February 12, 2026 Breakfast - On beach in PV Lunch - Mexican pastries. Dinner - Tropical House Bistro and Bar

February 12, 2026 Breakfast - On beach in PV Lunch - Mexican pastries. Dinner - Tropical House Bistro and Bar

When we woke up and dressed we walked three blocks to the beach and then turned south until we came to a restaurant with tables on the beach. We took a table in the sand and ordered breakfast. I ordered a pancake sandwich: an egg over easy, two pancakes, fruit salad, and two strips pf bacon on a platter. Suzette ordered Machaca with beans and guacamole. We both ordered fresh orange juice. I loved the deconstructed pancake sandwich.

After breakfast we walked along the beach to the river and walked through the shops along the river to the bridge where we doubled back to the hotel where our car was parked. We bought pastries and a chocolate cake at the bakery across the street from hotel Posada Roger and drove north.

Just beyond Bucerias we stopped at the huge Mega supermarket to buy a few basics. The quality and selection had worsened since we last shopped at Mega three or four years ago. This was confirmed by TR later, who said they shop at Comer now. Comer is the other huge supermarket located next to Mega.

W bought avocados, limes, an onion, a bottle of Rompope, sliced ham, sliced cheese, two bolillos, four palmiers, peach yogurt, granola, corn chips,Negra Modelo beer, three apples, a big coke, and pineapple marmalade. What I used to love at Mega, the wine selection, was now terrible, so we bought no wine or spirits.

We then drove to the Phillips’ bungalow outside Sayulita and stowed our gear in their casita next to the main house.

We talked for a few minutes and then we retired to the casita for a nap until 5:30 when we showered and dressed for dinner. We returned to the main house and I prepared guacamole with 1 1/2 large avocados, juice of 1/2 lime, a slice of onion minced, and some hot sauce and salt.

We sat on the patio under the pergola and chatted for a few minutes and then TR drove us to the north side of town to the Tropical house Bistro and Bar. We ate at the Tropical House Restaurant several times before when we stayed at Bungalows Palmar across the street. But tonight it was run by a New Zealand and Australian crew.

The three others started by ordering margaritas. I instead started looking at the extensive wine selection. I then was approached by a young man who was probably the sommelier and asked if he could help. I went several feet to the bar and inquired if they had a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc or Albariño. The bartender’s lit up as he responded, “We have Albariño.”

I became excited and asked what Albariño. He dug into the back of the fridge and drew out a chilled bottle of 2021 Burgan’s Albariño from Rias Biaxes, Spain.

I asked the bartender how much it cost and he said, “One Thousand pesos” at $61.00 the price seemed a little steep, but I bought it because I had no idea what he had to pay for it in Mexico and I did not know if I would see another Spanish Albariño on this trip and I had bought this wine at Whole Foods in Albuquerque several years ago and liked it.

The others all ordered grilled Mahi Mahi. I ordered Chicken Piccata with Pasta because I wanted that vinegary caper sauce with the pasta and chicken. My dish was cooked to perfection except they ground black pepper into the sauce. Luckily, it was easy to remove the largish chunks of black pepper.

After dinner we drove to the main bridge into Sayulita and parked the small four wheel drive beside the bridge and walked the block to the Art Fair that was located in a long circuitous street that wound up the hillside from the Main Street. There were flags of plastic motifs hanging across the street and a profusion of people. TR and Linda met several ex-Pat friends among the throng of what seemed to be mostly young tourists. I was reminded of Madrid last year where we saw 10,000’s of young tourists in the three days we stayed there and none except one couple from California at Michelin rated raw bar in Compostela in the month we traveled in Spain in 2024.

TR could not believe his eyes. He said, “I have lived here 25 years and I have never seen crowds of tourists like this before.”

I told him that a year or two ago I received an internet feed from a travel site I received that ranked Sayulita among the 6 best beach town in the world, which put it on lots of folks’ travel map.

Later we told TR and Linda that when we asked a young couple at a popular restaurant several years ago how they selected a Sayulita as a travel destination they told us they travel by Google. 

So Sayulita has been discovered. It has changed from the small quiet beach town off the map into is a world famous commercial tourist destination with high rise hotels, brightly lit restaurants and thousands of tourists.

Suzette and Linda left TR and me to go shopping and Suzette bought a leather briefcase and both bought decorated luggage rags while we watched the entertainment on the stage.

At around 10:00 we drove back to the house through town, stopping for Linda to buy two servings of Cream Caramel at the ice cream shop at the Plaza. 

When we returned Linda brewed me a cup of tea and we ate a VW bites of the custard.

At 11:00 we went to bed.

Bon Appetit