BEST beaches in Puerto Escondido (2021) / Sea TURTLE release in Puerto Escondido! / MEXICO beaches

hola buenos dias good morning from puerto escondido [Music] oaxaca so what do you do in puerto escondido you go to the beach that's exactly what we're going to do today we're heading to playa bacocho we haven't been there yet so this is gonna be a day of exploration i can't wait to get to the playa let's go everybody just getting set up for the morning we're walking down the main strip in town there's a bunch of great little cafes and restaurants here this is the road we're gonna take all the way to those beaches and unlike oaxaca city that is super dry it is humid as hell here yeah i like to call this the heat heat yeah the hot heat the make sure you get out early in the morning it's the best time to go exploring so if that sign was correct back there we have 2.2 kilometers to walk which is about 1.2 miles 1.2 miles 1.21 so we got snacks in some cafe for the road yeah here's our first view of the beach i believe that's playa corral down there this right here says access to the beach is in 200 meters this way i don't think this is the way we've heard to get to playa coral you have to go via pachacho so that's the way we're gonna go unless you brought your mountain climbing equipment i'm guessing this is not the way to go someone did tell us that you can come to la carl beach house and if you purchase a couple drinks you can gain beach access here so we'll have to try that out a different day right up ahead here we see some blue signs so hopefully that is a sign to go to the beach yay this is it bienvenidos a la playa pacocho oh wow look at this liberacion de tortugas a la cinco p.m i guess at 5 00 p.m they let the turtles go looks like a pretty steep walk down to the beach i'm excited to see what it looks like i hope you are too [Music] the anticipation is killing me but we're almost there looks like it's right around this corner wow [Music] i wonder what that is in front of us let's go find out welcome to sea turtle camp together we recover the ocean that's so cool wow how often do you come places where they are actively trying to save the sea turtles this is so great so that sign that we saw that said they released turtles at 5 p.m this is what they were talking about adam went to school for marine biology so this is his jam plus we're avid scuba divers heidi's a professional scuba diver too how are you i am too so this is something that we really enjoy we have to come back at 5pm to see the turtle release so i wonder why nobody is here do you think it's because there's no shade it's a little further away from the center of town maybe it's because of the waves it's a little more dangerous to swim i don't know as a general rule of thumb whenever you come to a gorgeous beach with incredible water and no one swimming always check first there could be lots of reasons it could be a riptide it could be strong currents there might be sharks you don't know always check with the lifeguard or ask the locals that you see on the beach all right let's go ask the lifeguard if he said it is safe right now uh i think that the waves here can be big sometimes so always check he said if we swim right in front of the lifeguard stand it should be fine it'll keep an eye on us nice to know on inu i don't know if i'm going in i'm going in let's get these pesky shoes off whoo i love that feeling when you take off those socks yeah time to go swimming oh yeah baby all right the waves got a little smaller so we're gonna head in we're going swimming we're going swimming but we're swimming at the beach in playa escondido puerto escandido playa pacocho holy crap so i only went in for two waves i saw a big one coming and got the hell out of there look adam's still in there he's more brave than i am exhilarating [Music] sand angel baby whoa we wholeheartedly recommend this beach it is stunning a great place to come for a walk i bet sunset is unbelievable but if you're going to swim make sure your experience guys safety is always first the ocean is beautiful and can also be really scary so make sure that you know what you're doing before you get in and always take precautions we're swimming right in front of the lifeguard stand just in case and we're also making sure we're not going out in the big waves and we live by the ocean and in the ocean pretty much year-round and this freaked me out so didn't freak me out oh yeah you're so cool and so brave and cute don't forget cute she always forgets cute right now we are heading to playa coral and i believe it is this small beach right here the lifeguard said it was 500 meters down the beach here to the left welcome to playa coral i need the snack again there's a lot of walking yeah we made it well you can see my freckles really came out i feel like i look super dude make sure you put on sunscreen this beach is so beautiful and what i really love about it is that it's more accessible for swimming compared to playa bucco so we were just talking to this really nice canadian guy over here who stays at this hotel if you remember on the way in we showed you there was that like really steep drop-off next to that hotel for 70 pesos you can get beach access for the day that 70 pesos also buys you two beers or a couple of beverages and you can come in and out instead of having to walk all the way down to where we did and then coming down the beach to get to here so it's a much easier option if you have a little extra cash to spend or you just want a couple of drinks at the beach another great aspect of playa coral is that there is shade here so the other beach has no shade and down here there are palm trees and a couple of big trees there's a guy behind us who just set up a hammock you can see between me and heidi and casper the friendly ghost is pumped up about shade oh man it's so nice spear fisherman's on his way out let's see what he's got look at that pulpo gracias e que ese look at that he breaks open the shells with a big rock separates out the shells he gets the meat right there oh he's going to shock this baby snacker got a hook to pull the octopus out it's got a crowbar to get those shellfish off the bottom the tools and the catch that guy was so nice he just let me basically watch him break down his whole fish catch he explained everything to me how much he gets for it what kind of work it takes to get these things muchas gracias que es esto estonos oysters oysters perfecto wow i mean i love mexico even more now hey what do we got well it's so good so fresh at home we put lemon on it and the lime's just a little different it's like it's mexican i love it where in the world can you be sitting on this little beach there's only like seven people around us and this guy comes up to us with fresh oysters i know where mexico it's so cool i mean these probably just came out of the ocean like there's still little critters on little critters on them so probably the french switches we've ever had we know why it's called playa corralmo because there is coral everywhere it seems like it's all dead coral unfortunately but basically wherever you step when you're first getting in you're on a piece of coral or a big rug run in and dive head first the first beach we went to today totally fine it's all sand waves down here every couple of feet you have a piece of coral so definitely be careful and look at this setup the local guys they just came down here they got they brought their hammocks some 40s they were thirsty they went down here to these palm trees they climbed the palm trees chopped the coconuts down and then came back and broke them open and had some drinks it's very cool you know it just shows you that you don't need a lot to have a good time like back at home we have all this beach equipment you know that we put up we have grills sand baths canopies i mean all these games and these guys they set up a couple hammocks and brought a couple 40s one football and they're just living life the simple life is the good life we found this sweet tidal pool on the way back we love tide pools they're like little estuaries for all the little fish and the little animals help right here right here all these different animals cool yeah coral lichens nudibranchs there's a bunch of urchins merchants snails mud skippers i love the ocean especially when i can share it with other people so [Music] these are little echinoderms they have these gorgeous hard shells on them with the spikes they have these thousands of little suction cups on the bottom that's how they hold on the rocks now they hold on to my hand oh he's moving got a little educational lesson here for you oh man they're so cool so we stayed on the beach all day it's 4 p.m at 5 p.m you know what's happening liberacion we're gonna go back to where we started at playa pacocho and we're gonna see what this whole turtle liberation is about i don't know what it's about but i want to liberate some baby turtles don't you yes i do let's go we're back at the sea turtle camp where together we recover the ocean right now we're going to recover some shade turtles this way there's all the turtles in there so we just gotta wait until five pm um until i guess the the guards come and tell us what we're gonna do did you know that sea turtles are philip patrick animals which means that they return to the beef that they were born on every year to lay eggs on our planet there used to be over 60 species of turtles but now there's only eight left that's kind of sad some of the reasons that this is happening is climate change destruction of their habitats pollution fishing sometimes locals eat or sell the eggs and domestic animals like dogs and cats will get onto the beaches dig up the nests and eat them it's important to remember that you should never touch baby sea turtles directly because their adaption and development cycle is altered by that so that really reduces their chance of survival we're going down to release our turtles right now we get to name them i don't know i have to meet him first i can't just give him a name maybe a girl too who knows enjoy it all right bro cause you gotta go with your wife or girlfriend oh man look at you you little angel oh my goodness this is the cutest little guy look at our little turtles together oh my goodness i'm gonna name mine josh i'm gonna name mine winston you look like a winston to me look at these little angels i hope you have the best life i hope you grow up big and strong oh my gosh let's go all right my little friends be free oh yes there you go be free [Music] let's protect each other stick together you can do it go josh go winston oh guys i know it you're so close oh winston here it comes this is your first taste yes oh go and be free explore that big blue ocean come on it's so close [Applause] oh oh you got a taste you got to taste now you know here it comes this next one's gonna take you i promise yes yeah you're under yes come on guys winston you're gone baby oh there he goes josh this is it baby back to the ocean this is it oh there you go buddy that was so cool winston and josh of course the time that was beautiful our little turtles are now off into the sea again back where they belong that's gorgeous thank you so much for sharing this with us it was really emotional and we're both really feeling it right now that was just so special i can't even begin to tell you we had a wonderful day what i mean what an incredible day that was that was just we just released baby sea turtles into the wild that was just a cherry on top what was your favorite peach that's a tough one i think i really liked playa coral it was it was nice to have shade and you know it was just all locals down there but boccaccia bacocho lo siento bakocho was also really nice and we got to release those sea turtles so it's kind of hard not to just love the beach for the turtles alone i really enjoyed the tide pool oh man i forgot about that's like halfway so i guess i'm halfway in between liking both of them a lot yeah we are so happy to be back at the beach here in puerto escondido this place is just like really relaxing really cool vibes and there are a handful of beaches in the area we have yet to explore and we're going to of course so stay tuned for those if you like beaches and turtles give us a big thumbs up make sure to leave us a comment too let us know what you think about josh and winston's journey back to the sea they were so cute i hope they're like holding flippers they're definitely holding flippers as they drift off into the sunset yeah and make sure to subscribe and ring that bell so you don't miss out on any of our next adventures we'll see you next time turtle power [Music] you