Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Today was a free day. Started with breakfast at the hotel.

Linus and Shirley had found a massage place just down the street from our hotel. We decided to walk over there.

They were closed. But we called them and made an appointment for all 4 of us that afternoon.

There was also a Pickleball court just down the street from the hotel in the other direction. They only charge $20 per hour for the court and they have paddles and balls. They also have a camera system that records you playing and you can download it on your phone.

There was a new towel figure. I think this is a person wearing one of the hats that we brought.

We decided to spend some time in the hotel pool.

Then went into town to get some lunch.

We got a vegetarian pizza and a big sampler and split it between us.

Walked around town a bit.

Got to see the church. A common pattern of development in Latin America by the Spanish was to build a church and a park in each of the cities.

Finally time for the spa.

We could see a good view of the volcano from here.

They had two houses. Sonia and I got one. And Shirley and Linus got the other. We got the 2 hour combo. The first part is a complete body scrub. Then you have to take a shower. My skin felt so smooth afterwards. Then they do a full body massage.

Afterwards they gave us coconuts to drink the juice out of. Also we had timed it nearly perfectly with the rain. It rained while we were getting a massage and then pretty much ended by the time we were finished.

We ended up stopping at Mary’s again for a little snack.