We arrived in Puerto Vallarta on Monday. It was about a three hour flight from LA. When we got off the plane, we decided to take a bus into town. On the bus, we were soon greeted by clowns in costume (with really great face paint) they put on a show for the passengers and asked for donations. It was hot and crowded on the bus and a little tricky because there were no open seats and we were standing in the aisle with our big backpacks on. We only stayed aday in Puerto Vallarta. The crowd is mostly American tourists in their sixties and the restaurants were expensive.
We are now in Sayulita, a fun little surf town north of Puerto Vallarta. It just so happened that the day we arrived was ¨Sayulita Day¨ and there were vendors selling food, candy and all kinds of other goods. There were also carnival rides and games. We went on the ferris wheel, which was a lot of fun. For thw fir the big fat tuesday fiesta, there were Mariachi bands playing in the streets all night and we also saw a reggae band play one of the local bars. People are very lively and surfing culture is big here. There are many gringos here and ¨Sayulita life¨ is the saying here. Everyone is very nice.
Yesterday we explored some of the nearby beaches and Jason did some skimboarding while Viktoriya slept under the palm trees. At night we went to another reggae party unil the lights went out and then we headed back to our hotel which is right on the beach. We love going to sleep to the sound of the waves crashing at night.
