Viva Puerto Issue 39 cover

Current Issue #39: Spring 2024



Highway to Oaxaca Now Open
The Fiestas of Puerto Escondido
Chacahua
Buying Property in Puerto Escondido

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto

Past Issues



Viva Puerto Issue 37 cover

#37: Summer Autumn 2023


Beaches
Carnival
Highway to Oaxaca
Land in Puerto Escondido

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 38 cover

#38: Winter 2024


Highway to Oaxaca Sept. 2023
Beach Access
Buying Land in Puerto Escondido
Puerto’s Digital Nomads

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 35 cover

#35: Winter 2023


Baby Turtle Releases in Puerto Escondido
A Very Short History of Puerto Escondido
The Highway to Oaxaca Progresses
Buying Property in Puerto Escondido

and more...
Cover photos by Barbara Joan Schaffer and Ernesto J. Torres
Viva Puerto Issue 36 cover

#36: Spring 2023


Highway to Oaxaca Almost Completed
Land Conflict in Tomatal, Colotepec
Buying Property in Puerto Escondido
Dog Pound

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 33 cover

#33: Winter 2022


Highway to Oaxaca: update 10/21
Basics of Buying Property in Puerto Escondido
La Punta: the Founders
The Big Mexican Tsunami

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 34 cover

#34: Spring-Summer 2022


Sports in Puerto
Highway to Oaxaca
Palmarito
When Fonatur Came to Puerto Escondido

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 31 cover

#31: Winter 2021


Puerto Escondido in the Time of the Covid
Alternative World of the Punta de Zicatela
Super Highway to Oaxaca

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 32 cover

#32: Spring-Summer 2021


A visit to Zipolite
Internet in Paradise
Morning in The Manialtepec Lagoon

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 29 cover

#29: Winter 2020


Mezcal in Puerto Escondido
Chacahua
Highway to Oaxaca

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 30 cover

#30: Spring-Summer 2020


Mazunte/ San Agustinillo
Puerto in the Sky
Empire of Tutepec

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 27 cover

#27: Spring/Summer 2019


Surf Classes in Puerto Escondido
Cattle Ranches on the Coast
Roca Blanca

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 28 cover

#28: Nov./Dec. 2019


Buyer Beware
Saint's Day Fiestas in Colotepec
The Virgin of Juquila

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 25 cover

#25: Nov./Dec. 2018


Reverse Migrants – the Digital Nomads of Puerto Escondido
Dancing Horses
La Punta: the Founders

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 26 cover

#26: Winter 2019


Zicatela Market
Fun for Kids in Puerto
When Fonatur Came to Puerto Escondido

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 23 cover

#23: Winter 2018


Imagine: A Super Highway To Oaxaca
Real Estate In Paradise
Dreamweavers

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 24 cover

#24: Spring/Summer 2018


AMISurf - Surf Instructors Get Certified
Zip-Lines in San Juan Lachao
Things To Do on a Day Trip to Mazunte

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 21 cover

#21: Spring/Summer 2017


Patron Saints Days in Puerto
Mixtec Handball
A Visit to the Iguana Reserve

and more...
Cover photos: Ernesto J. Torres, Casa 12
Cover design: Jorge Luis Martínez/Servicios Editoriales
Viva Puerto Issue 22 cover

#22: Nov./Dec. 2017


Airbnb in Puerto Escondido
Ventanilla: Baby Crocodile Release
If A Foreigner Dies In Puerto Escondido

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 19 cover

#19: Nov./Dec. 2016


Events Calendar
Afro-Mexicans on the Oaxaca Coast
Highway to Oaxaca Halted

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 20 cover

#20: Jan./Feb. 2017


Ocean Swells: Puerto's Difficult Attraction
Yoga in Puerto
Manialtepec In Broad Daylight

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 17 cover

#17: Jan./Feb. 2016


From the Subarctic to the Subtropics: Canadians in Puerto Escondido
Buying Land in the Punta
Vivo Resorts In The News
and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 18 cover

#18: Spring/Summer 2016


Our Trip To San Pedro Amuzgos
The Colonias of Puerto Escondido
Cockfights in Chila
and more...
Cover photos: Ernesto J. Torres, Casa 12
 
Viva Puerto Issue 15 cover

#15: Spring/Summer 2015


Highway Update, May 2015
The Empire Of Tututepec
8 Deer, Jaguar Claw
and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 16 cover

#16: Nov./Dec. 2015


Highway to Oaxaca 2016?
Puerto Escondido: No Stress, Slow Internet
The Hostel Experience in Puerto
and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 13 cover

#13: Nov./Dec. 2014


Super Highway Oaxaca-Costa, 201?
The Pilgrims’ Route from Juquila to Puerto
San Pedro Mixtepec in Mexican History
and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 14 cover

#14: Jan./Feb. 2015


Look Ma, I'm Flying!
Highway to Oaxaca Moving Along

and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 11 cover

#11: Jan./Feb. 2014


Super Highway to Oaxaca
San Antonio Lalana: a mountain valley and a highway
Two Barras On The Colotepec River
and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
Viva Puerto Issue 12 cover

#12: Spring 2014


Super Highway Oaxaca - Puerto Escondido
PXM: Ready For More Flights
Roca Blanca
and more...
Cover art: Julio Soto
 
Viva Puerto Issue 9 cover

#9: Spring 2013


Tourist Development On The Chila Coast
Super Highway 201? To Oaxaca
A Food Forest Grows In Colotepec
and more...
Viva Puerto Issue 10 cover

#10: Nov./Dec. 2013


When a Foreigner Dies in Puerto Escondido
A Port In Punta Colorada?
Saving Beach Access
and more...
 
Viva Puerto Issue 7 cover

#7: Nov./Dec. 2012


Zicatela: A Beach, a Wave and a “Whale”
What’s so Special about Zicatela?
A Tale of Two Hotels: The Santa Fe and the Arcoiris
and more...
Cover photo: Julio Soto, photo by Lalo Romero
Viva Puerto Issue 8 cover

#8: Jan./Feb. 2013


Mazunte: Another corner of paradise
Super Highway 2014
New Immigration Law
and more...
Cover photo: Lalo Romero
 
Viva Puerto Issue 5 cover

#5: Jan./Feb. 2012


The Punta: An Introduction
Lifeguards to the Rescue
and more...
Viva Puerto Issue 6 cover

#6: Spring/Summer 2012


Life On The Manialtepec Lagoon
Saving the Manialtepec Mangroves: the Fight Continues
Sweating It Out in a Temazcal
and more...
 
Viva Puerto Issue 3 cover

#3: Spring/Summer 2011


Marriage, Mexican Style
Paso de la Reyna Dam Faces Opposition
Highway 20??
and more...
Cover art by Pascual
Viva Puerto Issue 4 cover

#4: Nov./Dec. 2011


Snowbirds vs. Snowbirds
Land on the Coast: the forbidden fruit foreigners can't get enough of
Get Away Beaches: Agua Blanca and Puertecito
Reading Matters
and more...
 
Viva Puerto Issue 1 cover

#1: Winter 2011


Highway 2012
Whither Puerto Escondido?
Bacocho: Puerto’s Oldest Subdivision
and more...
Viva Puerto Issue 2 cover

#2: Feb./Mar. 2011


Fiesta Time In Chila
Xiches: a question of survival
Ziplines in San Juan Lachao
Puerto Vibe: in the sea
and more...