Before we get to the recommendations, here’s a quick summary of what I’ve been up to since I arrived. The whole thing started about 6 weeks ago here in Puerto (short for Puerto Escondido, which means “hidden harbour”). Actually, I arrived here without a plan. I thought I’d get out of Germany quickly and… maybe I could relax a little here (of course, after 9 months of travelling, you finally have to relax :P) and turn my share portfolio around a bit so that the money I’d saved wouldn’t lose any more value. That’s what I thought… But first, hand on heart… the internet here is so bad that even when analysing the first shares and the associated waiting time, I lost interest: “F*** it… maybe I’ll do something without the internet after all!”. Luckily, I met nice people right away in my first hostel, who also recommended the right thing to me right away… a Spanish school that offers private lessons at reasonable prices and flexible hours. After my first conversation with Languageland. I immediately booked the 20-hour package. That means 10*2 hours of private lessons with my new teacher Yesi. As I had already had a few weeks of Spanish lessons in Guatemala 8 years ago, I always find it difficult to find a starting point. However, Yesi did a great job and my learning curve as well as my vocabulary increased rapidly. After a few days, I changed accommodation and started volunteering at Vivemar to work with the turtles. Here I spent two weeks in accommodation with other volunteers. The first week with Aneth and Anabel from Chihuahua. They used their holiday to fly to Puerto and spend a week helping with the turtles. Luckily for me, we spoke exclusively in Spanish. Two super nice girls and with my knowledge of Spanish as well as food and especially desserts of the Mexican cuisine… they could help me excellently! I was a little sad when they said goodbye! After another week with the turtles, I decided to move back to Puerto, take another three weeks of Spanish lessons and continue to help with the turtle releases at Bacocho Beach in Puerto in the evenings. Which means giving explanations in English to the tourists and helping them release the turtles. I had plenty of time to visit the local restaurants and cafes. I rented a room at Oscar’s place, which was nice and central and from where I could do everything in the centre. If you are interested in a room in Puerto, please contact Oscar (+52 954 134 3140). I was also able to teach an absolute classic game from Germany one evening… Heckmeck vom Bratwurmeck. Just runs… great game! After a few photos, let’s jump to the recommendations!