Saturday, 1 Mar 2014 – We took the laundry into Barra and had breakfast there.

Sunday, 2 Mar 2014 – We went for a walk to the restaurants in the lagoon and had lunch at Mary’s.

Monday, 3 Mar 2014 – We went into Barra once again. We needed to book a bus for a trip inland to Mexico’s second largest city, Guadalajara, about a six-hour luxury bus ride from Barra. The plan included continuing from there to Guanajuato. We would be gone for about 7 days and as we have used Mexican buses previously, we were not concerned as they are quite comfortable and efficient.  The first-class bus tickets were 3,554 pesos. Returning to Hilbre, booked our hotels online for Guadalajara and Guanajuato.

Tuesday, 4 Mar 2014 – It was a busy day at the hotel with lots of security as the President of Mexico was staying at the resort. In the afternoon, we prepared Hilbre for our departure tomorrow for Guadalajara. As we were only going to be away for just over a week, there was not a lot to be done. We had dinner on the boat. This was also Carnival.  We did hear that Malaque has a better carnival with lots of fireworks, apparently it gets a bit wild.