Mexico 2022 day 4 Weds Carrizalillo Bay
Our last day in Puerto Escondido and we’d still not made it to the beautiful sheltered bays that had drew me to this town. Decided to start at Playa Carizalillo and took a taxi there. Described as a hidden bay, its definitely been very much discovered despite the 165 steps to reach it! Other than the bars lining the edge of the beach, this was very much the tropical beach which was on my wishlist to visit. We had intended to grab a couple of beach loungers for a few hours but were shocked at the price – pretty much the same as we paid at Villasol but not redeemable against drinks or food! So instead we set up camp on the beach itself, along with another friendly Mexican couple. They kept an eye on our stuff when we went into the sea – Rob finally came in with me! – and then for the next couple of hours, myself and the other lady continued dipping into the sea, with shrieks of delight when swept off our feet by an unexpected wave! Again, one had to be careful of the undertow and I was pretty much ankle deep in sand to brace myself at times. It was awesome to be in the water whilst watching the surfers come towards us (never close enough to be dangerous but enough of a thrill). We picked the wrong side of the beach to keep in the shade, so as Rob was already starting to resemble a lobster, we sought shelter and lunch at one of the beach bars, taking one of the cheaper tables hidden behind the sunloungers.
We ended up spending the rest of the day here, me going back to dip in the sea, whilst Rob enjoyed the shade of the bar. Once we’d bought a drink each, there was no hassle to keep replenishing our glasses. (I will add however, both of us got pretty ill the next couple of days, so I don’t know if the food here was off or if it was us lapsing in hygiene after being sat on the beach and maybe not cleaning hands properly before eating)12
We had seen a few interesting looking cafes up on the high street where our taxi had dropped us off, so we decided to stop there for coffee and cake once we’d had enough of the beach. This didn’t go quite to plan as the nicest one had actually run out of coffee, and we opted instead for one which was style over substance – the hipster is strong in this part of town.
Went back to our hotel for our final swim in the pool. For dinner we decided to go back to Sativa, which once again was delicious. The waitress had some problems with the card terminal though, and it was only once we’d got to Bruja Bar that I noticed we had been overcharged – I would have shrugged off a small amount but this had doubled our bill! So sadly we had to down our drinks at the bar, to get back to Sativa before they closed. Thankfully it turned out to be a mistake, she’d just given me the prior customer’s till receipt in the mix-up and she dug out mine from their accounts and all was well. One thing I have found in Mexico is that 99% of the people are honest, you might get tourist pricing at times but any time there has been a discrepancy, it has been a mistake. Even times when I accidentally tipped too much, it has been brought to my attention by the waiter.
It was a slightly flat note to end our time in Puerto Escondido, despite it working out, but we had an early start the next day, catching the 12 seater Aerotucan flight to our next destination, so we headed back to our room to finish packing and get an early night.
My first beach holiday and whilst I was sad to leave, 3 days was probably enough for us and I was excited to return to Oaxaca…….
Photos: https://vampyresheep.smugmug.com/Holidays/2022-Mexico/10-26-Carizalillo-bay-and-final-Pacific-sunset
