Van Life Travel Couple Is BACK ON THE ROAD

Oh, Puerto Escondido, you have been a beautiful place. It has rained since like six o'clock last night, and it is now almost 11 o'clock in the morning. And I don't mean just a little bit of rain. It has been coming down rain. And the wind has been like 25 miles an hour. It has been crazy gross weather. But we managed to get all the last little bit of stuff loaded up into the van. Vanna is in the van. Kurt has gone upstairs to get G-Money. And then G-Money will be in the van, and we will be 100% back in the van and leaving our apartment here at Zion Bungalows saying goodbye to Suzy and Mar. The bad part about this horrible weather is I can't take the camera gear outside. It's just really raining too hard. So we're not gonna be able to get a bye-bye wave from Suzy and Mar. But Suzy gave us an awesome card with an awesome present, which we're gonna show you right now. And it is time for us to hit the road as soon as Kurt and G-Money get in the van. So the adventure begins. So days don't always work out like you plan. We were super, super excited for our first day in the van. We had some big plans. What happened, Snow? It is raining. And I've already told y'all this morning it rained all night last night. It is still raining. And when we go to pull out of here where we just stopped to pick up a few last groceries, I want Kurt to show y'all this river that is in the road. It's a monsoon and it's very hilly here. This is rainy season. And so we we're still gonna be driving. We're gonna be going very slow. But Snow's been bragging to all you guys. Look at that. Snow's been bragging to you guys that she's always the one who's driving. So I figured today would be a good day for her to actually do some driving. So anyway, we're in the van and on the road, guys. So we're back on the road again. And what's our first topic of discussion? As always in Mexico, I wonder what the conditions of the road are gonna be. Dodging topes and low-hanging limbs right now. But this little place, what's it called? Mazunte. It's a very pretty little place. I mean it feels like you're in sort of Southern California or something. So the plan this morning was to get an early start, get out of Puerto, and on our way to our next destination, we were gonna pull into two really cool little beach communities we had heard about. Mazunte and Cipollit. And we were gonna have lunch there, maybe walk on the beach a little bit. But then this crazy rainstorm came and messed everything up. And we almost didn't even ride out here and ride through them. We just almost just kept going on the big road, headed to our next place. But I'm pretty glad we made this little detour. We didn't get to get out and see the beach too much, you know, because it's just everything's so wet and the roads are a mess. Those are two pretty cool little beach communities down here. So I'm glad we did that. And now Kurt is driving. It's very rare, very rare that Kurt drives. Probably won't make the video, guys. But he is driving. And we're almost back to the big road and we will continue heading south to our next destination where we will be staying in the van overnight. So we seem to be driving through the mountains. It's very green, very lush, kind of tropical-y looking. Very curvy roads. And I want to be as fair as I can be to Kurt, even though he does not drive often, he is driving now on the curvy road. Can you believe this, guys? the more washed out it is. But so far it's drivable. And then every once in a while, for some unknown reason, there will be a segment of concrete road. In the middle of nowhere. In the middle of that bumpy road we were just showing y'all. You drive up and there's this. We're not complaining. We are very grateful for this. But they still have to put some topaz in here. So we're driving down this bumpy, dirty, eroded street road back out, head to our destination. And we passed this piña field, pineapple field. And there's a guy out there chopping off pineapples. And so we pulled up and we just bought a pineapple, roadside, right off the plant. 20 pesos. For those of you keeping track, 20 pesos is a dollar. And then we come up on an emu. We're in the middle of nowhere. Look at this thing. Look at this thing. It's a big, wide, fat pineapple. It's got multiple heads on it. Look at all those stalks. Looks just like me. Only it has hair. So basically we got a big, giant, double-headed pineapple for a buck. We're going to the beach and we're gonna eat it. Gonna eat the pineapple. If we can ever get off this bumpy road. The more I think of all the tough times we survived, the more it makes me smile. If nothing's broken us, yeah nothing ever will, cause dreams are hard to kill. We have left our apartment where we were for five months due to the coronavirus. And after a long day of driving in the rain and on some very bumpy roads, we have arrived at our first van life destination post-coronavirus. Don Tacos Overlander Camp is on the southern Pacific coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. It's owned and ran by two former Dutch overlanders, Franz and his wife. They are fantastic. We will be staying here for several days while we get adjusted to being back in the van. Don Tacos Camp is one of the few overlander campsites that stayed open during the coronavirus because, as former overlanders themselves, they knew there would be overlanders that needed a safe having during the lockdowns. There's space here for multiple rigs, but there's only one other couple here for now. They're from Chile. Tent camping under the palapas is also available. There's direct access to the beach, clean toilets and shower, hammocks to relax, Wi-Fi, an open outdoor kitchen to use, tables, it's fenced, it's secured, and it's pet friendly. When I was telling you about Don Tacos Camp earlier, I did not tell you that it is located adjacent to the Hotaco National Park, and that there is a boat with the captain available, as well as snorkel equipment, which is going to come in handy for us over the next few days, and we still have to cook up that pineapple and eat at some of these locally owned beachfront restaurants. So be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook for updates in between our videos. If you want to help by supporting our videos, be sure to head over to our YouTube membership page. You can find the link in the video description, and of course, if you have not subscribed yet, be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell, so you know when we release new videos. Now here's a few videos for you guys to watch in the meantime, and then we will see you guys in a few days. Cheers!