S is for Sayulita (pronounced sighulita), a little town on the beach in Mexico, about 25 miles north of Puerto Vallarta
Before we visited Puerto Vallarta a few years ago, I had begun researching and reading about the surrounding areas. Sayulita came up again and again, almost as if an indication that I needed to go and see this place. I did, and I fell in love with it. If it weren’t for the torrid tropical heat and humidity of their summers (that lasted into early November the year we were there), I might just pack my bags and run away to live there. In spite of all this, it’s beautiful. Small, quaint, and just how a small Mexican village by the ocean should look (in my mind). It’s the quintessential laid back do nothing but try to stay cool kind of place, as you swing in a hammock and drink a cool cocktail in the shade of a palapa.
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Sayulita is amazingly picturesque, and you capture it well. I’m moving there soon and I’m trying to figure out the right camera to bring, unfortunately I lost my good SLR in Sayulita and need to replace it. I’d actually like something small but with a lot of manual options. Do you have any suggestions?
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Thank you! I love Sayulita, and hope I can return soon. I’m definitely not a camera expert, and I really just started photography not much before we went to Sayulita. At that time I was using a Canon Powershot XS40 that is small, but still has manual settings. Now I’m using a Panasonic Lumix, that I really like; it has a big zoom, and doesn’t need any extra lenses, that I see as a deterrent when I’m traveling. I’d ask around to see what some of the experts recommend. Hope all goes well with your move.
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Felt like paradise. Love every piece of the fun, exciting pictures.
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It is like paradise there! Thanks, IT
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Help! I can’t stop playing your slideshow! Que bonita!
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Call nueve uno uno…911 🙂
I’m glad I limited the photos I posted 🙂
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“…quintessential laid back do nothing
but try to stay cool kind of place,
as you swing in a hammock…”
greetings by
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Hola, Frizz. Muchas gracias!
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no cruise ships? your description and great photos make it sound like a good place to visit
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No cruise ships!!! Those come in at Puerto Vallarta 25 miles down the road! I think this is another reason this place remains fairly unspoiled; not many tourists willing to make the drive to get here.
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appreciate the information. it sounds ideal!
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It looks gorgeous, Angeline – but as you say, perhaps not for running away from home for good – just for the winter, perhaps? 🙂
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It remains a serious thought.
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Beautiful! I love Sayulita! We have two great friends who married there and later ditched their lives in America for carefree, beachside living in this little town. Seven years later… they’re still there and love it. Thanks for sharing your photos!
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Oh, K. That’s my dream!! They are very wise people.
Thanks.
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That first photo looks so very tropical and could have been taken in so many places. It’s quintessential tropics — and I do love it! Look how blue that water is!
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It is the tropics personified. The water there is beautiful.
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By looking at you photos, I am in love with the place. 🙂
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If you ever go to Puerto Vallarta do not miss this place. Definitely worth the day trip
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Yes Angeline – it looks exactly like the kind of place that makes you want to run away from home, to go and live there 🙂
Beautiful photos!
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Thanks, Anne. The matter of the heat and humidity is starting to seem not such an issue. Maybe it needs a second try.
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How beautiful! Seems pristine and unspoilt Angeline.
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That’s exactly how it is, but it seems to grow ever more popular. I hope it’s able to keep its small village feel.
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