Cake & Ice Creams

We’ve been back almost a week and it feels like we were never even in beautiful, warm, Sayulita.  I think we might be trying to forget our experience though.  At the moment, I have no desire to EVER go back to Mexico.  And a week later, our digestive systems are still twisted.

It’s not the trip we had imagined.  In fact, in between bathroom visits I said, “Why didn’t we just go to Hawaii?  We love Hawaii.”  But what kind of adventurer’s would we be if we went to the same place all the time?  How will we find that perfect warm weather surf spot?  I can’t say we’re planning another trip to Mexico anytime soon but never say never…I guess.  Not in writing anyway.  In my head, I’m totally saying never.  We have learned our lesson.  No blended margaritas.  No pico de gallo.  No “fancy” restaurants.  It’s Pacifico and street meat all the way.

It wasn’t all bad.  The first couple of days were perfect, really.  We miss you sun and heat and ocean.  We do not miss you, Montezuma’s revenge.  Will you just go away already?

So, a few hours after I had just told all of you about the wonderful, fresh food we’ve eaten, Kevin got violently sick.  We had deduced it must be the shrimp he had for dinner since that was the only thing we had eaten different all day.  A few hours after that, I became violently sick.  So, our new deduction was, maybe the ice in our blended margaritas?  WHAT WERE WE THINKING?!  We know better than that!

The next morning, Kevin had a brief conversation with Santiago, the caretaker at Casa Kukana.

Kevin: Our room is fine, but we’re going to need some more toilet paper.
Santiago: Oh, fun night, huh?
Kevin: Not really.  We had dinner at Calypso and both got sick.
Santiago: Jesus Christ, Calypso?!  That place is expensive!
Kevin: Yeah, we’re paying for it now.

So, that said, Saturday was spent at Casa Kukana.  Not exactly what we had pictured. And unfortunately, the thought of Mexican food is rather yuck.  As a reminder, if you’re going to Mexico soon, you’re not immune to everything, like we thought we were.  Bring Cipro.

Greetings from Sayulita!

It’s 80 some degrees here and fantastic.  We’ve surfed some, but the waves are bigger than expected so we tire quickly. On one hand it’s so great to surf in warm water.  On the other, we are so not used to paddling!  So, we don’t last long.  But it’s super fun nonetheless.  The time we thought we’d spend surfing, has instead been spent in extended siesta on the beach

We’re staying at Casa Kukana, which is a little off the beaten path. The grounds are beautiful.  So far, after a day at the beach, we’ve enjoyed a refreshing dip accompanied with a Pacifico in our infinity pool that overlooks the ocean.  The trade-off we’ve made for the amazing view is the mini hike to get into the town.  We’ve decided though it’s excercise needed after all the wonderful, fresh food we’ve eaten.

Like the fresh-out-the-back-of-the-yellow-truck churros we dined on tonight.  D.Lish.

This is the Sayulita surf report for the days we are there. Awesome!