Monterrico

Sultry. That's the kindest word I have for Monterrico. Other adjectives that come to mind are: mucky, muggy, torrid, scorching, sizzling, sweltering, smothering, stifling. But still we had a delightful time visiting the black sand beach. As long as we either had some fragment of our skin in the water, or no fragment of skin in the sun, we were just fine! Luckily, we learned of a restaurant/hotel called Johnny's Place where we were able to hang out and get out of the sun. Here's the pics everyone playing in the water:


p.s. Update on Pacaya: One of the travelers on our bus climbed the Pacaya volcano 2 days ago. He said they weren't allowed to get any closer than 100 yards to the hot lava because an explosion on Tuesday or Wednesday injured some tourists. Since we climbed on Monday, sounds like we were lucky to both avoid the explosion and to be able to get right up to the lava. I don't know whether the guides at the volcano will relax after a little while, or whether they'll keep the restrictions as tight as they are.....will update as I hear news!