Day 30: Sayulita Day

The view from the east hills

The plan for today was to walk the beaches as far as the peninsular just before San Pancho. This involves walking to end of the Sayulita bay beach and then hiking a jungle trail over the headland to the next beach which is generally deserted. I had done this a while back before Sue got here, and thought it would make a good day hike.

On the way out I talked to the owner Juanita, whose real name we learned is Janet but the Mexicans immediately called her Juanita. She said that there have been reports of bandidos along that beach robbing lone tourists, and even an incident of a shooting in the last few days. So we revised our plans to stay close to town.

Today is supposed to be the start of Sayulita Days, but we cannot find any information about it. Sue had seen a sign at the arena by the highway where we saw the horse show the other day on our way back from San Pancho. So we hiked out and they looked like they were setting up some equipment there for the evening, with a sign painted on the wall with something about bands on Feb 23.

Next we hiked up one an incredibly steep road on the east side, that opens into an incredible view of the town from the top.

Rooftop deck at Casa Juanita

Back down along the beach, picked up beer, wine and a chicken from the ladies at the bottom of our road, and headed back to enjoy reading on our rooftop deck. The weather was starting to look threatening, and we wanted to take advantage of our fantastic view while we could.

Tomorrow is another surprise adventure day for Sue, so stay tuned.