Well today we walked, and we walked, and we walked. Explored all the museums and the central market along with a handicraft market where we picked up a couple of hammocks. We kind of fell in love with the ones in Montezuma and thought they'd be nice to have at home. Got a good deal on two of them. Saw an exhibition of sketches by Rembrandt in the museum but couldn't take any pictures and it was so damn dark in there they may as well have been my sketches. Saw lots of gold artifacts done by the mayans along with carvings done by locals. The detail in the gold and copper was amazing (and it was also under lock and key). The handicraft area was also fascinating with lots of stuff we hadn't seen before. Unfortunately we've got a long way to go and who's going to carry it for us?
We stopped across from the main park at McDonalds for lunch as they had a balcony overlooking the park. Sat with a fellow named Tom from Pennsylvania who joined us to the market on the way home. Interesting guy and he told us the best way to marinate meat is with papaya juice!
Jo tried to make reservations for us in Arenal where we could watch the volcano which is active but they're booked up until the 21st and we couldn't reach any of the other ones. This prompted us to change our plans once more and decided to go to Poas volcano instead. The bus leaves from near here at 8:30 and the book suggests getting there an hour early so we can get a seat. This is the largest active volcano in the world and you can get right to the edge of the crater so it will be interesting to see if I can get pictures while laying on my belly and holding on with both hands.. If I even feel a tremor I'll be a trail of dust over the horizon.
No emails from anyone lately. Where is everybody?
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