Sayulita, A History Lesson, Part One

Sayulita is a rather small village in the state of Nayarit, in the country of Mexico, on the planet of Earth (shut up, Sid, just because they don't have a Sizzler, doesn't mean it's on another planet). It's about a 20 minute drive up the coast from Puerto Vallarta, unless you get stuck behind a semi, a school bus, or someone herding goats. It can then be anywhere from 45 minutes to two days to reach the port city (depending on how hungry the goats are). The road looks like this:
So going around said semi, schoolbus, herd o' goats, really isn't an option. The village was founded by a small group of families migrating from the state of Jalisco in the eary 1940's, a huge surprise to the Cuyuteco indians, who had foundededed it centuries before that. Queue Eddie Izzard moment:

"You can't claim us, we live here!"
"Do you have flag?"
(curtsey)

Then the surfer dudes and stoners found the place in the 1960's and the rest is history. Now people from around the world call Sayulita home. When we first visited the village of about 4,000 residents, we met people from all over the U.S. and Mexico, as well as from Germany, Argentina and Canada. The Canadians really appreciate the fact that you can stop talking for a minute and your lips won't freeze shut, ay.

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