La Puta?

So....today, perfectly minding my own business waiting for the bus to go see some volcanic activity at 9am in the morning. It was already steaming up for a hot day. I was standing in front of the bus station, patiently waiting.....and waiting....

Wait, before I move on with the story. I should tell you that I did seriously consider my clothing options for the day and I did think that I should probably wear long pants, as that is considered more polite. However, I am the girl from Michigan who wears shorts and flip flops in January....how could I possibly consider wearing pants in hot tropical heat?? Seriously....

so for all my friends saying...."When in Rome....." you can pat yourself on the back with an I told you so, because that saying was proven right once again. As I was standing there in my shorts and shirt (you can see what I was wearing in the photo in front of the volcano) this kindly old man walks by and pats me on my bare arm and says...."something, something La Puta".....and I of course, smiled nicely and said something indistingishable back, but i met his warm attitude with a similar one, then as soon as he left, I pulled out my translation book only to find that Puta means....Whore....yes, those of you who speak spainish already knew the moral of this story, but I certainly had a good laugh and took the lesson that was to be taught.

Of course, to add irony to the story, when I got to volcano, turns out its at 7,000 or 8,000 feet and I was absolutely freezing the entire time and wished I had on long pants and a fleece, in fact, I am still wearing that outfit because I am still cold....

life is good isn´t it :)

So, I am off to Montezuma tomorrow and will be in touch to let you know how that is going!!!

By the by, i met some women who just spent three weeks there and said the place I am staying is literally on a waterfall on the beach....and there is an organic resturant v. close...curious...Im not feeling like I am in a different country so much, except for the language...