Delayed post from early in the trip

(Big apologies from your webmaster! This post from early in the trip unfortunately landed in my spam folder, where it languished until now! It goes along with the cave pictures in the 'Tours, the market' post from 10/6. )

today we got to sleep a little which was nice. we had pancakes and fruit for breakfast. then half of the group did a walk through town and the rest of us went in an open air truck in the back up the mountain for a hike. it was a three hour hike with bugs that didn´t bite and beautiful views of the lake. it was really nice and sunny for the first time. we climbed through a cave and they had brought candles to light the way. then we climbed down quickly. the hike was pretty hard core for the day before stoves and and is muddier and steeper than mt sanitas. however, our guide told us many things about the culture and trees, which you can drink from to help your stomach, and the islands we could see from the view.
Kate Arney-Cimino