Wandering with Tedder and Tamara

* Tamara posting *

We had a relaxing day today, just mostly hanging out in town trying to let our sore muscles mend themselves. We got an offer on our house (finally!) so we have needed to stay close to an internet cafe to work things out with our real estate agent. Hopefully this is a good sign.

At the internet cafe we met two fellow traveling motorcyclists, Samuel and Aletea. Aletea has been on the road for about 17 months and Samuel for 5. They met in Peru and have been traveling together since. Samuel is from Germany, and Aletea's parents now live in Germany but she is from Brazil. Aletea is traveling with her big dog, she has a special wood carrier on the back of her bike to put him in - it looks very difficult to me, but she says she has no problem riding with him on the back. They are both riding Suzuki DR650s and hadn't seen a V-Strom before, but loved it.

We met later in the evening to ride up to a lookout point for the volcano, where you can (hopefully) see the lava flowing down the side. It is best at night because it is easier to see the red lava. It was fun to be with fellow motorcyclists and talk about where we have been and where we are planning to go. There were a lot of clouds over the volcano, but we were able to see some lava, which was really neat.

Afterwards we had dinner with them and looked at maps, etc. We have really enjoyed talking with them and sharing experiences.