It is becoming difficult to remember what day it is. I am trying to relate it to when our birthdays were and when we arrived in Mexico and I am still not sure. Good thing or bad thing?
Today we explore the coast north of Sayulita in hopes of making it to San Blas, to meet the shrimp boats and to buy dinner. We are very happy living in our apartment in Sayulita and have decided to stay here and do day trips.
First stop is Con Poncho, on San Francisco Bay a small town that has seen better days. Twenty or more years ago a Mexican president put money in the area building better housing, a fish processing plant and a mango canning plant. The Mexican president was thrown from office in some scandal, the money stopped, eventually both plants closed and the town gradually declined. This was told to me by a retired American couple that we met on the beach. Originally from the Boston area, they moved here 3 years ago after living in San Miguel de Allende. The town now being revitalized by a small group of expat Americans and Canadians who have moved here. The large waves break close to the shore of the almost deserted beach making swimming or surfing impossible. This is not for us.
This area reminds us both of Montserrat with the mountains of lush jungle vegetation, twisting roads and the ocean.
We go further north to the town of Monteon and take a bumpy single lane road for a couple of miles back to a large deserted beach. Huge waves pound the long beach, book ended by black rock cliffs and topped by jungle vegetation. To the back of the beach the mangrove swamp is home to storks, egrets and many other birds.
Lines of pelicans fly effortlessly near the top of the large waves, while many other pelicans are high diving in a feeding frenzy. Through the salty mist created by the crashing waves, we can see that the far end of the beach is covered with pelicans. 
At the first sight of these birds, Joanne, with her camera, are off down the beach. We think of Brent and Susan and their love of bird watching so these pics are for you!!
The power of the waves, the tranquility of the mangrove swamp, the birds and the long deserted beach, all make this a breathtakingly beautiful place.
Further north we find 3 long beach communities that are side by side and yet each have there own personality. The ocean is gentle and swimming is good.
Los Ayala Beach is next to a primarily Mexican community. The beach is not crowded and has a few restaurants and beach bars.
Rincon de Guayabitasis the largest beach and the commercial centre. The beach is long and not overcrowded. Behind the beach on the hillsides are nice homes that the residents refers to as “Gringoland”. This is the home of many Canadians from the prairies and B. C.
La Penita is a gravelly beach, backed by a community of primarily Mexicans.
We start our visit here by meeting Mitch and Joanne; two semi retired ladies who live on Vancouver Island and winter in Mexico. These wonderful ladies become our tour guides, taking us for a shrimp lunch and beers on Los Ayala Beach and touring us through the 3 communities. This is a place that needs further investigation so we decide to come back at a later date.
Chacala is a small community that is located on a very picturesque horseshoe bay surrounded by mountains and lush vegetation. The beach is beautiful and the ocean calm. This is very much like the Caribbean. It is very quaint and beautiful spot.
As the sun is sets over the ocean and we leave to go back to Sayulita without making it to San Blas and without the shrimp.
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