An Adventure In Our Own Backyard - Sorry, I Can't Tell You Where

A friend from Vallarta recently came through Sayulita for the day and in an email the next day he said "I have never seen the big deal about Sayulita. I just don't get it." It's true that Sayulita can be busy and noisy and depending your timing, very crowded. That can indeed be a turn off.  But Sayulita is more than what people see walking through town or the hanging out on the main beach. There are places you can go just around the corner that are another world altogether. We've been going to a great beach very close to our new house in town. It may take all of 10 minutes for us to get there and you never hear the pulse of Sayulita just around the corner. We decided to head that way recently on a weekend day and other than 3 boys playing in the surf, we were the only other people on the beach.

The unique characteristic about this beach is it's jet black sand.  It gives this place a very different look than other beaches in the area.  The kids like to bring magnets with them since the sand also has magnetic qualities.  While were there, Trace decided he'd paint himself with the sand and bury himself in a hole.  It's a "boy" thing I guess.  We considered just leaving him there as the tide came up just for entertainment but we eventually decided against it.  The beach this day was pounded by a consistent beach break similar to Sayulita's north end beach. 

The kids had lots of fun even if they were only comfortable only going waste deep.  Nice to able to get out of the house and avoid the main beach during a weekend.

Not exactly a popular spot on a Sunday and that is a nice change of pace once in a while.  No venders either.  There are a few houses around and we have not been surprised to see some nude sunbathers as well.  

Alex couldn't let her brother have all the fun so she got into painting her body with sand too. So where is this place?  Well, we can't really tell where all our spots are but if you ask around it really isn't a secret.  You just have to know to ask around.

Sayulita has many of these little off the beaten path type spots and the day tripper or visitors who don't leave the the busier areas won't ever see things like this.  We are ok with that.  I have since told my friend who doesn't see the draw of Sayulita that he needs to come back for a personal tour since places like this will likely change his point of view.  This is Sayulita as well.