It's my first day and I'm on foot exploring, and walking into town. Photos don't usually show how windy it is, but this one does...
My hair seems to have a mind of its own, feeling the strength of the wind and looking around me at the cragginess of the volcanic rock, I was beginning to realise that riding a bike here might not be the easiest thing to do.
Further along I spotted my first horse
It was the first of many, this one obviously has an owner, but there are literally thousands of wild horses roaming the island - hmm, another possible biking peril.
The next horse I spotted wasn't quite as hale and hearty
Just the skeleton remained where it had fallen on rocks at the sea's edge. Next up were the human remains - the local graveyard, I've never seen graves like the stony one before.
For a short walk, there was plenty to see, as further on smoke was billowing around, I went to get a closer look, and found a group of locals with a buried bonfire, pile of vegetables and stack of banana leaves. They had created an underground oven using hot stones to cook food, the meat and fish had already gone in I'd arrived just in time to see the finishing touches
The careful placing of the veggies and the final stones followed by the leaves to trap the heat in and create steam to cook the food.
I return to the house to find Elias, my host preparing a distinctly non-vegetarian meal!
A large tuna on the chopping board, he was preparing his signature dish - ceviche. Raw fish marinated in lemon juice, with onions, chillies and herbs added. There are five of us in the house, and as I'm a vegetarian that means just four people to eat all that fish.
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