Day 6-- Walk Through Town

I will get back to Day 5, but first I want to offload some pictures of our walk through town today on Day 6.

We are having a relaxing, non-tour day after our exhausting jaunt yesterday. We had a late-ish brekkie in our hotel and then set off for downtown with camera and binos.


Right away, we spotted a pair of woodpeckers on a pole - yet to be identified - but after that, it was primarily beautiful flowering plants, people and places.



This house was clearly under construction and not nearly done, but this fellow was lovingly cleaning the glass of this china cupboard.


This  was an “everything” store AND hotel.  How handy!


Convenient shoe repair around the corner from the hotel.


Hansi

This is the woodpecker I mentioned earlier. He is Velasquez’s Woodpecker.

Velasquez’s Woodpecker.
From where we bought an apple turnover - yet to be eaten.


From where we bought a slice of pizza. Eaten!

Do I hear you saying, “Oh brother! Not more flower pictures!”?



The Market Square. I bought some sliced cucumbers, golden plums, bananas and pineapple. I think I already told you this. Drat!



So since we did this walk downtown, I have done the same walk again with Chloe, who wanted to find the same bbque pit where we had chicken and tortillas yesterday (while Rob napped).

All the while, it was getting darker and more humid. Picture 100% humidity without rain. By the time we got back to the hotel, it had begun to rain—that amazing tropical, torrential hot rain—and it is still at it two hours later. Rain never shows up in photos, but this is the swimming pool before and during the rain.



I have yet to write about yesterday to a Mayan Ruin, but I want to assure you that I had a lovely birthday dinner with an EPIC piña colada - ending with a hunk of cheesecake we all shared courtesty of Hanna’s Restaurant.
Hansi


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