Day trip to Sayulita

By Nicole

What’s better than spending the day lounging on the beach, bodyboarding in the waves and shopping in a quaint beachside town with your friends? 

Well, not much.

We took the bus out to the cool surf town of Sayulita today, and had a great time being beach bums with Erlin and Jenn of Ventured (whom I’m sure you know by now).  Although it’s a tourist town at heart, Sayulita had a charming, laid-back vibe that I really liked.

Sun, surf and a cool vibe (no, I didn’t take this picture… it’s from National Geographic, but it captures the feeling better than I did)

The crew heading down to la playa

The water was warm and the sun was out, so we just had to spend hours bodyboarding (and snorting our fair share of salt water).  It would’ve been wrong not to, really.  So. Much. Fun.  I’m buying my own board.  And I just might take surfing lessons.

We girls had no trouble riding waves all the way in

Sandy, salty, beachy

While the boys hung out on the beach, Jenn and I poked around the cute shops and galleries in town, and stopped for some icy beverages at a coffee/juice bar owned by an Englishman with a jaunty accent.  Why haven’t I thought to add a squeeze of coconut cream to my iced coffees before today?!

We also saw this awesome sign:

 
Because nothing says “this is Mexico” like a huge picture of masked lucha libre wrestlers hanging on a bright pink wall in a chill surfer town.

After 6+ hours of beach time, we brushed off the sand, rinsed off our flip flops and hopped on a standing-room only bus back home to La Cruz.

Tired, happy campers post-beach

Today was a good day.