SLEEPY MEXICAN BEACH TOWN (is El Cuyo, Mexico your idea of paradise, yes or no?)
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Welcome back to Hourless Life, where we are driving around the world.
In today's video, we visit the sleepy Mexican beach town of El Cuyo. Located on the Yucatan Peninsula about 2.5 hours from Cancun, this is not a resort. It's a laid-back, quiet place with no major grocery store, no gas station, and a church some locals don't even know the name of.
Is this your kind of place?
We interview some people to find out what brought them to El Cuyo and take you on a quick tour of the town. Hit us up with your questions as we continue to overland the world.
🗓 Date: March 17, 2022
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We just booked the Airbnb house you stayed at before seeing the video 😅
No way! What a small world. Our friends had a long-term rental there. Don't think it was an airbnb when we were there. Either that or they just had a very long rental. But we really enjoyed their company and our time there. What about you guys? ~ Eric
I love that my kids, even my 2 year old, like watching your videos. 😄 I like the simplicity of a little place like that. There's no draw of things you feel like you have to do and explore. You can just relax.
Awww that is super sweet aherosunny! It really is a sleepy and charming little place. Nothing to do but relax and enjoy. Glad you all enjoyed it and saludos to the family. ~ Eric
Beautiful little town. Definitely worth checking out!
No question about that. Some fun off roading in this area too! ~ Eric
My fav place to escape crazy corp world!!!! So glad my kids kiters introduced this paradise to me.
That's awesome. There were a ton of kiters there. Glad you've discovered this gem. ~ Eric
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for this one Eric … just a little paradise and definitely my kind of place indeed.
I really appreciate you taking 8 hrs out of your day to make this video … I read one of your replies explaining what it takes to do this kind of thing.
I have never previously shown much interest in that area before…. but you are like a window to the world for us and now I have been finding out more about the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize.
I even know where it is on the map now! Lol.
It’s such an education and thanks again for the great job you do.
Love to Brittany and Caspian …
Aww thanks Marilyn! Appreciate your kindness and comments so much. We are in Belize now. We did it! We posted that video yesterday. Hope you get a chance to head into Central America with us. ~ Eric
This little town would be my place to visit. To relax and as Brenda said find yourself. Enjoy and love all your videos. Regards to Caspian and Brittney.
Thank you Ina! I will pass along your regards. Glad you enjoyed El Cuyo with me. Hope all is well in your corner of this beautiful world we share. ~ Eric
heck yeah I would go....sometimes the quiet of the world is what gives you direction and insight.....if nothing else the crashing of waves without drunk tourists is pretty peaceful lol. Safe travels my friend.
Stillness is a beautiful thing! ~ Eric
I would love to stay there a few days and just chill, plus try out the local restaurants- I'm not a fan of touristy towns so this place looks great.
If you aren't a fan of touristy towns but still want an authentic Mexican beach town, this is a great place to visit. Really not much to do here but relax and enjoy. ~ Eric
Hi it’s Olivia. I can’t wait to see you on another adventure. Thank you for the video!
Hi Olivia! So good to see you here. We just posted about our drive into Belize and you even get to see Caspian a little in that video! Hope all is well with you and that we get to really see you soon! ~ Eric
It's a small beach town but you can do many things. For example bird watching (including flamingoes), shelling, flora and fauna watching, cook a meal and eat it on the beach at night next to a bonfire, work out (walking, running, swimming, kite surfing, canoeing), fishing ( you don't need a license or anything like that), try the local food, etc.
We really enjoyed exploring El Cuyo! ~ Eric
I definitely would prefer a small beach town! Good vibes!
Definitely some good vibes here! ~ Eric
I moved to the Big Island of Hawaii to live quiet on an island and to finish school. After 6 months I knew I wanted to move back to the mainland. It was too quiet. There was a lack of emergency resources, groceries were so expensive(although we had four avocado trees, lychee, pineapple and lemon in our yard). But I loved the footage and to visit someplace like that would be great.
Good to have perspective. I really enjoyed our time in El Cuyo but could never see myself living there. For others it is perfection. ~ Eric
Look So beautiful and quiet , I wish to visit this town now, thank you for sharing:)
I really enjoy your videos since the beginning you guys make me dream more about the possibility of traveling long term in a Jeep:)
I am from Abbotsford Bc Canada
Hello Marie! We’ve met quite a few Canadians exploring this region. You should totally come down! Let us know if you have any questions. We just crossed into Belize and put that video up already. Hope you get a chance to see that one! ~ Eric
Incredible! Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks for watching and for the comment. Glad you enjoyed. ~ Eric
I Iike it! Great video! Thanks for showing us around.
Oh my! Hey guys. Good to "see" you. Glad you enjoyed the tour. Hope all is well with you both. ~ Eric
This is exactly the sort of place I am looking for. Thank you for sharing.
So glad we were able to share a little slice of this section of Mexico. Thank you for being part of our community! ~ Eric
It looks nice but i think its probably too hot and humid for us. Great video though.I just found your channel and subscribed. -Marc
Thanks! Appreciate you taking the time to watch. We are in Belize now but if any questions come up, let us know. ~ Eric
Looks like a retirement paradise. Quite and small. Love it.
It is really a laid back sleepy little town with some good eats, nice beach, and not much to do. Also super affordable and nice people. ~ Eric
I would definitely like a place like that. 👍
It is a really fun little place. We've had a great time here over the past two days. We are leaving tomorrow, but we'll have good memories here. ~ Eric
Looks perfect!
We enjoyed our time there. We left there this morning and are now on the Mexican Riviera ~ Eric
The whole Yucatan Peninsula is a paradise to explore, and indeed all of Mexico is a paradise to do Overlanding, saludos hermano!
Wish we could have connected. You would have loved our last week. ~ Eric
I did enjoy El Cuyo and your video very much. I'm interested in visiting there and relocating there after staying a few weeks. Do you have any info for staying at a AirBnB or even renting an apartment for a few months. Much appreciated Mate.
Hi Robert. It is a really small and sleepy town, and if that is your thing, you will probably enjoy it very much. I don't have any information on Airbnb or rentals in that area. One of our Patreon supporters was there and they had rented a place right on the beach. We stayed with them a couple of nights. I didn't ask him, and they have moved on in their journey to Mexico now. But best to you and I hope you enjoy your own journey. Live your best life! ~ Eric
Did you find the seaweed to be excessive like someone commented? May I ask what time of year you were there? Thank you for the great video!
We really didn't Anna. Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope you'll consider subscribing if you haven't and join us on the global journey. We were in El Cuyo in March of 2022. ~ Eric
Great news! Subscribed! I'm ready to see what other gems you found.
Thanks so much for subscribing. Wait till you see Medellin. This may be our next video. ~ Eric
Check out Caracol and Rio Frío in Belize.
Thanks for the tips! We just crossed into Belize and posted our first video about that! ~ Eric
I appreciate your interaction with people you meet. I think it was frank Capra the movie director who said the reason people watch movies is that they are interested in people.
As far as wifi goes. TH-camr Itchy Boots has uploaded videos sometimes twice a week from Argentina to Nicaragua. She may be in Belize now. You might connect with her about how she finds wifi. 😏
Love your insight on the director. I enjoyed just randomly asking folks walking down the street if I could ask them a few questions. I had fun with them today. Also appreciate you pointing me to another traveler. Always love connecting with folks. Finding wifi would be a lot easier if I were a solo traveler. But we're wrangling a 5 year old. He takes a lot of time, and is our priority. If it were just me, I'd be producing videos all the time and making them better than I do haha. Still, appreciate you watching and being part of our community. ~ Eric
SHOUT OUT FROM BALTIMORE!!!
Nice! Shout out to you from Hopkins, Belize (currently) ~ Eric
Love the content and understand work and schooling a priority but would like see Brittney n Caspian with you more.
Me too Patsy. Thank you for the kind words on the content. I really and genuinely appreciate it! I think that what most people don't realize is that the average video that we produce as a family every week takes me 2-4 days to make. This means I get less time with Brittany and Caspian. Honestly I wasn't even going to do a video today at all. We've seen some incredible things over the past week and we just wanted to take it all in and enjoy it. (Which we did) But this morning rolled around and we hadn't filmed a thing. I told Brittany, I'm going to head out and whip out a video. I left around 8AM got back to our friend's place at 10:30AM. Locked myself in a room and started downloading, then editing and uploading, then processing, then making the thumbnail, adding music, going through YT's checks, then writing descriptions, etc. All in all I was done with my video around 4PM. So to put this in perspective, I worked from 8-4 (8hrs) to produce a 9 minute video. Also I didn't get to see Brittany or Caspian for those 8 hours. When we produced a video as a family, we sacrifice MUCH more time in producing the video as a family. All that to say it is a balance. I too love having them in the videos, but we have to balance family time in with TH-cam time. We don't really make any money from YT (maybe 50 cents to a dollar an hour) so trust me when I say that at this point we don't do it for the income. We do it because it is part of our family mission statement (Love. Explore. Study. Share.) to share. So hopefully there will be more of Brittany and Caspian in the future, but sometimes there may not be a video, or you may just get me. But hopefully whatever we produce will be worth a watch and part of our story of our drive around the world. ~ Eric
What would attract me would be the No people. I love the solitude. Love the open beach and no rules.
Then you would really like this little town. ~ Eric
How are rental rates for a year or .more?
No idea. I'm an overlander and have no idea about the cost of rental properties. Having said that, I think you'd get a steal on a rental property there if you did it for a year directly from a local. ~ Eric
@@HourlessLife I'm planning on working from Puerto Morelos, but I would love a few months here on my off time
Look up Luis who lives near the downtown plaza. He will take you fishing for $100. If you don't catch anything you pay for gas.
We are in Ecuador now, but sounds like a good tip assuming there is only one Luis around there. ~ Eric
It's not paradise when there are frequent power failures each month which could sometimes last over 6 hours.
It's not paradise when you frequently get bitten alive by mosquitoes and other insects.
It's not paradise when rotting sargasso frequently blanket the beachfront 5 - 6 months every year
It's not paradise when phone and internet services are intermittent and frequently unreliable.
We have higher expectations of what paradise ought to be.
El Cuyo is a nice quiet place.
Romanticizing it as paradise might perhaps be a bit too imaginative.
Sorry.
Enjoyed your video.
Blessings & best wishes!!!
Cheers!
A&F Everyone has their ideas of what paradise is. As you can see from my street interviews, some folks love it there. For me it isn't perfection, but it was a really nice and quiet place to visit. The people were friendly and kind. We enjoyed our time there. ~ Eric
@@HourlessLife We lived in El Cuyo for a long time.
People come and go all the time.
They leave El Cuyo often because reality eventually catches up with romanticized notions & expectations of the place.
Paradise is indeed different for different folks.
Some may be genuinely happy with very little while others may not be happy even if they had everything.
Romanticized presentations of a place are useful for tempting and seducing.
In our opinion, however, it is more helpful when one is informed in advance of the practical realities and real difficulties of any place.
Once again, be forewarned:
In El Cuyo, expect the mosquitoes & insects to bite mercilessly.
Expect frequent power failures and brown outs.
Expect unreliable phone & internet connectivity.
Expect excessive smelly sargasso on the beach 5 - 6 months every year.
If you can live with these realities, then El Cuyo might perhaps be paradise for you.
Our blessings & best wishes, as always.
Cheers!