First order of business ....get a local chip in my cellphone.  Very easy as it happens and I like the way you load airtime.  They have ATM type machines where you key in your number and then the amount you want to load.  Put in the money and the cellphone in your pocket goes ping, and it's done.

Next thing...accommodation. We are in the cottage in someone's garden, with the use of the pool.  Only a block and a half from the hypemarket, in an area called Ballenitas, which means small whales.  Once we are unpacked, I shall tell you more