Day 14 - La ReDonda Hostel, Sayulita

The hostel provided breakfast, which was a healthy pancake and a banana, more than we have had at some places. The plan was to take it easy for the day and enjoy the time off, the great weather, and the opportunity to take some of the load off. The key thing to do in Sayulita is clearly surfing and we considered renting boards for the day to see how we would get on. We had seen a couple of the other hostel guests come back with jellyfish stings, sea urchin spines in their feet, and one or 2 were just a bit banged up, not to mention the sun burn. Maybe surfing wasn’t such a good idea for us old boys then. So, with no real plan for the day, we spent time on the beach, walked around town, had a couple of beers and took the day as it came. A pretty chilled out day. Whilst we didn’t end up having a surf, we did spent a lot of time in the beautiful water, and the gold flakes still freaked me out, it was just incredible. Having done a little research, the gold flakes are apparently from a mineral called ‘mica’ which washes into the sea from the nearby mountains and then gets washed up onto the beach at Sayulita and along the stretch of coastline. Pretty special thing to see. That afternoon, we made damn sure we were well positioned for the sunset, which was just glorious. Following an amazing sunset, we needed food and as we were back on the bikes again the next day heading for the town of Tequila, we had an early night to ensure we were well ready for the ride the next day.