno2254]

Your lucky your not in the US. I pay 50 to 70 dollars in large cities in the US. Why be cheap in a poor country.

[@PlanFree]

Hi again @centen, for what please? ....gonna guess.....taxi? (not 100% on what you are referring to, the water, the fruits and veg, the taxi's?) ....taxi's makes the most sense as to what you ar paying $50-70 for. Well, for us, the reason we price shop is for keeping costs lower and in line with what they should be in an area/city/country. A cab ride that shoudl be $10 should NOT be paid for at $50, let's say. Again, that's our opinion. We are not believers in flinging around all the moola a person CAN in a more afforable country, and that is to KEEP that country more afforable and not, if you will, gentrify all the costs of living. In over 12 years of travelling the world, we have noticed areas that get inundated with foreigners tend to get up-priced, then overpriced and even locals cannot live there any more. We feel that there is sweet spot, a FAIR price, to pay for things. Not necessarily trying to get the most rock bottom price, and taking advantage of someone's service, but paying a FAIR price (sometimes, yes, perhaps a tad more than a local) but we do NOT appreciated being Gringoed either! (as they say) haha! Mexico's taxi prices, even in the more expensive Puerto Escondido, are FAR lower than the USA. Still. Luckily! Thanks fro the chat, glad you found our channel! Have you been lucky enought to travel to Puerto Escondido?

[@centeno2254]

@@PlanFree Yes, I find it interesting when people go to Mexico and remark about the taxi costs and are pressed to look for the best deal. Of course, the cost of a taxi from the airport in most US cities is horribly expensive. Yes, it is logical for people to want the best deal. However, my objection is to the tourist inflection that often reinforces the stereotype of cheating cab drivers, ignoring the sky-high prices we pay for the same service in the US. The difference is that this often makes it seem like Mexican cab drivers are scammers while US cab drivers are not so much personally characterized in the same way.

[@PlanFree]

True, it is often still thought of, in Canada, the US, that taxis are regulated and told what their fares shall be. Monitored, metered. It is also still a long held belief that Mexico is a kind of a wild West (read = South! Haha). And also in the US there IS no bartering or negotiating. Whereas in Mexico it IS part of the culture. We feel they are totally different countries with totally different price points, customs and methods. It is what it is. And we LOVE it! ☺️ 🇲🇽

[@jp13119]

It's so insulting to hear 'hablas ingles'? If you had any idea how Spanish and the latino culture works, you would know that you NEVER speak to someone you don't know in the informal 'tu' form, NEVER.

[@PlanFree]

Speaking of rude, you seem very versed in it. Do you have anything productive or positive to say about this video? Otherwise your comment adds nothing of value. Just scroll on next time.