Mazatlan-La Ticla

Well it has surely been the most frightening but the most beautiful last few days of the trip. The road from Tepic to Puerto Vallart is tight and hugs the mountain curves as you spy the steep drops only feet from your tires. From the road you see a beautiful 400ft waterfall lunge over the top of a peak and into a misty abyss. Our first sight of monkeys happened as we were leaving yet another completely vacant beachfront campsite a few days ago. They bounced across the road directly in front of us and we totally lost it! Storms will come in as scheduled at about 2am every morning, so if you dont put your rain cover on before you hit the sheets you are in a quick panic while getting drenched. Though when you are sleeping in a pile of your own sweat throughout the night,a little fresh blast of cool rain drops feels pretty darn good. So far our only encounter with bandidos came last night. We were eating at a little dinner spot about 100yrds away from our tents when someone decided to snatch a few drinks out of our cooler. Thankfully, we were out of beer! Then the bandido woke me up around 11pm when he stepped on a plastic bottle we left on the ground, ha! I popped my head up, grabbed my flashlight and shined it right on him. I yelled, ¨hey!¨and he darted off into the night. Good thing for me because i couldn´t find my glasses so there was no way i was about to face him head on. Jimmy was in the hammock passed out and Tim had earplugs in, I was enfuego! So Jimmy and I played lookout with one other local for about an hour after that and then went back to bed. There are plenty of friendly faces here that make you feel warm and welcomed that completely take away from the corrupt nature of fewer individuals. We are starting to see more travelers the further south we head. La Ticla has a great lefthand point that can be epic when its on. We surfed it yesterday afternnon and I filmed the boys out there today. Our next stop is Nexpa. Everyone is saying that the swell is hitting it very good right and you can stay in bungalows for about 180 pesos a night ($14 us). Off to get fed and then surf more. Til next time, from the land where less is more. Well at least in my eyes.