Leon

Leon is fantastic.  The hostel we found in Leon was also fantastic - but under some serious construction with dust everywhere.  Wifi and free computers, free coffee and it was good, a swimming pool, private bathroom with fans, chillout area with hammocks, self serve fridge fully stocked with cold drinks, for 29 bucks.  This stuff is important when you´ve been on the road for a while - especially the pool.  But the dust was brutal, we had to head out once the workers showed up.  We went to a nearby beach on the coast looking for some surf.  There weren´t any waves decent enough for surfing, but the beach was very clean, right next to a national park marine reserve, and the boys had lots of fun playing in the sand.


Sunset was incredible.  One of those kinds where you start thinking about how far it is to the other side of the ocean and what´s there.  The Philippines.  The stars were even better than the sunset from the upper deck patio.  Listening to waves while sleeping gave us all a real good rest.  We were the only people staying at the whole place.  It was a cool spot, the kind of place you could read an entire book from a hammock and suddenly realize it´s dinner time... but we didn´t do a double nighter as there really was nothing else to do and you just gotta keep things fresh.  For us and for the kids.

Waiting for the bus.

Back in Leon again to figure out some things.  We need laundry and are looking for a house to rent somewhere along the coast.  Food is good here.  Very good.  I mean like you could probably retire here and just basically live on less than 50 bucks a day and just basically eat delicious food and go visit a bunch of old churches.  When the churches start to look the same, then you could always take Spanish lessons. Or go eat more delicious food, while listening to a sermon, in Spanish.