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Puerto Escondido Report
Puerto Escondido Report - Mexico - Chowhound
Just back from a month in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. What with eating out being a big focus every day, we hit a lot of the places in town. Overall a gr.
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By peterjwilliams51 about 18 hours ago
Just back from a month in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. What with eating out being a big focus every day, we hit a lot of the places in town. Overall a gr.
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Puerto Escondido Report
Just back from a month in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. What with eating out being a big focus every day, we hit a lot of the places in town. Overall a great eating town due to the confluence of super ingredients, the Oaxacan tradition and some super great restaurant atmosphere. We ate three times at Espaidin which has far and away the best view and atmosphere of anywhere else in town. Different nights we had sierra and dorado, both excellent and served with a couple of different salsas. Its all about the fish in Puerto and Pascale on the beach really treats it with respect. The restaurant is located a stone's throw from where the lanchas land at dawn laden with the nights catch and they go down to personally select what the special fish of the day will be. Chef is French and no disrespect intended but a lot of the Mexican cooks overcook the fish ... just the way it is. At Pascale they listen to how you want it cooked and so I had perfectly seared tuna and dorado cooked medium. Best of all for me is sierra which is a mackerel like fish. Also had whole huachinango or red snapper at Junto al Mar which has a great sunset view too.
Keeping with the view theme we ate a few times at Arco Iris hotel which has a lovely 2nd floor room overlooking the sea. They do a great job with traditional Oaxaca food like tlayudas and pozole. More than anything I enjoyed out of town trips and food in out of the way places. One day beside a remote waterfalls at La Reforma I was served a caldo de chacales by local women accompanied by hand made tortillas and a wonderful red salsa made with charred tomato and a very hot local chile. Chacales are crayfish and the caldo was super. Down the road from La Reforma at San Pedro Mixtepec we lunched at a simple comedor above the town square on caldo de pollo. In this type of place they just do soup right. Simple broth with a big old chicken leg in the middle plus coarsely chopped vegetables, a good hint of chile. Then they bring a plate with chopped onion, cilantro and jalapeno ... perfect along with more fresh tortillas.
Another day we sat on the beach at Playa Agua Blanca and watched as they hauled a bag of oysters out of tidal pool then pounded, breaded and grilled them up just right. Another beach called Roca Blanca about 30KM out of town there is a row of palapa restaurants. Usually they are almost empty except for weekends. My favourite spot is the very first one run by Jose Galvan and family. Jose is a spear fisherman and so his fish is the freshest best fish you can imagine. They know their business and so take only what they need for each day. Again sierra is the star for me prepared in many different ways. But I couldn't stop eating tostadas de camarones. The shrimp are so sweet, never frozen and come from nearby Laguna de Chacagua. Simple with chopped tomato, chile and lettuce, an order of three cost about $4 and I couldn't finish it all.
Lots more restaurants I haven't mentioned in Puerto, all in all a great eating town.
By peterjwilliams51 about 18 hours agoFriday, April 6, 2012
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: puerto escondido by filmmuster 1 day ago
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: puerto escondido by filmmuster 1 day ago: puerto escondido on Vimeo Couch Mode. puerto escondido . by filmmuster · plus. 21 hours ago 21 hours ago: Wed, Apr 4 ... vimeo.com/3974...
Just some of Ivan's favorites lately.
:)
ivan
Just some of Ivan's favorites lately.
:)
ivan
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: Billabong 2012 XXL Nominees Announced posted by SU...
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: Billabong 2012 XXL Nominees Announced posted by SU...: Billabong 2012 XXL Nominees Announced posted by SURFING Magazine / News / April 1, 2012 30 Dave Wassel is nominated in ...
PLEASE HELP ADD VOTES FOR Greg Long. HE deserves a vote.
T/Y
ivan
PLEASE HELP ADD VOTES FOR Greg Long. HE deserves a vote.
T/Y
ivan
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: Timelapse Sequences Huatulco, Oaxaca Mexico
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: Timelapse Sequences Huatulco, Oaxaca Mexico: Timelapse Sequences Huatulco, Oaxaca Mexico from Peter Davis on Vimeo . From Las Brisas resort March 2012.
very COOL!
ivan
very COOL!
ivan
Video: What an Earthquake in Mexico Did to a Cave in Death Valley National Park
A 7.4 earthquake in Mexico last month sent a shockwave to Death Valley National Park where scientists witnessed a sight not many have -- and they caught it on video.
The shaking at Devils Hole, a water-filled subterranean cave on the Nevada side of the park, began about 10 minutes after the temblor struck Oaxaca on March 20. At first, the impact on the water level was subtle, but became more dramatic over the next few minutes. The whole event last about 20 minutes.
"There are more people that have walked on the moon than have witnessed an earthquake event at Devils Hole," said Kevin Wilson, an aquatic ecologist for the park.
As described by a park news release...
... staff observed algae slough off the walls of the chamber, followed by water bubbles, swooshing sounds and swirling water. The water became turbid and the smell of sulfur filled the air. The water level ranged more than 5 ft. in total (~2.5 in either direction) throughout the event. The rising water level increased causing waves to rush along top of a shallow shelf and crash against the adjacent wall.
Wilson believes there is no long-term damage to the pupfish that populate the hole. In all, there are only around 100 of the endemic and endangered Cyprinodon diabolis, or Devils Hole pupfish. This U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service video from 2011 explains more about the desert species:
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