Day#13. Is this candid camera? No way can our hotel be here!

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A picture of The good side of town.  I was too shocked to pull out my camera in the entrance of town. If it were high noon, a gunfight would be commencing. 

Have you ever walked into a town that you have a reservation for a room there and your first words out of your mouth are, "man, this town is a dump!"  It looks like a ghetto of a farm town. This is Harlem Hayloft. Let's leave...quickly and quietly, so as to not disturb the rats siesta. The curb appeal would have frightened away Hos & Little Joe Cartwright. 

Well Sam said this is the place, partner!  The famous 'give it a chance' brib was discussed. The next hotel was 1.5 miles down the road, hoofing it all the way. And my dogs were barking. 

Ok. But don't lay down any cash until I see the room.  Well?  It turned out very nice and clean inside. We had a nice room with shared bath. The people we very friendly. They offered dinner and I had grilled salmon that was excellent. I tried the local cheese and sausage plate and that was excellent, too. Sam had steak that he said was good.  

Statue pointing the way to Santiago. 

This is a colonnade of shops in one of cities we stopped in door a rest. 

A friendly señor Eduardo greats people on the trail