After a good night's rest, we started our day with instant coffee and CNN en Espanol. Learned that we're going to make peace with North Korea, then got on with the day. We headed over for a lovely breakfast in a different room than dinner and lunch the previous day. It was just us, being served hand and foot by a nice lady, who spoke little English. Eggs benedict for Lisa and an omelette for me. It was all quite good.

We hit the road with our conservative driver, Ishmael, in a mini van. We headed south along some deep canyons where it soon turned into an agricultural greenbelt. There wasn't much worth taking pictures of, but it was still interesting to see the country this way. We stopped at a couple of gas stations along the way, but that was about it. Eventually (about 3 hours since we left) we saw a sign saying something like, "Welcome to Banos!" The rural-mess started to feel like a town and we soon passed the town slightly and headed down toward the river to our accommodation. We parted ways with our driver and were greeted by a young woman who got us checked in. Up one flight of stairs to the second floor was our corner room, with a great view of the river below. It's very quiet, except for the sound of the rushing water. It's very tranquil, to some degree.

After getting settled a bit, we went down to the desk and ask for a taxi. It's a 25 minute walk mostly uphill, so $2 for a taxi is a steal. We had asked for restaurant suggestions at the desk, and we easily found the restaurant, Bambu. It's a steakhouse, of sorts. I had a skewer of mixed meat, and Lisa had chicken Gordon bleu. That's how they spelled it. Mine was fine except that the beef was nearly too tough to chew. The chicken was fine though.

After lunch, we wandered the town and soon found a small park where we oriented ourselves and people-watched. We figured we didn't want a big dinner so we opted to get supplies to make a meal in the room. We found a decent-sized market, the only one we'd seen so far. We got some ham and cheese, and of course, mustard. Lisa must have her mustard. (Secret: I have caught her sipping mustard from the container at times.) We had seen some bakeries along the way and soon found one and got a couple of rolls to complete our sandwiches. We grabbed a cab and headed back to our lovely sanctuary, the room.

So, we settled into some more Spanish TV. Well, it was on in the background and muted when we couldn't take it any longer. Sandwiches were served, along with another movie night. I had barely managed to get the HDMI cable attached to the wall-mounted TV, thankfully. Without it, we would have had no entertainment, aside from each other I suppose. Oh, and the internet, I guess. I had copied about 20 movies to a memory stick, so each night, we select a feature movie. It has been nice to have that option. Lisa faded before the movie ended. I managed until almost 11. Night-night!