We arrived at the courts in Cihuatlan in about 15 minutes and discovered they are beautiful! I don't think pictures could capture it - surrounded by fields of palm and banana trees, flowers everywhere. And the heat! At 9 am when we arrived it was tolerable but by 10:30 I was soaked. We played for 3 hours and then the six of us piled back into the van to head home. Don Paulo the owner of the courts came to meet us and gave us each a bunch of tiny bananas - dominicas. Very tasty after the hours in the sun. The potassium I'm sure helped keep the muscle cramping at bay too!After tennis was an adventure on the bus with some new friends from Tennis El Palmar. We took the bus to Barra de Navidad a nearby town on the beach. However we decided to take the bus the opposite direction that would go through the downtown of Melaque so we could see more. We thought the bus would loop back around in Melaque and then take us on to Barra. Well...we did see a lot and the bus ride was an adventure. We slowly made our way through Melaque and at the end of the downtown we didn't turn around. We started to get concerned as the bus headed farther north and up into the hills. When we stopped we were informed to get off- that it was the end of the line. We weren't sure what to do knowing we couldn't walk back to town and we didn't know where we were. Luckily a fellow Canadian noticed us and he explained where we were and that another bus would be heading back to Melaque and on to Barra in about 5 minutes. About an hour and a half after we left the hotel we circled past the bus stop we started from! Barra was worth the trip - it was a nice beach town with lots of shops and restaurants right along the beach. I had my first of many Mexican fish tacos and some great coffee. After the adventure it was time for my daily siesta. My naps were usually 2-3 hours of sleep by the pool or under the fan in my room. Because the tennis and the sun I slept 12-13 hours a day. It was great!
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