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Posted by Cliff on 2/26/2008, 5:13 am, in reply to "HOME NEAR WATER"
Message modified by board administrator 2/26/2008, 5:16 am
Hola Roberto,
From San Blas to Puerto Vallarta along the coast there are several townships that are near water where I would have a home if that is your dream...Even the volcanic lake at Santa Maria de Oro about 40 minutes from Tepic is getting a lot of action these days...The map below shows locations except for those places closer to PV but still in Nayarit such as Bucerias (very nice) and Sayulita...La Penita just past Guayabitos is also not mentioned but should be...It is a favorite spot for many retirees...Here are the links to the Rincon Guayabitos and the La Penita message boards...Very active with lots of information...
http://members5.boardhost.com/CasaLibertad/
http://members2.boardhost.com/jamiefromalta/
THE NAYARIT COAST
Nayarit’s long, tufted coastline is one of the hidden, untouristed gems of the Mexican Pacific shore. Its beauty—verdant mountain and shoreline forests, orchard-swathed plains, and curving yellow strands of sand—is largely natural. Nevertheless, the amenities of civilization are abundant in the Nayarit Coast’s necklace of petite, hidden beachside resorts—Sayulita, Playa San Francisco, Lo de Marcos, Rincón de Guayabitos, Chacala, and San Blas—that offer an exceptional mix of south-seas delights. All of these—beach sunning and strolling, fishing, bird-, dolphin-, and whale-watching, wilderness camping, adventure sports opportunities, and comfortable hotels and good restaurant to boot—await those willing to follow the road an hour or two north of Puerto Vallarta.
First stop along the way should be Sayulita, once mostly the home of fishing families and oyster divers. Now, it’s a haven for a winter platoon of youthful foreign sunbathers and surfer wannabes, who come to cozy up in comfortable lodgings and enjoy Sayulita’s good food and colorful village ambience.
A few miles farther north, San Francisco (or locally, San Pancho) still retains its sleepy beach village ambience, but is also home to a growing community of North American vacationers and retirees. They come mainly for San Pancho’s abundant natural tranquility—of long strolls along palm-shaded forest trails, and gazing at the brilliant night sky and the spectacularly turbulent surf that dashes up San Pancho’s long, golden beachfront.
The magnet of Lo de Marcos is its wide, family-friendly beach, sheltered by headlands on both sides and bordered by a sprinkling of beach bungalows and palm-shaded RV parks and campgrounds. The same is true of Rincón de Guayabitos, but even more so. It’s the hands-down Mexican family favorite resort of the entire Nayarit coast, largely for its many budget but comfortable housekeeping bungalows and tranquil, kid-friendly waves. A batallion of North American winter RV retirees have picked up the same message and stay the winter, fishing, barbequeing, and playing cards with long-time fellow returnees.
The beach list goes on: incomparably lovely Playa Chacala, with its creamy half-moon beach, regal palm grove, homey local lodgings and a pair of rustic-chic hotel-spas; and farther north, the broad Bay of Matanchén with its pair of petite beachfront hotels, trailer parks, waterfall hikes, crocodile farm, and world-class surfing at north-end Playa Matanchen.
Next comes San Blas, rich in history, revealed in its ancient, mossy hilltop fortress and its restored customs house and museum downtown. In the present, San Blas has become itself a jumping-off point for natural adventures. These include a jungle boat tours through its orchid-festooned wildlife-rich mangrove wetland, an excursion to offshore marine life sanctuary Isla Isabel, and/or an overnight in Mexcaltitán. The “Venice of Mexico,” it’s the ancestral island home of the Aztec people, who wandered east from Mexcaltitán around a.d. 1100 and within 400 years had built one of the world’s great cities and conquered Mexico.
And finally, travel to the lush, green summit of Nayarit’s coastal mountains to Tepic, the Nayarit state capital, nestled in its fertile volcano-rimmed valley. Tepic is both the rich source of a trove of colorful and uniquely enigmatic Huichol ritual handicrafts and jumping-off point for the blue, forest-rimmed volcanic crater lake, Laguna Santa María de Oro.
Good luck!!! All of these places offer something depending on how adventurous you want to be...We like dependable basic services including being able to pick up groceries without going very far...To each his own and we're spoiled...Once upon a time, I would have lived happily in a one room cabin choppin' wood for the stove and getting water from a spring whilst fishing and hunting for food but now I like a more comfortable lifestyle...
Thanks for droppin' by,
Cliffardo
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