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Published: January 9th 2015
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With the smells of chicken cooking last night out came the resident family of raccoons! They wandered their way up our path, waiting patiently below the bottom step. A couple were more socially extroverted and attempted to come up onto the porch. With a sharp, "No" they would just lie down on the step, like obedient little dogs. After they realized they were getting no scraps from us, they headed off into the darkness of the jungle. Dining on our porch was very peaceful.
We awoke early and read for a while, enjoying the sounds of the birds outside our window. After finally hauling ourselves of bed, Curtis brewed fresh coffee and we simply moved to the porch. The coati, who is named "Kristof", came by to visit, getting close to coming up on the porch but being a really good listener! Curtis sat down on the step beside him and later Patricia gave me a banana to feed him. He snatched it from my hand and made short work of it.
Around 11:30 we walked down the road to the beautiful beach. It was virtually deserted, with only a family of 4 playing in the water. I laid
on the sand with my book while Curtis hit the shade of the palm trees. The sun was scorching and we dipped into the ocean, which is as warm as bathwater. After a couple of hours we made our way back to the bungalow whereupon we came upon a broken water main. The water was squirting everywhere on the road! It was interesting to recall how at home our pipes are buried so deep in the streets and the workers have to dig a huge whole to access it but here they are simply buried a couple of inches. Curtis informed Simon and he said he would call someone about it.
Shortly after, we decided to make the hike down to the "Pescado" man who catches and sells fresh fish. The directions were a bit vague and after walking for 2 km we entered a laneway, hoping it was the right place because all we knew was that it was past Cabo Blanco apartments and in a row of houses. A kind lady who was doing wash in the exact same machine I had used in Samara, lead us to a building behind whereupon her husband greeted us kindly
He took us in and opened his freezer. It was filled with fillets of fresh fish. We chose Mahi Mahi on the advice of our neighbour. We got 2kg of fish for $16.00 and believe me, we have enough fish for several more meals! Luckily we can cut it up and freeze it to enjoy over the next 2 weeks. As we returned to our place some men had arrived via their motorbikes and were sitting on the road repairing the broken pipe. No big hole, no safety vests, no cordoned off area, just 3 men working cheerfully in the mud.
It was a dusty trek back and needless to say, I enjoyed my 3rd shower of the day! We will cook up some Mahi Mahi later but right now are enjoying a nice cold rum and orange juice.
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Maureen King
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Jungle living
I love reading your daily blogs and seeing the photos. Your home in the jungle looks quite quaint ..beaches, animals etc. and just the culture of Costa Rica appears to be extremely interesting.