November 13, 2008

Will keep this one a little shorter than the last.....it's been another busy day in the hammock! So....what did I do today??? Well, I had a shower (am getting used to cold water only) and then hung in the hammock in the living room and read the rest of my book (remember I told you the l.r. is outdoors beside the kitchen). While I was hanging there, Raf and Joanna made a great breakfast. (In case I haven't already said this...Raf and Jo are a young couple from Grand Forks who will be here for one more day. Raf's and his family are good friends with Mitch so Raf and Jo sought Mitch out a couple of days ago) Breakfast was very Mexican with fresh oranges, a selection of juices, mexican style eggs (scrambled with tomato and onions) and fried potatoes with hot tortillas to wrap it all up in. Mmmmmmmm good!

After breakfast I did the dishes in the outdoor sink in the outdoor kitchen. The sink consists of 3 buckets. The first is soapy (cold) water and the other 2 are for rinsing. It's kind of like (well it's exactly like) camping.

After dishes I hit the hammock again and had a little siesta :)

Next came a walk down to Cafe del Sol (where Viri used to work) for a little gelato and to pick up a new book since I had finished mine in the a.m. while....what was it I was doing again??? Oh yes, hanging in the hammock :)

After Cafe del Sol I had a little rest in my room under the overhead fan and then at 5:00 we all went to the edge of the swamp out back so Mitch could call and feed Campion the Crocodile. Campion didn't disappoint...almost as soon as Mitch called him, he started to surface and head to the edge of the water. We all kept our distance and Mitch threw him a frozen chicken (he tried fresh ones before but Campion wasn't interested in them...I guess he likes his on the chilly side)

After Campion....we went across to Roberto's to sparticipate in the release of the baby turtles. There were about 300 of them and according to stats not a lot of them will survive to adulthood but perhaps because they had an extra day or two under the protection of Roberto's they'll have a better chance.

After the turtles we met up with Lallo (Edwardo who I met last night) and a few of his friends to go to the hot springs. It is about a 10-15 minute drive up the highway and then you turn off the road onto a rough (off road) road. Another 10 minutes along there and you come to a gate, go through the gate and a couple of minutes later it's just a very short walk to the springs. It is gorgeous in there. Palm trees everywhere with an amazingly perfect "hot tub" made by the best - Mother Nature. Well, there was a little help from the look of it as there are some sand bags damming up one side of the stream to make a bit of a pool. There is mud that everyone spreads on their skin before rinsing off in the hot pool. The temperature of the pool is perfect. Not too hot and not too cold. I have to say it is probably my favourite hot tub experience ever. Mitch put little candles all over the ground around the tub so it was totally magical and there was a full moon tonight which added to the beauty of it all.

We got out of the tub at about 10:00 and headed for Dona Rufie's again. Tonight Hugo bought everyone's dinner (there were 10 of us). Again, it was delicious, fast, and friendly.

From there it was a quick stop at the store....now you may be wondering if there was still a store open in a little place like Troncones that late at night. Well, the answer is yes and no. No there are no stores open but there is one store that if you knock on the door will open 24 hours a day to sell you whatever you need. Needless to say that at that time of the night the only purchases being made out of the "take out window" were beer and cigarettes.

And the adventure continues......

Lynda arrives tomorrow so a whole new chapter is just around the corner.

Hope this finds everyone well.
L