Chacahua is… to be honest, Chacahua is the only place in entire Mexico that I would say has the perfect beach.
But let’s start from the beginning…. You can’t get there just like that. First you have to take a colectivo – if you tell the driver where you want to go, he’ll let you know when to get off – then a taxi compartido, which will take you with 3 other people – yes, you might have to wait a bit here – to a jetty for boats. From there you have to take the boat across the water and through the mangroves. And then you arrive. Means…. It takes the whole morning and a part of the midday to get to Chacahua. So a day trip from Puerto Escondido is out. I had thought about it, but it’s not worth the hussle and! Chacahua is far too beautiful to leave again straight away. Really.

When I made my way to Chacahua, I had a cold and felt like a big wave was coming towards me. Stupid as I was, I thought I would still make it. Well, far fetched. At least if you’re as stupid as I was. I also got ripped off that day when it came to the price of my boat trip – it only happened to me a handful of times on my trip through Central America and it really pissed me off. Especially because my boat driver was really nice and didn’t even see much of the money. He showed me everything and actually would have deserved the money. Dick! – the other. Like the guy that just connected me to the other. I’m still mad about it today, because it really happened like once to me when I was in Mexico. And then getting the money just as a provision! Well…

So, the boat tour was…. Honestly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. I chatted to my really incredibly nice guide, he showed me the bird island and the mangroves – it really was almost like a tour – and even took me up to the viewpoint, for which you normally have to book an extra tour because you can’t get up there without a boat. On top – my absolute highlight by far – he let me drive the boat. Between the mangroves, as well as on open water and really fast. And that was really just awesome. So everything he showed me and also the self-drive… and I was allowed to drive as fast as I wanted and try it out and… It was honestly one of my best days in Mexico. Apart from the fact that the wrong dude got my money. I would have gladly paid the nice Mexican for the all-round tour.

When I arrived in Chacahua, I was extremely happy, I felt like I had already seen almost entire Chacahua and, of course, I didn’t feel my cold through all the adrenaline. So I set off with bag and baggage and made my way to the surf beach of Chacahua, where I wanted to find a place to sleep for the night. On the way, you have to go through a kind of mini river, where I was kindly given a short lift on a motorbike and got off again at the other end. But finally I was there and what awaited me was something I never thought I would find in Mexico.

The beach of Chacahua is…. A long white sandy beach that curves and bends slightly at the same time, where the waves break gently and in many different places – an absolute paradise for surfer’s. Honestly, there are so many waves that you can just pick. The backdrop is lined with palm trees that sprout upwards. And the water is so clear and blue, as if it should always look like this. A beach straight out of paradise. At least for me.
And so I sat down in the shade on the sand and stared mesmerised at what lay before me.

You’re probably wondering where the pictures are…. Well…. I didn’t take any. Because I was feeling really shitty. At first it was too hot to walk on the beach and later in the afternoon I was only feeling semi-good, which is why I wanted to save my energy for my bioluminescence swim in the evening and postponed the photo session to the next day. However, as I slept really badly that night and I think I even had a fever, I fled back to Puerto Escondido the next day to recover. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to go back after that. But as soon as I’m back in Mexico, I’ll post the photos. I promise! 😊