"Hey Trace, I Don't Think We Are In Sayulita Anymore"

The kids are on school break and we were looking for things to do so we ventured into the Puerto Vallarta area for a day.  We caught a movie (more on that later) and visited a recently completed pedestrian mall called "La Isla".  Many of the shops were still empty or being finished for new retail tenants but we decided to walk around just to see it.  The place will carry many of the brands you would see north of the border like Calvin Klein, Sunglass Hut and Tommy Hilfiger.  It has underground parking, a small amphitheater, water features, lots of places to sit and relax and the walk ways twist and turn so that even if you wanted to leave you might not find your way out.

We turned a corner and this particular view made me stop in my tracks.  Standing in a mall, with a high rise backdrop is such a huge departure from our daily lives in Sayulita.  Our busy, dusty, little surfing pueblo has very few buildings that are over 3 stories.  It gives the pedestrian/visitor a totally different experience than what I saw here.  The hope is to keep this kind of development or anything close to it out of Sayulita but we will see how that goes now that town has become a significant destination for visitors world wide.