After sleeping in at the hotel in Mazatlan and doing some laundry, we rolled out around noon to push further south. We would only be able to get a few hours of driving in, and we decided we wanted to see Tequila, Mexico to see the agave fields and do some Tequila distillery tours. We wouldn’t be able to make it that far, so a little before sunset we pulled off back towards the coast to a beach town called San Blas. It was a 30 KM drive off the highway on an extremely windy road that was completely engulfed in jungle. As we came into the town, the road changed to brick and a quaint little town developed before us, with lots of activity around the main square. This was the authentic Mexico we had been waiting for. Definitely the coolest place we’ve been to so far. After driving in circles for a while partially understanding directions from a few different folks we asked, we arrived to a gorgeous beach with a nice breeze blowing in. The guide book said that we would find tourists that came and never left here, and it was right. We ran into a few different Americans, one of which had been living there for fifteen years. He was super friendly and gave us the scoop on where we could camp and where to get the best tacos in town. We took his advice, headed towards the town square, and were treated to some of the best Carne Asada tacos I’ve ever had. Hand-made tortillas, fresh toppings, everything you could ask for. The guidebook also said that the sand flies and mosquitoes could be really bad in this town, and once again they were right. Just as it started getting dark the mosquitoes chased us off the street so we headed back to the beach. We setup shop right above the surf, listening to waves crash, and unfortunately as we were warned, the breeze died down and the sand flies/no-see-ums came out in force. To our surprise, they were small enough to make it through the screens, so by the next morning, we both looked like we had a bad case of the chicken pox.