It was a relative rush for us to get ready for 2pm for going up the local volcano. Gone are the days of Australia charging zillions, this tour cost 10 dollars and included transport (2hrs) a guide (2hrs) and security (but did not see much of that). The walk took us up to the base of the rim where rocks were jetting out gasses. Here was a cleft in the rocks that you could look down into to see lava (or at least red hot rock). We stayed there until sunset before h...

We were going to arrange to go up the volcano but Liz was still feeling a bit dicky. The sun was out and all the volcanos visible. The day was spent learning Spanish on the terrace (blog picture is the view from the terrace). We decided to go and have a look around the towns sights. Nice to see some people in traditional dress (reminds me a bit of Bolivia). The houses are all painted and there are some grand churches, fountains and squares, it is a nice place to...

No Liz's hangover didn't last two days, she was unwell this morning but feeling better now. I am pretty much being lazy around the hostal terrace enjoying the views and the long awaited sunshine whilst drinking coffee and learning Spanish. We had a walk down see the Salsa being taught. But ended up back on the hostal terrace. Another excellent sociable evening best remembered for the Spanish teachers multi lingual dog that seemed to understand English Spanish an...

The picture of Liz says it all - we definately let our hair down last night. We stayed around the hostal terrace with Mike, Chris and Ooowp (a guy from Amsterdam) but got chatting with (amongst others) Toto. He was born in the jungle, joined the army and ended teaching US troops jungle war fare. The day was very lazy and pleasant - if you can call learning Spanish pleasant. In the evening we went to the Rainbow Cafe for something to eat and then another taverna...

We got up nice and late to sunshine and headed for the local market with Mike who showed us a cheap 'where the locals eat' restaurant in the market. Mike is permanently travelling through latin America as he cannot afford to live in his native USA. He was useful when locals asked us questions when buying groceries from the uber cheap market stalls. I even managed to find some ground coffee. I felt a glimmer of encourangment over my Spanish, the day had a good op...