Mazunte

November 20th is a holiday here in Mexico so it's a long weekend. A few friends and I decided to take advantage of this break and we went to the beach for a couple days. We went to Mazunte which is probably the most beautiful beach I have ever been to. The beach is known for it's sea turtles. Mazunte is a tiny beach town full of hippies and really laid back people. It's not very touristy or over developed. Our hotel tell was right on the beach. We just had to walk down the stairs and we're on the beach. We left on a night bus at 9:30pm Friday and arrived in Mazunte at 7:15am. It was perfect because we slept the entire time and had the entire day ahead of us when we arrived.

Within an hour of arriving at the beach we were on a boat to go see sea turtles. It didn't take us very long to find the turtles either. They were amazing to see. Probably about 3-4 long. We actually saw some turtles mating. At one point in our tour one of the guides jumped out of the boat and grabbed a turtle. We all got to jump in a touch it. There were a ton a tiny jelly fish in the water though and when we got back in the boat it felt like stinging nettle all over our bodies. We also got to see dolphins and go snorkling during our tour.

On the sunday we went on a tour at Ventanilla which is known for it's crocodiles. We got to see a wide variety of crocodiles. Some were just babies and others were massive. We paddled down a calm river that was surrounded by Mangroves. It was beautiful. We got to drink the juice from a green coconut and once we had finished the juice we got to eat the coconut with lime and chilli powder. It was really delicious.

There was a jazz festival on the beach. So at night we would sit at a restaurant on the beach listening to the music, drinking cocktails, and watching the waves crash on the beach. It was pretty magical. There is a place called Comet's Point that we hiked up to and watched the sun set. It was a gorgeous view over looking the ocean. Our last morning at Mazunte we set our alarms and woke up at 5:45am in order to see the sunrise. It was so beautiful watching the sun come up on the beach.

Unfortunatley I didn't think ahead and forgot to recharge my camera so I was only able to take pictures on the Saturday. My friends took some amazing photos though. It was an incredible weekend and it's hard to believe that we were only at the beach for 2.5 days. We did so many fun things and made so many memories.