When I told my friends I was leaving for vacation in Mexico the response I tended to get was something like this, “Where? CancĂșn or Cabo?” When I responded to them with “Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca” I got some confused faces. While CancĂșn and Cabo are very lovely vacation spots, they lack a sense of authenticity that Puerto Escondido offers. Puerto, although growing, is still under the radar of big tourism.…