Day 28 - Walking on the rim of a volcano

This morning we went for breakfast at the hotel opposite the Parque Centro. It was a pretty good breakfast as well. While I turned the car around, the night before we parked the car inside the courtyard of the hotel, Correen and the kids went upstairs to grab our bags. Our first destination of the day was El Bocqueron, but on the way we stopped off at boutique like restaurant for Lunch. The restaurant and grounds were immaculate and the view of the surrounding lands from this ridge was stunning. Also on site were a playground for the kids and a museum set up with coffee production artifacts.

At El Bocqueron, we parked the car and paid an entrance fee, then proceeded onto a short walk through the grounds ascending up to the lip of the crater. Standing on the edge of of the crater was amazing. The bottom of the crater looks to be at least 200m in depth and the diameter perhaps around 1000m. I took a bunch of photos of the crater, but they are currently stuck on my memory card. On the way out of the park we purchased a tray of strawberries and a tray of raspberries for the ride. Our next destination was Santa Ana.

In Santa Ana we parked the car near the Parque Centro and the made our way to the tourist information center for some information on hotels in the area. It was nearing 5pm and we needed a place to stay. We headed for the recommended hotel near to where we were but dealing with the gps, traffic and one way streets became too much to deal with and we decided to head to the hotel on the outskirts of town with the pool instead. Getting there proved to very difficult as well and we ended up making 4-5 u-turns before reaching the hotel at 7pm.

The first room smelled bad and there was a burnt iron shaped burn mark in the carpet. We switched rooms. The next room was just a little better, but we weren't up to switching rooms all night, so we took it instead. We decided to order Pizza Hut and have a pool party for the kids. It was actually nice to be out of the car, eating some decent pizza and the kids are always happiest swimming in a pool. Tomorrow we plan on visiting some Mayan runes and then travel down the Ruta de las Flores.