this is a super friendly place, very much like kauai but way hotter. i've had cocktails with a family from california, a canadian ex-pat, a vacationing mexican family, and a local boat guy. i've gotten a foot massage on the beach and someone bought me a pot donut. can it get better?
i went to yoga this morning at the hotel (which i'm moving out of tomorrow, getting a place with a kitchen!) and i met 4 awesome people from tampico. we started chatting at the smoothie bar and decided to trade surf lessons for spanish lessons. the hotel has a couple soft tops and we spent a couple hours playing in the waves. i don't think i'm a great surf instructor, and my spanish class in san miguel left me completely unprepared for any surf jargon. big fail. but since they all spoke english it wasn't actually a problem. i did take the board out to the break but couldn't really compete with the 10 and 11 foot boards out there, and didn't want to snake any waves from the guys with the 'mexican surf mafia' logos, so i caught a couple small ones, said hola to everyone. good size waves for me and i'm excited to rent a real board tomorrow.
when i got back on the beach there was a guy giving a foot massage to the mother of the family i was with. i was a bit confused about who he was, thought that maybe he was related but no. so when i didn't want some strange mexican guy rubbing my feet they told me to sit back and relax and don't worry about it. but apparently he's a roving foot massager, i'm not sure how he gets paid since he seems to just flirt with girls up and down the beach and start rubbing their feet. was kinda weird. especially when he stuck my toe in his mouth. that was exceptionally weird. but i have a picture.
after some much needed a/c in my room i met darrin at a bar for some beers. he owns the sayula1, a boat that does trips similar to capt andys. i saw his website on lonely planet and emailed about a snorkel trip. he wasn't going out but invited me for a drink and tell me about his trips. beers, tequilas, a walking tour of sayulita, great guy. and like all the other boat guys i know, has been to some fantastic places and has alot of good stories. tuesday we're going to yalapa, seems kinda like a napali coast type place where you can't drive there but has amazing caves and waterfalls and scenery. its always nice to meet boat guys.
technically sayulita is one hour different from puerto vallarta, but since everyone who has ever come here has missed their plane, bus, school, or appointments, the local government decreed that there was no time change. my iphone disagrees so i haven't been quite sure what time it is. and since the dawn of the iphone era, there have been alot of problems with people that have trips scheduled.
this town is basically 3 streets with a central square (and i still got turned around finding my hotel). there aren't any dangerous places that i can stumble into, and all of the action takes place either on the beach or in the bars around the square. i think i should be able to find my way around in a day or 2.
perhaps i'll stay here for a couple weeks. it'll be nice to take some time in one place again, unpack my stuff, maybe do some laundry. there's a new paddle board store and i can rent a board and see what's around the corner. maybe get back into shape. maybe not. the beach is hella hot but every restaurant has umbrellas and chairs and beach service right by the water. sayulita is already on the list of places to visit again. and its very very close to tequila country. a day trip? i think so.
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