WHOA it’s an early morning for today’s tour! Unfortunately, the Mexican Constitution Day yesterday, Feb 05 woke me up midnightish. Who would think they’d close the street and have music, singing and dancing the night of the 5th when most have to work on the 6th? Things are a bit different here. I finally gave up trying to sleep at 3.48 (know time thanks to FitBit) Allan of course slept away until I woke him to start our day 🙂
We meet at the Adventure Vallarta office at the marina at 730a, Marco, our Uber driver, to the meet, tells us how Sayulita has gone down hill the last year or 2. It has been and is a surfer & hippy town but it lost it’s luster. Fingers crossed he’s wrong. Our tour bus.
Danny, our tour guide, teaches us about the Mexican culture, food and that we are embarking on a tour of two magical towns. 
What are magical towns? Mexico’s Magical Towns (Pueblos Mágico), are villages awarded with this designation for their mystical and mythical character and for maintaining their original architecture, culture, folklore, and history intact.
First stop, Mexican candies 
We learn that we are not Mexican candy fans
Next stop, San Pancho 
Love this little town but my research reveals Danny may have been incorrect of this being a Magical Town.
There are many stray dogs here, this enterprising one made us chuckle. 
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San Poncho is otherwise known as San Francisco, hence their version of the bridge
We had 40 minutes to wander around town then meet to go to a restaurant for “sope”. Second photo is the Owner giving us his interesting back story
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This is sope. A sope is a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a fried masa base with savory toppings. Also known as picadita, it originates in the central and southern parts of Mexico, where it was sometimes first known as pellizcadas.
One was beef, other mushroom. Yep we traded! They were very good but the base was so hard, almost not cutable.
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On our way to Sayulita we stop at a chocolate factory. It smelt very bad, not sure what the smell was but did not entice us to buy any chocolate.
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Across the street is their community centre. The “tree” is built from recycled everything
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Sayulita here we are!
So many golf carts as mode of transportation 
Love the colours!
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We have to venture to the beach in this surfer town. Entrance to the beach
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A beach vendor 
So many boards out there!
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Almost time to catch up with the group to head home. Gotta have one here! Look at my swinger!!