We spent a few wonderful days in the incredibly mellow beach town of Barra de Navidad at a house that belongs to our friend Iliana’s parents who generously offered it to us so we could all hang out over a long weekend which gave us time to play on the beach and enjoy some really wonderful fish and shrimp tacos from the cart on Michoacan Street. Don’t miss the fish tacos at Mexico Lindo either–cheap and delicious!
The Barra de Navidad,/San Patricio-Melaque beach.
A mariachi band in front of a heavy metal bar in Barra de Navidad. Of course.
The neighboring town of San Patricio-Melaque had a big fiesta for its patron saint on March 17th (San Patricio=St. Patrick). Weirdly, the color green was not a big deal but fireworks certainly were.
A large scorpion (about three inches long) that we carefully swept out of shower drain and out of the house.
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Beach panoramic is so beautiful. As well as the band and night party. But the scorpion looks awful.
You were there for the festival in March too!? My friend and I went to Melaque and watched the rodeo. It was the weirdest experience and a bit disturbing. We didn’t even stay for the actual rodeo because the first 2 hours were just live performances of men hitting women!!
That scorpion picture is creepy! Thank god my parents have their house sprayed before any of us visit because I don’t know if I could handle seeing that in the shower. I have a serious phobia of scorpions.