Barra de Navidad to Comala, Colima

We had planned to go into Melaque the night before last to attend the San Patricio celebrations but after talking to few others we decided to pass on it.

All week there have been activites, now and then, on the stage in the town square. It looked like groups were practicing for something. Friday evening we found out what it was all about... Celebrations for The start of spring (primavera) festival. This event lead up to the crowning of the festival queen.  The younger kids were very cute.

Today we left Barra and on the first of Los Pueblos Magicos... The first town one our route is Comala, Colima. It is town a small town in the hills south east of Barra. 

On the way here we kept to the back roads and circumnavigated Mazanillo, a medium sized coastal tourist destination. Most of the places we passed through were unremarkable. Our pace was slow and it was hot and hazy.

Comala is a pretty little town with cobblestone streets and a very pretty central plaza. Nearly every building in this town is painted white. 

After finding a hotel we walked to the plaza for lunch. We picked a busy restaurant in the shade, sat down and ordered a beer. Sundenly food started arriving on the table??? The waiter must have read our puzzled look and explained that as long as you orders drinks, they will keep bringing you food. All the meals in this place as similar to appetizers (call botanas) and you can special order certain ones if you like, otherwise you get something different when you are almost finished what you have on the table. The catch is that beers are 35 pesos instead of the normal restaurant price of 15. Still a good deal for us though.... We had 3 beers and all we could eat for about $8. Canadian. 

We just had a short siesta and we are heading back down to the plaza for the entertainment.