The sun is setting on the empty beach I’m sitting on near Puerto Escondido, Mexico. My main character moment is interrupted by a text from a friend back in London: “One more Instagram story of your trip, and I might have to block you.”
A winter escape to the coast of Oaxaca will make you the arch nemesis of your friends, and with good reason. Mexico’s most diverse state is home to a stretch of bohemian coastal towns brimming with idyllic nature, locally caught seafood, and a dry season that stretches from November to April, promising cloudless skies and temperatures in their 30s.