Spanish & Surf in Tropical Paradise (Experiencia Puerto Escondido)

When I first found out about Experiencia, I thought it was a surf school. To my surprise, this is not even a Spanish & Surf school...I'd call it a Cultural Centre. It has everything!
The Spanish teachers are awesome (especially Silvia, with her super fun teaching style), the school itself is "green" and very comfortable, and everyone's super friendly. Muy bien!
I figured I came here in the best season for surfing. Winter time is awesome for beginning because there're no big waves (although they say there's one spot where the waves are small all year round. Ulises and Miguel are professional and patient instructors (sometimes even too patient haha), and I could really feel the advance process - ready for some surfing on my own now (I hope)!
Worth mentioning the surf hotel (or surfcamp as they call it) - nice, new, clean (something one doesn't expect in south of Mexico), and it has this awesome surf vibe that I was looking for...perfect combo. On arrival I had an issue with water in the room but the staff responded immediately and didn't take long to fix it. No problems after that, pure joy!
Why was it life changing? Because after I got to know Puerto Escondido, and Experiencia...I decided to stay in Puerto! :) It is a paradise on Earth, and these guys help you experience the most out of it and just fall in love with Mexico...
All the best!

EXPERIENCIA is all about an amazing experience of Mexican culture and people. This school really makes a ton of an effort to help you immerse into the Mexican way of living. I decided to take private Spanish lessons at their Spanish school in the old part of the city where you can book a room as well. And they have 2 more facilities to accommodate people, one of them is the Surfcamp right at the beach where I stayed as well. The free shuttle with Felix going between all their places makes it really convenient and activities are well coordinated if you wanna join it all.
The private classes are a lot about grammar, exactly what I was lacking so far. The teachers of my Spanish classes helped me a lot to direct my Spanish learnings to the job that i had to apply it onto, f. e. writing and correcting business-related emails. Since I like good coffee my teacher Sophia even took me to a local coffee place and held the class over there.
The facilities of the Spanish school are actually a little bit outdated, but in a really charming way because it`s so colorful painted just how you would imagine it to be in a lively beach town in the Southwest of Mexico. Since it was Christmas time the school hosted a Posada, a festivity that roots go back to the time when Augustinian monks spread the veneration of Christ in Mexico. All students and teachers joined this nights celebrations with sharing home-made traditional dishes like Tamales and the fruit punch as well as breaking the Piñata’s. Good fun and definitely something that I will remember for a long time. Gracias por todo equipo Experiencia!