Today we went to the local market and had a very nice and filling lunch. Only 50 pesos which is about 2 quid and we got a thin tomato and pasta soup, fried egg on rice and beef chipole. It was very nice. We then walked around the market looking at what was on offer. I enquired about the day of the dead festival and people buy skull shaped sweets and have their name written on the forehead. You put them on an alter and when the festival is over you eat the skull. I didn’t ask what significance it had but that seemed like a nice thing to do 

After that we came back to the hostel to rest and get ready for the beach. We caught a bus to the beach which cost us 8.50 pesos which is 50p. The beach was lovely, warm water, soft white sand too. It was late in the day so we didn’t stay there too long. We did a little hike back to the bus stop, walking past several resorts and then climbing over some rocks to get past an estate.

Once we got back to the hostel we decided to chill out.