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Whilst the community class is free, it’s still polite to offer a donation as you leave the studio, good karma goes a long way!\n\nNormal class prices start at $170 pesos (about £6.80 GBP) for an hour’s class, ranging from yoga styles involving lots of stretching positions to those which are more meditation based.  I ended up going to a few classes before I got back on a surfboard; I found the classes to be very beneficial and must say I enjoyed the experiences, I could get into this yoga thing.\n\nSo, after some decent preparation it turns out that a fairly flat ocean was exactly what I needed in the end.  Having borrowed Fred’s surfboard for an afternoon’s paddle I was finally confident that my shoulder was:\n\n- strong enough to be smashed by waves and swim back to shore in the event of a problem\n- strong enough to maintain the body position required to balance my body/chest on the board and propel myself through the water\n\nWith Fred’s encouragement and a renewed purpose to get back on a surfboard after 10 years, I got myself down to Lunazul quick-smart to finally rent my own board.  Everyone at Lunazul is super friendly and keen to make sure customers are well looked after; special thanks to Eduardo for the mutually beneficial marketing material exchange, i.e. sticker swap.\n\n![20170601_103610.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZgxY4kkjvAmsX1fjkgJWR6rjPvjGfzDNZEQPd9gMKg3u/20170601_103610.jpg)\n\nLunazul (or Luna Azul: ‘Blue Moon’)\n\n![20170601_103640.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmf3kzUskduFDwbKisu8njJyFMTNmTpehXGwkMrDEvgsvz/20170601_103640.jpg)\n\nInside the shop\n\n \n![20170601_103809.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPKPjLmoLwMoKhVvF99vVggeS4GUfjcWWbvaWZ8mRtuSg/20170601_103809.jpg)\n\n\nChoose your ‘pontoon’\n\n ![20170601_103838.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfCT3jjHLCG98k6rd8XP28jKBgvusK9vWT4TqiyBXgrKG/20170601_103838.jpg)\n\nA one day surfboard rental with Lunazul is normally $300 pesos (about £12 GBP), but the more days you rent for, the bigger the discount you get.  As someone returning to surfing after such a long time (and someone who was pretty rubbish back then anyway) I opted for quite a long board at 8 feet 4 inches.  Less of a surfboard and more of a pontoon, the larger board makes it easier:\n\nto balance and float\nto paddle in general\nto catch a wave and have a large, stable platform to stand on\nReassuringly (for my ego) I’m told that even experienced surfers tend to go back to a larger board if they haven’t surfed for a long time; sounds good to me at any rate.\n\n ![20170601_103948.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWvnQdqkuqCLfvxqVCXtwwgrUhbroSR86R3vtfL8k9uUa/20170601_103948.jpg)\n\nYou know you’re a newbie when your board has a handle on either end of it :/\n\n![20170601_103929.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWv3FJ5Ltyk7Wu22gJ13Q6DEMcBoGYaUxmEynUXyWAbkf/20170601_103929.jpg)\n\nView from the back of Lunazul\n\n\nTime to bloody-well get on with it!\n\n \n\nPart 3: SURFING\n\nDay one: I’ll be honest, it was a pretty basic start.  Since the ocean was so calm there were no waves big enough to surf breaking near the shore, if I was going to do this I’d have to paddle out to the ‘line-up’ (area in the water where all surfers congregate and basically float around waiting for waves to appear).  On paper that sounds like the easiest thing in the world, but on day one I was still a little anxious about getting too near anyone who actually knew what they were doing, after all I’d never been in a line-up before so I was pretty sure I’d just get in the way.\n\nIn the end I decided to float around just a little way off from the main line-up and pay close attention to what everyone else was doing.  Hey, I’m planning to be the Action Sports Nomad for quite a few years if I can, no sense in smashing myself to pieces on day one, right?  I did manage to time a paddling effort just right on one rogue wave that came my way, caught the wave, and instantly fell over when I went to stand up…but hey, I’m happy with a 1% improvement per day, so it should only take me 99 more days to become half decent, right?\n\n![20170523_121544.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXd8BrvYTuLhDV31GMNhtND37RpQKbYRvKmQ6cZw5i6mM/20170523_121544.jpg)\n\nSurfers on the Sayulita waves\n\nDay two: Jumping straight on the board and paddling out quickly to the line-up makes me feel like I know what I’m doing (when I clearly don’t…yet).  I feel much more confident sat straddling the board waiting for waves too.  It might sound like sitting on a surfboard in the open water should be easy, but it takes a certain amount of core control and balance to remain upright.  It can even be pretty funny at times; every now and again you’ll hear a large splash as someone has a lapse in concentration and slips off their board into the sea, only to surface a second or two later looking sheepish as they clamber back on.\n\nWith few real waves it’s fine for me to just float around in the main line-up, I’ll only get in the way if I make an attempt to paddle for a wave.  After most of the line-up catch a couple, I finally decide it’s now or never and set off paddling for a wave with just one other surfer off to my left.\n\nThings start well, I catch the wave, so does the other guy, I get up on my left foot with right knee still planted; now we’re talking.  But directly ahead of me in the path of the wave is another surfer paddling back to the line-up, okay no worries, but now the other guy who caught the wave with me is closing in on my left, this is getting sketchy!  Not yet being proficient at ‘how to stop surfing a wave and control where my board goes’ I’m sure that if I bail now my board will smash into the paddling surfer, but if I carry on surfing then the guy to my left will crash into me…ummm…\n\nBasically, the guy to my left had to bail, which in surfing etiquette terms means I’m just plain rude because someone to your left has priority over you on a wave breaking to the right.  At least I didn’t have to bail and smash some other poor bugger in the face though, that definitely would have been worse.  Fred’s only comment is to ask why the hell I didn’t just stand up and surf the bloody wave properly!\n\n![20170601_105019.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmb5k3baMiGJdtrD2YiRFxSAhz8bfWyChwxAUXDtphsmjK/20170601_105019.jpg)\n\nQuiet day out there\n\n \n\nDay three: Pumped to get back out there and nail this thing properly, I’m frustrated to find that the ribs on my left side are really painful once I start paddling.  I must have done something to them in the last couple of days without realising; oh well, no pain no gain.\n\nThings are a bit more dramatic in terms of waves too; some swell rolls in just as I get to the line-up which causes the other surfers to begin paddling back and forth like maniacs, letting out hoots and hollers as they spot the incoming waves.  There’s a palpable sense of energy and excitement which floods my system with adrenaline when I spot the size of the waves, now’s my chance to really give this a go: oohrah!\n\nThis hormonally triggered courage is quickly balanced out by a healthy dose of fear as I watch a couple of surfboards be ejected from the back of the last big wave, their riders being munched somewhere inside that massive wall of water that I just floated over the top of…*gulp*.  To make matters worse, the bigger waves are starting to break earlier than I’m used to, so I’m now having to quickly learn how to get me and my pontoon of a surfboard safely over/through/past them any way I can.  I know what duck diving is, but that’s just not possible with my behemoth of a board.\n\nThe set of bigger waves passes and I get a moment to compose myself for the next one.  Here we go.  Wave, paddle, catch, left foot, STAND! FINALLY! It’s only about 7 or 8 seconds of riding the wave but it’s the first time I’ve ever ridden a ‘proper wave’ and I’m stoked!\n\nThe rest of my day surfing goes downhill from there unfortunately.  As another set of bigger and consistent waves roll in I find myself tumbled towards the rocks near the shore.  Treading water amidst the rocks, I end up slicing a big chunk out of my left foot along with a host of smaller cuts and bruises, and it’s only thanks to some panicked paddling that I manage to escape the next barrage.  This surfing malarkey isn’t for the faint-hearted!\n\nRibs smashed, foot gouged, knee bleeding, but stoked at catching my first proper wave, I decide it’s time to quit while I’m ahead.\n\nI feel like this particular sunset has been well earned…\n\n ![20170524_201527.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPGyd9ZCwsHM4Yp4R5ikvtNSWbVaRnSbzpf93fRXVDb5q/20170524_201527.jpg)\n\nSayulita sunset\n\n(If you enjoyed this blog then please feel free to ‘like’ the Action Sports Nomad Facebook page)",
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      "body": "Part 1: Sayulita Life\n\nIt seems that I arrived in Sayulita at just the right time, my AirBnB host Nix explained that they were in the final throes of the busy season (November to April), so most of the gringos that live in Sayulita during the northern hemisphere winter were all making their way back to Canada and the USA.  I was happy to hear this news to be honest; no one wants to be jostling shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of other tourists in 30-degree heat!\n\nMy first few days in Sayulita were therefore fairly relaxed.  Myself, my AirBnB neighbour (French actor Frédéric AKA Fred) and Nix set about touring quite a large selection of restaurants, bars and street taco stands over the following days and nights.  I wasn’t sure if this was what being a travel blogger was all about but it seemed like excellent research, and so I somehow managed to endure the barrage of wonderful Mexican meals, tasty new beers and vibrant locations…it was awful, honestly ;P\n\n![20170507_173405.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfTQ3XA4EfWaZRBXEWjo386rw8zK28BHfAngsCbgiZxYc/20170507_173405.jpg)\n\nNix, Fred, Me\n\n![20170517_200506.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmemw2sdZeyNnhBdBG4hHMYoBvD1RUaTT13zZ4NW3kBpbY/20170517_200506.jpg)\n\nBar street tables\n\n![20170510_202612.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXXskuXUtS5yrgSBB479Gvqmw3uiBucvdQ4rsYqEh6vFq/20170510_202612.jpg)\n\nMexican blonde beer ‘Bohemia’\n\n![20170510_095507.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQ354HfaokmVmo5YCcA1FnvpsrL6WARtsPGwsrqXYGunD/20170510_095507.jpg)\n\nAmazing burrito at ‘Manjare’\n\n![20170504_231212.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbViaJPcjcq6AFeNFpgDxMZiLnyVEvEZJza8vqXc8gFf6/20170504_231212.jpg)\n\nLive music at ‘Su Casa’ (Your House)\n\nOne of the first things that struck me about Sayulita is how metropolitan it is; I think I was expecting it to be more…Mexican.  It’s a Mexican town and thus the majority of inhabitants are Mexican nationals, but walking through the streets you’ll hear plenty of other accents and languages.  There’s a large amount of English spoken here with so many Canadians and Americans, and obviously Spanish is the local parlance, but you’ll also hear a smattering of French if you listen closely.  All this mixes together with the sun, sea, sand and surf to create an exquisitely chilled atmosphere; live music almost every night is the icing on the cake.\n\nAnother element of Mexican culture that I hadn’t really considered before my arrival is the way that animals are so heavily integrated into everyday life.  Dogs are everywhere, roaming the streets, the beach and the bars; some looking healthy with collars, some looking decidedly unhealthy without, but 99% are generally friendly.  I’m a big fan of animals, dogs especially, so I’m loving the daily opportunities to meet a new pooch.  In the less built-up back streets a lot of families tend to keep roosters and chickens, and the roosters are vocal to say the least! If you’re a light sleeper you might want to consider getting accommodation in the more developed areas of town.  Add in the cats, tropical bird songs, geckos, bugs and insects and it’s quite the menagerie.\n\n![20170505_131213.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeLWhcvVpp7KZGCwoKx8JRt36px3cGpHijzT6L4d3GU45/20170505_131213.jpg)\n\nCoffee friend\n\n![20170509_191154.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRLnG2HXskuWSbr8kbrdL2U4ra39iaB1Vy8CW2FteyMEb/20170509_191154.jpg)\n\nStreet Rooster\n\n![20170521_163019.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdX5WvtZghQjVU3pwoc5jLzVNQAPVLQPwQLXquBFDbC3q/20170521_163019.jpg)\n\nFriendly street puppy\n\nLots of bars and restaurants blur the line between business and family home, so you might find the family pet snuffling around under your table at some point.  Either that, or the kids might chase each other out of the family room at the back of the shop and run around screaming for a bit before zipping off the way they came, with no one even batting an eyelid.  That’s Mexico folks.\n\n \n\nPart 2: Playa de los Muertos (Beach of the Dead)\n\nOne of our little forays around Sayulita was a quick walk over to Playa de los Muertos.  As mentioned in Blog 3, the beach isn’t actually dangerous in any way, it’s just that it’s located next to the local cemetery, hence ‘Beach of the Dead’.\n\n \n![20170519_141835.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmT9UN8s1UGHE7kN6tQWv5PNfaaooZsMeiEa9WrjvWCnbp/20170519_141835.jpg)\n\n![20170519_141222.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRiAnMWAXBXWZHD7Zm1y9f7KVtUVSrQcEiYnZPiLL9uL4/20170519_141222.jpg)\n\nLooking out from Playa de los Muertos (ignore the random bum…oops)\n\n![20170519_141211.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcTnRFnqShvHqmNn7JU5dwxtUtMX1RQwsBciwKb2e5oE9/20170519_141211.jpg)\n\nI don’t think this counts as Rock-climbing for Action Sports Nomad purposes\n\n![20170519_142107.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmetdwVYFXAUPjapaouHFkcFeMBL7aax72DzrSXXLtk2sU/20170519_142107.jpg)\n\nView of Sayulita beach on the walk back from Playa de los Muertos\n\n \n\nPart 3: San Pancho (San Francisco)\n\nSan Pancho (officially called San Francisco) is a smaller version of Sayulita just a 10-minute bus ride north along the Pacific coast.  You can get a local bus from Sayulita for about $15-20 pesos (60-80 pence) which drops you off on the main road outside the town, it’s then a 10-minute stroll down the main street to the beach at the end.  Other than a few roads leading off the main street to some residential areas there’s not much there, but again there is a discernible calm vibe to the place.  Shop owners happily smile out at you as you pass, and children play in the street as bare-footed surfers wander back from the beach, boards under arms.\n\n![20170507_182741.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdYpzQd9ez1MPLTCsd8myqmrstcjmRofdSmzqYs2Dtf5B/20170507_182741.jpg)\n\nNix and Fred stroll down San Pancho’s main street\n\n![20170507_183102.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaU2zyc5u5iJHCGV8mVaNLpiM11U94k8XTAZHT6GJEyGW/20170507_183102.jpg)\n\nWatermelons for sale off the back of a truck; “rojo y dulce” (red and sweet)\n\n![20170507_182010.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUbeu92Tdmrd7Gsh6bVAoSamZawkNxc6fUiQhTBJJaaU4/20170507_182010.jpg)\n\nModified VW Beetle; ready for the sand\n\n![20170507_184226.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSL5yFeN5bNJ11fpT7Tj2puc8BAgeJbovpK76aQFWwtiH/20170507_184226.jpg)\n\nAnother friendly local: “Coyote” the dog (who escorted us all the way back down the main street from the beach)\n\n![20170507_184114.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmP291N24RGcJUp3T6hoCKL84FMVCgS2uDoJ4BjmTyN4NQ/20170507_184114.jpg)\n\nPacific Ocean waves crash on San Pancho beach\n\nAs with all touristy areas, the general feelings of those from Sayulita is that “San Pancho is too boring man”, whilst those in San Pancho say, “Sayulita is too over-developed hombre, it’s not cool anymore”.  Whilst San Pancho was a little quiet when we visited, I couldn’t really fault it.\n\n \n\nPart 4: Surfing in Sayulita\n\nI had booked a 5-day surf course whilst still in the UK with a company called Sayulita Surf Camps ($395 USD).  They teach all levels from complete beginner to seasoned surfer, and the tuition includes trips to various beaches around the Sayulita area.  They also offer some great accommodation options in association with a guy called Pepe at the Sunset Bungalows (ranging from $55 to $65 USD per night, it’s quite expensive but the rooms are well equipped with kitchenette and air con).\n\nThe only problem for me was the concern that my collarbone/shoulder was still too weak following surgery in January 2017, where a metal plate was inserted to repair my broken collarbone.  (For more info check out the two articles I wrote about my 3-day snowboard trip to Bansko, Bulgaria, and how I dealt with my travel insurance whilst being injured abroad).\n\nIf I’m really going to make the Action Sports Nomad idea work then I’m going to need my body to be in full working order.  So despite huge frustration that I couldn’t start my trip with a 5-day surf course as I’d planned (plus the irony that the Action Sports Nomad wasn’t going to be doing many action sports for a while), I decided to postpone the surf course until later in 2017.  Sayulita Surf Camps were really cool about it and completely understood my situation, since I had already paid in advance they were more than happy to offer me a course whenever I was ready later in the year.\n\n \n\nHowever…\n\n \n\n…after a couple of weeks in Sayulita I might have let frustration get the better of me…\n\n ![IMG-20170521-WA0022.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfGL82fcZzRo3wMbCjCL4vXTbgm5bjo887vk8r4zt5q2Y/IMG-20170521-WA0022.jpg)\n\nTune into Blog 5 next week to find out what me and this rental surfboard got up to…(hey, I said I loved surfing, I never said I was any good ;P)\n\n \n\n(If you enjoyed this blog then please feel free to ‘like’ the Action Sports Nomad Facebook page and subscribe to catch the next update in my new adventure! )",
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There is also a great café with chairs and tables located in a nice, quiet, shaded spot; and since there is also free Wifi it was the perfect place to chill and have a Skype catch-up with family.\n\n![20170503_134313.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmR54zypYUzXkP7D1YsPVrSKi7HscPAgs11ntAoCE8yuNu/20170503_134313.jpg)\n\n![20170503_142818.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcN6wQuu6vzstBkE5K3nPDFTx7rZi3Ntj9aPrRHhURanK/20170503_142818.jpg)\n\nThere were plenty of awesome exhibitions during my visit, favourite amongst them being the iron cast warrior/guardian sculptures by Xavier Mascaró.  They stand about 8 feet tall, and in a previous century could easily have doubled as nasty torture chambers!  They were both immensely oppressive and calmly reassuring in equal measure, depending on whether you contemplated being incarcerated inside one, or thought of them as your loyal guardians.\n\n ![20170503_130858.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRnp13MsieeWhMMsB8QD61W6rEc8ndQs2Lkfk78gx9oxp/20170503_130858.jpg)\n\n\n![20170503_131034.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXDcHqqfLrDZcdE5mLsa8bDAgntR5uhQvSMnU6oMPRJ35/20170503_131034.jpg)\n \n\nPart 2: Getting to Sayulita\n\nVallarta Plus is an affordable bus/coach company which can get you from Guadalajara to Sayulita, a one-way ticket cost just $468 pesos (about £19 GBP).  From the centre of Guadalajara you’ll need to get a taxi to the Zapopan bus station on the edge of the city where the bus leaves from, this taxi should cost between $150-$250 pesos plus tip (about £7 to £12 GBP).  Buses normally leave early at around 08:30am, but bear in mind that ‘Mexican time’ means things are often delayed as a matter of course; without reason, explanation or consequence. You get used to it after a while, and actually in the right circumstances it’s a nice change of pace (although us Brits are not unaccustomed to the odd bus replacement service!)\n\nCredit where credit is due though, the Vallarta Plus buses are top of the line, I’ve travelled a fair bit and it’s the best damn bus I’ve ever been on!  Huge comfy seats that recline a good 70 degrees, plenty of leg room, air con, male and female toilets at the back that rival any aircraft, and an entertainment system packed full of live music, TV and movies in both Spanish and English.  I even watched Alice: Through the Looking Glass and a bit of Star Wars during the 4-hour journey!  Hardly the clapped-out old banger of a bus that you hear about in all the travel stories.\n\n![20170504_083904.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUnPP7Yi5QeshF6jPatgmfyy8PiNc8zwREcqQEwFdy8pq/20170504_083904.jpg) \n\n \n\nPart 3: Accommodation in Sayulita\n\nStepping off the air-conditioned bus into the blazing afternoon sun in Sayulita was a bit of shock.  Thankfully I’d already booked an AirBnB called Sayulita Suites; it’s a bit of a luxury for the long term but I wanted to use these first few days in Sayulita to acclimatise and relax into my new life, before getting super stingy with the budget and hitting the hostels.  Busy season is November to April when all the ‘gringos’ come down from Canada and the US, and also when surfers are drawn by the bigger waves.  The room rates vary depending on the season but luckily for me it was May, so I was paying ‘off season’ rates of about $55 to $59 USD a night.  I also had some credit on my AirBnB account from a referral I made so I paid roughly £30 GBP a night. During busy season this AirBnB can cost around $100 USD a night!\n\n![20170504_133815.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUcEE1Z68qXaCuKdsz4a8tg8zSZUkP7dfWZe4iSB7DYcq/20170504_133815.jpg)\n\nOutside the suites\n\n![20170504_133827.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmddQZGzUFHVvYt3NRV5zVi4HTX6Kigot7NMYu4sABQLZC/20170504_133827.jpg)\n\nMain kitchen/table area\n\n![20170504_143034.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZfmds3tf9s5td5xnWvf3Ja6GGNRaHK9pvVMq6kaf8uoj/20170504_143034.jpg)\n\nNo smoking sign\n\nThe Sayulita Suites are excellent though, perfect for my needs at that point; the best bits being free Wifi, ceiling fans to keep you cool, and most importantly, free filtered water!  Even though bottled water is relatively cheap here (50p for 1.5 Litres) it soon adds up when you are drinking more in hot weather, and then also making sure you have enough to drink ‘at home’.  There’s nothing worse than waking up parched in the middle of the night and remembering you can’t drink the tap water.\n\nThe owner of the Sayulita Suites is a lady called Lyn, an expat originally from my native England but long since escaped to milder climes.  Lyn is a fantastically hospitable host and didn’t think twice about offering me and my French neighbour Frédéric a golf-cart tour of the town, showing us all the best places to eat, where to avoid, and where we could find the famous Playa de los muertos (Beach of the Dead)!  Whilst my mind conjured up images of a beach with a vicious rip-tide which must have caught many an unsuspecting tourist off guard, the reality is simply that the beach is near the local cemetery, hence ‘Beach of the Dead’.  Whilst this reality steals some gravitas from the name, it is somewhat reassuring that the local waters are safe for swimming.\n\n![20170504_145609.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaucA1ANd2Jg18NZ7BVrCrxjriwBLA63iCAbMGd2cpRoY/20170504_145609.jpg)\n\nSayulita High Street\n\n![20170504_164308.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUp97Qe5smpdmtPbsiFVF6wZm8jSkgFkSF9o1gP6sstHJ/20170504_164308.jpg)\n\nSouvenirs\n\n![20170506_180515.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXa87aaJEJqx97wVXTF2chaCPfoZEiQF39KPBPJ1S7wq9/20170506_180515.jpg)\n\nRestaurant with amazing artwork\n\n![20170511_202432.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaraNwxuG95nHAxXUvwZWxeWfcUKkpCgmFKC8uqTbHPom/20170511_202432.jpg)\n\nObligatory shot of delicious fish tacos! ($65 Pesos = £2.60)\n\nRandomly, golf carts appear to be the chosen form of transport for most expats/gringos since Sayulita is still a developing town, meaning many ‘roads’ are actually bumpy dirt tracks which can be a pain to walk large distances on.  There is even a local ‘golf cart guy’ who makes a living purely from modifying and servicing the large fleet of carts in town!\n\n \n![20170508_171744.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWfU5oSUg1chJLVCWHaR9AtdPBP74FLRcvtMqKxCb7vXo/20170508_171744.jpg)\n\n\nLyn’s golf cart being given a tune up\n\nLyn’s site manager is a friendly Argentinian musician/DJ called Nix who helps with the running of the AirBnB.  Me, Argentinian musician Nix and French actor Frédéric all go for beers on my first night in town so they can introduce me to ‘Sayulita Life’.  Conversation flowed easily from topics like travel, language and culture all the way to politics, philosophy and economics; sufficed to say we quickly formed a group friendship.  An Argentinian, a Frenchman and an Englishman all walk into a bar…to hear more about our Sayulita adventures you’ll need to stay tuned for Blog 4 next week! ;P\n\n \n\n(If you enjoyed this blog then please feel free to ‘like’ the Action Sports Nomad Facebook page)",
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Well…here we go, let’s take a little wander down memory lane.\n\nIt was all going so well, considering I’d spent 4 years travelling and snowboarding in my mid-twenties I still managed to secure a good job on my return to the UK in 2010, and after just 9 short months I was promoted to junior management, this ‘real life’ thing was gonna be easy, what was all the fuss about?\n\nAfter saving hard and being a good little capitalist I even managed to get a mortgage and move out of my parents’ house just 6 months after my 30th birthday (though this was of course with help from the Bank of Mum and Dad, it’s impossible any other way these days right!?)  I had a shiny second-hand VW Golf, I bought a new sofa on credit, and I even went the whole hog and put down a deposit for a new full suspension mountain bike to keep my adrenaline-junkie side happy.  ‘Settling down’ in my new office job was going great, so what if it could be really stressful sometimes being on call 24 hrs a day, that’s part of being a responsible adult I kept telling myself, anyway I could handle it, everybody else does so why shouldn’t I?\n\nFast forward to 2015 and things start ramping up.  The unexpected takeover of a large player in the industry heralds another promotion, now we’re talking middle/senior management and the chance to really prove my worth as a workaholic.  ‘Sometimes stressful’ quickly morphed into ‘constantly overloaded’ as everyone in the company juggled 5 job titles whilst pulling consistent 12 hour days to ‘make it happen’.  And you know what, for 6 months that was just about bearable, and actually the camaraderie and team spirit were amazing experiences during that time; but when every Sunday afternoon was spent working from home and the stress kept on building with no end in sight, that’s when the constant grind just wore me down.  (We won’t even mention that I was also studying for a Masters degree during all this).\n\nA year of ‘constantly overloaded’ left me drinking red wine most nights to dull the pain.  12 hours in the office every day meant no social life besides the occasional Saturday meet up with friends, only for me to constantly moan about work and otherwise sit there feeling grey and drained of life.  Work was a nightmare, the word ‘anxious’ doesn’t quite do it justice, I was living on a hair trigger and wondering why the hell I dragged myself in there everyday only to be assaulted with another cannon-load of problems and complaints.  I was in a very dark place from which there seemed to be no escape.\n\nEnough was enough, this was no kind of life, and so with the amazing support of my family and friends I began to make plans.  I could quit this hell, finish my Masters thesis over the summer and sell my property, then move home for a few months until heading off on my travels in 2017.  So that’s what I did.  I took back control of my life.\n\nBut what about your career? How will you support yourself? You can’t actually make money travel blogging can you? Come on, you’re nearly 35 years old, this isn’t a sensible thing to do.  What will people think of you? You’ve failed at this job so how will you succeed at being a blogger? Central and South America is a dangerous place! These were all the negative questions racing through my brain every day before and after I handed in my notice.  And although they have grown quieter with time, they still try and drag me down every now and again.\n\nYes it’s a leap of faith, and yes it’s kinda scary, but I’m doing it anyway. I’ve got enough funds to last me a year or so if I’m careful with my money, and I’m determined to make the most of this life doing the things I love; travel, writing, skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, mountain biking and scuba diving.\n\nVolunteering is also going to be a big part of this, it’s not just some bloke being a hedonistic traveller, that’s why one of the first major plans involves volunteering for a children’s charity called Mision Mexico.  That’s also why I set up a crowdfunding campaign in December 2016 to try and raise $3,000 USD to buy new skateboards, shoes and t-shirts for each of the 25 kids currently housed at Mision Mexico.\n\nSo there you have it, that’s the beginning of the story about why I’m out here.  I hope you’ll stick around to find out how it all goes and what I get up to.  (Let me know if you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them).",
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