Beautiful Barra

Years ago we wandered into Barra on Molly J and Robert drove the van down.  We asked what the cost of the marina was for Molly J and turned away in disgust as it was $180/night.  The world has turned, Isla Marina now does deals - as we were part of the Baja ralley we are here at .60/ft/night.  And it is magic.  The hotel above the marina climbs a steep hill and three pools with slides climb right alongside.  The hotel is full of tour groups that seem to be yacht and country club escapees who  don't realize the effects of sun and margaritas.  What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico?

The giant yachts have food delivered in rolling carts and we see the uniformed crews polishing, rubbing, swabbing most of the day.  On I'O, we leave for one of the four pools.  I'O is in front of the the black and white yacht in the far right corner:  dog hair, sand, and such......but we are having fun.

Barra shares the bay with Melaque, (not shown)..  Both towns suffered great losses in last year's hurricane and giant chunks of buildings litter the beach front.  The town has several canals that we explored by dink, with many for sale signs  on the houses with fun and strange architecture.,.  We feel lucky not to be in the Lagoon, as we know those twelve boats out there are fighting the Noseeums like mad. As is, we throw a camp net over the hatch and hang out below with our noxious bug spray. 

A glorious tree.

Typical house on one of the canals.  The sailboat had to back down the canal to get to it's berth.

A water taxi takes  usfrom the elegant marina to the town - this is from inside the lagoon.



Why not have a lavendar door, turquoise wall?  The fishing fleet is made up of pangas who line one of the canals.  There was a festival this past weekend and it looked more like a riot on the beachfront, and with dueling musicians, the noise came across the channel to us like jungle drums.