Photos and videos of Sayulita, Nayarit

By Jack Brummet, Mexico Travel Editor

I recently spent 2 1/2 weeks in Bucerias, Nayarit (our fifth visit there).  On previous trips, we have made the trek north to Sayulita numerous times.  I'm not quite sure why, except there has always been a buzz about the place.  When we've been there with our children, they were always interested in going because--unlike Bucerias--there are waves large enough for actual surfing.  Other than those waves, Sayulita always just seemed like a sleepy almost featureless town.  But fast forward several years and Sayulita has become extremely hip--a kind of Brooklyn/Oakland/Ballard of the Nayarit Riviera.  The New York Times travel section has had several articles about Sayulita in the last couple of years. Even though the beach is small, with large rocks near the shore, it is more popular than ever (especially with gringos/gabachos).  It was fascinating seeing it in the middle of the big Mexican Easter break.  There were many hundreds of Mexican tourists and visitors.

On the outskirts of town--Sayulita looks just about like it always has.  Except, on the outskirts of 

town,  you suddenly see about thirty tour buses parked in newly expanded parking lots.

During this post-Easter week, many bars in town featured women in various stages

of dress and undress hawking, a/k/a marketing,  Modelo, Pacifico, and Tecate cervezas.

The Tecate brewski gals

Surfers

Boards, boogie boards, and inflatable kayaks and motorboats to rent...

College age kids on the beach, and one thing I'd never seen in 

Mexico--girls walking the beach with quarts of beer in hand.

The best thing about our day at the beach were the bands--las bandas.  There were 

three of them playing, and even sometimes engaging in battles of the bands. . .

A drum band and some ferocious boot shaking.

There are some nice art galleries in Sayulita now.  This is an oil painting of Jesus.

Another oil painting.  Wow.

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