Sunday, December 23, 2012

Mainland Mexico

Tonight Skyler and I are sitting by the fire, camped on another incredibly beautiful beach here in Arroyo Seco, Mexico. We've been incredibly fortunate on this trip with the way things have progressed. We've met so many awesome people who keep pointing us to incredible places.

It's day number ten on the mainland. We've managed to surf everyday and camped for free every night but one.

After saying goodbye to our friends from the ferry, we bolted out of Mazatlan and headed southbound in search of waves. We camped on the beach in San Blas and ripped around with some local super talented kids that evening and next morning. Tiny waves, tons of no see ums, time to move on.

Next! We peaced out in search of bigger surf and headed towards the surf town of Salyulita. While in route, we ran into some locals and stumbled our way into an adobe fort/hacienda. The surf was across the river and the caretaker let us camp there for free! We stayed four awesome nights and won't be forgetting this spot! I'd tell you exactly where it is, but part of what makes it awesome is finding these places.

We stayed in salyulita for a night, which is your standard gringo party vacation town. nothing too special. Steep prices, packed beach, urchin in the foot! I will say it was nice to meet some pretty ladies rather than just remote beach with skyler. But! One night and on to the quest for waves.

Punta Mitas is another little resort town with a few different breaks around. We ended up at la launcha.
La launcha is at a beach owned by a resort. It's guarded, and he only lets in people who have surf boards! We met three australians, two Canadians, and one Brit, who were short two boards. It turned out we had to extras so the guard let everybody in. The Canadians were super nice and let us sleep on the pull out couch at their holiday inn (first bed in 20 days) resort in puerto Vallarta. Traveler spirit is awesome!

Now, we are in Arroyo Seco. The beach is empty (our nearest neighbors are at the opposite end a half mile away) and the waves are stout! Stoked to be here. Can't wait to see what the morning brings.

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