Our bus tour of the city, 23 miles( 40 mins bus ride) away showed a different side to the town. The local and very close volcano along with the high mountain ranges means that it rains most days and the unsealed roads in town are mostly wet and difficult to walk on. We did a tour of the new, then the old city hall- looked about the same to me- the local church and the museum. The museum consists of mainly artefacts from the Maya existence and is quite interesting to see itms from an existence 3000 to 4000 years ago.
The locals live very poorly but I guess they do not know any different so seem to be happy enough. Soldiers with machine guns are stationed all through the streets but the locals seem to accept is as normal. Most locals understand a little English so it is easy enough to make yourself understood.
Today is our last port of call in Mexico and u fortunately we found very little to buy so didn't leave them with much income from our trip.
Tomorrow is another day at sea before we reach Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
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