It rained this morning so we weren't able to go out right away. Eventually the skies cleared and we made the short walk to another municipal garden "The Quinta Magnolia Garden". This used to be the "British Country Club" and a rather grand place it must have been, but it is now in a state of considerable neglect. In some ways this is very sad but it's current dilapidation adds to its charm. These last two free gardens gave us more pleasure than the well looked af...

Firstly we walked to the market again but this time a little earlier, the fish market was busier but not much. After all this effort sustainence was needed so went for mid morning tea. Feeling better we walked to the Santa Nazia municipal gardens. These were only 800yds away but straight uphill so not easy. Fortunately there were plenty of seats to rest on. The gardens were not large but we're well designed and had been built on the site of an old sugar cane fact...

The forecast was for showers, some heavy, with sunny spells, so we decided to stay close to home. A second attempt to find the "workers" market was more successful. The market was a combined vegetable and fish market. The ground floor being for freshly caught fish of quite a wide variety. We were a bit late arriving so we didn't get the full flavour. On the upper floor there was an equally wide variety of fruit, vegetables and flowers on display. Afterwards we fo...

After all our exertions earlier in the week we decided to have a restful day. It was also, initially a much cooler day but by lunchtime the sun came out and by late afternoon it was as hot as previously. After breakfast we took a gentle stroll into the town, stopping for frequent rests in the local parks. When we reached town we had our usual mid morning cup of tea, before trying to find the fish, fruit and vegetable market. We failed!!! So we returned to the hot...