Prices vary during peak seasons, which are December to January and July to August. String of obnoxious contemporary hotels along the beach. Whenever you get there. The ultimate fusion of Mexican-gringo fiestas is an annual November 4 bash called Noviembre en Puerto Escondido, which features polo matches played with brooms on burros. You can also grab a hammock slung between the palm trees, or watch the local fisherman unload and sell their catches along the beach.
Sunsets are spectacular, and happily, they're uncrowded.
At night the bars and discos launch happy hours that segue into all-night, live music celebrations. The Cheech and Chong life. About a buck a beer. Fantasy Island 's Ricardo Montalban, smiling with outstretched palms. Puerto Escondido T-shirts.