Greetings from Casa Mi, Masaya

Hi all,
Today we left Granada. We may have stayed a few days longer, but we were unable to stay in our luxury room, as it had been booked, so decided time to head out.
We were on the bus at 11am to travel 16km up the highway to Masaya. We reached Masaya at 12.15.
Longest 16km of my life. I had my backpack on my lap, and the guy sitting next to me, kept falling asleep and leaning on me.
This town is almost the same size as Granada, but with only about half a dozen tourists, as opposed to every second person in Granada being a tourist.
Of course, not being geared for tourists means, no luxury rooms.
Tonight we are in our cheapest room yet, at $14 . It is pretty basic, but clean, so we are happy.
We had a wonderful afternoon roaming around town, and down to the malecon.
The malecon is a promenade with park that looks down onto Masaya crater lake and across to Masaya Volcano, where we went to a few nights ago to see the magma flowing.
Being Sunday afternoon lots of people were out enjoying the space.
And if they weren't strolling the malecon, they were gathering outside their houses, rocking on rocking chairs.
Nicaraguans love rocking chairs and hammocks! Me too, I'm rocking in one as I write this.
Tonight we stopped to eat a a local restaurant, and the owner, Herman, took a photo of us to put on his site on TripAdvisor. He was amazed that we had travelled from Australia, and having a beer at his place.
Masaya is famous for its art and crafts market, which we will check out tomorrow, but probably won't buy anything, as we have a strict baggage limit for our flight to The Corn Islands. We will just browse, and mayb buy stuff on our return, but I really hate adding weight to my pack. I like it under 10kgs, much easier to handle on the buses etc.
Ok, shower and bed, as it's already after 9pm.
Love to all,
Zak