Happy Thanksgiving from Sayulita, Mexico!

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Pat Anderson

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Pat & Patty & son Austin and his girlfriend Kristi arrived in Puerto Vallarta this afternoon and took the local bus north to Sayulita, about a 1 hour ride. We got settled into our apartments at Xocotla (Google it), and after a quick dip in the pool, headed down for Thanksgiving dinner - street tacos and cervesa! Absolutely wonderful and dirt cheap! We were here in 2008, and enjoyed reading our guestbook notes from back then. We are here until Tuesday, weather is upper 80s / low 90s. We are ready for some fun in the sun!
 
Great Pat. Wish we were with you. We had Turkey Day by ourselves. Brined a turkey, creamed baby onions, sweet potatos with candied ginger and a bottle of Pinot Noir.
 
Acción de gracias feliz

Have fun, travel safe. When we lived in the frozen northland, those occasional escapes to the warmth were wonderful! :hot

Another good phrase to know: dos margaritas por favor, y traen a la piscina.

Best wishes,
Jim
 
Enjoy the weather. I just got back from Orlando where the temps were in th 80s. What a contrast. Warm weather and cold cervesa!
 
Thanks all, yes there is a margarita or six in our future in the next few days! And probably a Pacifico or 24 (deniable if uttered around Snoqualmie!). The owners of the place we are staying left a little guide they wrote of their favorite places, best restaurants, best food, worst food, best service, worst service (usually accompanied by "but who cares, are you in a big hurry or something?), best prices, places to avoid, Farmers Market on Fridays (going today!), where to buy groceries, meats and fish, etc., etc., etc. Last time we were here, we came for a wedding of one of my City of Snoqualmie colleagues, and half of Snoqualmie Valley was here, and we did not really have time to explore all this neat stuff. And the next time we come, probably after retirement, it will be for a REAL stay!

Sorry, can't answer on the surfing - although one of the places we pass on the way up Gringo Hill is named "Longboard Heaven," so I suppose there is surfing here :lol:

Last night the fishing fleet was all tucked up on the beach, if I get up early enough one day (likely, but we slept in late after our travel day) it will be fun to watch them come in and maybe buy some fish directly off the boats. They are all maybe 25' open boats with outboards, and pretty colorful. I will try to get some pix!
 
Have a huachinango frito for me !
fried whole red snapper
And a coctel de mariscos con pulpo y camarones y calamar.
mixed seafood cocktail
And don't forget the Pacifico !
Marc
 
Hi Pat,

Sounds like a great time and place. Looking forward to seeing some pix.

Enjoy and travel safe. Late but happy Thanksgiving anyway.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Hi Pat hope all is well Mexico ,Hawaii, Southern florida are Great places to go when living in the PNW for the winter . We used to go to Hawaii for 2 weeks when living in Bellvue back in the 80's Have fun hope to see you guys in Florida one of these days JIm
 
Pat,
Hope Monte What's is name doesn't catch up with you. You all will probably be OK though, just don't drink the water, oh...you'll be OK 8)

Looks like a great place.

How long was the travel time from home to there?

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
The flight from SeaTac to Puerto Vallarta Aeropuerto was four and a half hours, the bus ride from PV to Sayulita was another hour. Our plane took off about 9 a.m. but we lost two hours since it is Central Time here. We were settled into our apartment about 6 p.m. Sayulita time.

We have a nice water dispenser in our apartment that take 5 gallon plastic carboys, and mostly drink beer when we go out! Mexican beer tastes like water anyway...hope that Monte fellow stays away! :lol:

Our place (Xocotla) is a private house on a steep hill owned by some people from Montreal. It has three small guest apartments in addition to the main living area. Each apartment has a bedroom, full kitchen eqipped with with pots and pans, silverware, plates, glasses, and cups, and bathroom. The kitchens all daylight on the downhill side, and are completely open - no glass windows. So we are doing a lot of cooking in...last night marinated pork, onion and red pepper fajitas, this morning an egg, potato and bacon breakfast burrito! A LOT less expensive than eating out! The kitchens all overlook the pool and patio and sort of a jungle. There is an iguana in a tree maybe 20 feet from our kitchen.

The rates are very reasonable for what it is, about $90 a night (we are here for 5 nights, long term rates are probably less), you can of course get a lot cheaper but we like the accommodations, the pool and the privacy. The place also has a good internet connection. All in all, we like it a lot. Highly recommended, both Sayulita and Xocotla!

The weather so far has been bright and sunny, high 80s - low 90s, except yesterday we had a few clouds and a bit of breeze, but nothing to complain about!

Today is kind of approaching the halfway point, we have all day today, Monday and go to catch the bus back to PV about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. We are, if you cannot tell, enjoying the heck out of this mini-vacation! We will probably put our pix up on both a Facebook album and Picasaweb.



hardee":2wdsybwn said:
Pat,
Hope Monte What's is name doesn't catch up with you. You all will probably be OK though, just don't drink the water, oh...you'll be OK 8)

Looks like a great place.

How long was the travel time from home to there?

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
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How's the security there? I work w/ a woman who's 1st gen born in America (parents are from Mexico etc). She won't go visit family now and she's fluent etc due to the risk.
 
Mark, that is a good question. Everyone we have talked to has had no qualms about coming here. You don't pass through any border areas, the bus stop is directly across the street from the airport, the bus is a regularly scheduled bus full of ordinary Mexicans travelling beween PV and Sayulita and all the little village stops along the way. Sayulita itself is a small town on the sea, the economy is based on fishing and tourism. The streets are dirt and cobblestone, which are full of Mexican and American families with kids in tow. It would be almost impossible to find yourself in an isolated situation without dozens of people around you unless you were trying to. There is a good police presence, mostly driving through the streets on quads. Could something bad happen here? Of course. But we sure do not feel the least bit in danger.




localboy":xc5ta0ew said:
How's the security there? I work w/ a woman who's 1st gen born in America (parents are from Mexico etc). She won't go visit family now and she's fluent etc due to the risk.
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Pat, do they have a network connection where you are staying or are you connecting some other way? I run my business on the net, don't need a lot of time online but the daily check-in routine can save lots of issues from getting out of hand. Glad to see you are having a good time. I lived in Mexico for two years as I finished high school, it was a great time of my life. we went to PV when they had no roads, no power, no tourists - the early 50's were a real change from today!
Bob Jarrard
 
Pat & Patty, I'm so happy to hear that you're spending the Thanksgiving holiday in Mexico. We had a wonderful family vacation in Mazatlan last spring and loved it down there. We too were concerned with security but we had no issues in the city and were lucky to stay in a great resort outside of town.

I'm glad to hear somebody's able to soak up some warm rays this time of year. :smiled
 
Xocotla provides the password for login for a wireless connection named 2WIRE706, not sure exactly what it is - it works very well.

bobjarrard":scp9gj7f said:
Pat, do they have a network connection where you are staying or are you connecting some other way? I run my business on the net, don't need a lot of time online but the daily check-in routine can save lots of issues from getting out of hand. Glad to see you are having a good time. I lived in Mexico for two years as I finished high school, it was a great time of my life. we went to PV when they had no roads, no power, no tourists - the early 50's were a real change from today!
Bob Jarrard
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Pat,

I checked out the apartment's website and it lists separate apartments and/or the whole "enchilada".

The privacy of renting the whole house is appealing, looking at the availability calendar it seems to be pretty well booked.

What apartment do you recommend? Might have to go down and check it out.

Thanks,

Bob and Nancy
 
We are in the apartment named Amixtli. Our son and his girlfriend are in Xochitlan, which is a bit smaller, but both are completely adequate for two people. There is another couple in the third apartment directly above our son (next to ours on the same level). We never thought about "the whole enchilada," but we might some day!

Ashley Lynn":2hahuqau said:
Pat,

I checked out the apartment's website and it lists separate apartments and/or the whole "enchilada".

The privacy of renting the whole house is appealing, looking at the availability calendar it seems to be pretty well booked.

What apartment do you recommend? Might have to go down and check it out.

Thanks,

Bob and Nancy
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