Yesterday afternoon we made the short trip from Ventanilla to Puerto Escondido ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Escondido,_Oaxaca ) and were fortunate enough to secure a room right on the beach, in the same hotel we were at 9 years ago.
Wikipedia has the town with a population of 45,000 in 2013. It is certainly bigger than that now.
The town has grown as a major tourist location so fast since we were last here that it is a bit disappointing. The demographic has aged considerably from the young adventure and sports minded traveller. Now it is the "white haired" generation (like me😃) who make up a good percentage of the tourists. Also the town has cleaned and tile-paved many streets to improve its image for the bigger spending middle class. Both Ade and I think it has lost some of its original hippy character but it definitely is a beautiful spot.
We spent the evening at a "grey bar" on the beach listening to live music from the '80's. With the surf cash behind the band and a "U" shaped 1/8 th moon in the sky it was a treat. It was interesting that the bar owner and all the "grey hairs" were Canadian. We seem to be taking over southern Mexico.
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