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Because of the three hour time difference, I was able to sleep in and wake up at a reasonable time. After waking up, Dad and I went to eat the breakfast buffet served in the hotel. While the hotel was the same company as the one in the States, there were a few differences. Instead of serving sausage as meat, there were beans and chopped up hot dogs. The scrambled eggs were not as yellow and had pepper mixed in but they were still tasty. There were assorted breads available to toast and many pastries, mostly unknown to me. Instead of milk in individual cartons, it was in a large dispenser, and there was also juice next to it as well. The yogurt was in a bowl rather than in separate containers.

After breakfast we packed up our bags, checked out of the hotel, and loaded everything up into the car. We then walked to the Marina Fiesta and was stopped almost immediately by a guy who wanted us to go on a whale watching experience. It sounded really cool so hopefully we will do it later in the week. We walked towards the beach and saw a sea lion! Dad was able to get a picture of it. We went down to feel the water and it was much cooler than I was hoping it to be. The water would feel nice if it was a really hot day so you could go in and cool off.

As we headed back to the hotel, we saw the sea lion again and he was right behind a boat. Dad was concerned with how close it was to the boat and I was wondering if the men on the boat would ever feed it any fish. A man came up to us and started telling us about the sea lion. His name is Pancho and he is the fattest sea lion in the area. He was once the only one who would follow the boats in after they came back from fishing and now some more of the sea lions have learned to do the same. Here is a video which made the sea lions famous in Cabo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGz-NIBZwEw

The man was very nice and told us about different groups that went out whale watching and which was the best to go with. He went on one two years ago and took hundreds of pictures of whales. We were talking for awhile about where we were from and about his mother and what he did. As we were leaving, he yelled, "Go Tar heels!" So I guess you will never know where you might meet a Tar heel fan!

We got back to the hotel, went to the bathroom, and hopped into the car to drive to Los Bariles. It took us about 50 minutes to get there. The roads were curvy and we saw dogs and one cattle! It kind of reminded me of the ride we take from Calgary to British Columbia. You would think that the land would be flat because it is so close to the water but there are hills and mountains all around.

When we arrived we were starving. We put our luggage into the casita, asked where there was a good place to eat, and took off to find it. We were searching for this one place and kept driving around the small town but could not find it. So we ended up going to a place next to the supermercado to eat. It was located outside and there were a few people eating there. The people working there did not speak English and Dad tried to ask for flat bottled water but failed because they brought us bubbly water. The man working went next door to the supermercado to buy the bubbly mineral water just for us. After we ordered, it seemed like ages before they fed us. Fortunately, there was a mini appetizer of chips and spicy salsa. Since we were sitting outside, there were tons of flies. When the food finally arrived, so did 50 more fly friends. It was a struggle to eat and swat away the flies but the food was pretty delicious. I ordered coconut shrimp and Dad ordered fish. He did not know what type of fish it was but thinks it might have been flounder. I was so hungry that I forgot to take a picture! I did take picture of the food after we were finished devouring it.  We went to the supermercado to pick up cereal, milk, fruit, water, beer, juice, Mac and Cheese, and butter.

Back at the casita, Dad read while I took a nap. After I woke up, we FaceTimed with my mom and then Skyped my Grandma. I made dinner of Mac and Cheese in a pan (which is quite difficult because not all of the water can stay in the pan after the noodles are added and when stirring all the ingredients together, the noodles like to escape the pan and hang out on the countertop). I hadn't made Mac and Cheese for awhile but it tasted pretty yummy and we had a plum for dessert.

We cleaned up and got ready for bed and then watched the movie Now You See Me. Dad was falling asleep towards then end of the movie. Once the movie was over, we went to bed, eager for a good night sleep and to wake up and go kiteboarding tomorrow!