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Published: October 26th 2009
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Dear Friends and Family,
I mentioned in my last blog that we were headed down the road to a hotel out here for some drinks. Well it turns out that you can only go to that bar if you are staying at their hotel. We walked over, sat down, and ordered. We both got a mixed drink call a "pura Vita" its triple sec, tequila, and the local alcohol called Guaro. (which is fermented sugar cane.) The girl brought us our drinks , and just as we were about to take the first sip she asked for our room numbers. We told her we weren't staying at the hotel. She was a little upset and tried to explain this to us in rapid Spanish, but Myles only understood every third word or so, and i didn't get any of it. lol. She told Myles that we weren't allowed to drink there but since she had already brought us our drinks we could stay. But if her boss came to talk to her we had to pretend we were her friends so she wouldn't get in trouble. We agreed and started to drink. My first experience with Guaro was not a
good one. To me it tastes like tequila but worse (if that's possible. hahaha) But since she was so nice we sipped our drinks and tried to make broken small talk in Spanish. After about 15 min i couldn't stomach anymore Guaro, and Myles couldn't think of anything else to say, so we said adios and headed home for bed.
Today was a long day. We woke up around 8am (we couldn't sleep good last night because the sheets we have for the bed here are a little too small and they keep slipping off the mattress all night and it drives me crazzzy.) and went for our morning swim at the beach. We finally caught the low tide. We have been wondering when it would be low enough for us to explore the neat shells and things that we always see washed up on the beach. We collected a few treasures to bring home to Kaleigh. It was fun. Today was also the first day we brought goggles to try and checkout the water, but because it was low tide, the waves were breaking right on the sand and it made the visibility really bad. After our dip
and some beach combing we headed back to the cabina to change, get ready for breakfast, and then a little adventure to find a book store in the jungle called Echo.
On our way into town we stopped at Terraventuras to sign up for a zipline tour tomorrow morning. This costs about $55 per person, which isn't bad considering they pick you up at your house/hotel, take you on a hike through the jungle, feed you lunch, go on the zipline, and then they bring you back. This is one of the things i was most looking forward to in Costa Rica, and i am so stoked we are finally going to do it tomorrow. Wish me luck 😊
We have been wanting to eat at Rockin Js for the past couple for days, but it never seemed to work out. So today we walked over for a lake breakfast, and again i was not disappointed in the food around here. I ordered Huevos Ranchers and Myles got a breakfast burrito. Both were made with black beans and fresh eggs. I am really starting to get into this whole organic home grown food thing. I wasn't sure if
i would be ok with it (being the lover of Mc Donald's that i am.) but its yummy. I feel like i have lost at least 5 lbs since i got here and that's always good with me. The breakfasts were both really filling and delicious. It was a little pricier then i had thought it would be, but worth it.
After Rockin Js we left for our adventure. Myles had read in our Lonely Planet book about this book store in the middle of the jungle that has "thousands of books". The walk into the jungle was hot and sticky. I feel like the farther away from the beach you get the more humid it is. Isn't it supposed to be the other way around? 5 road signs and 3 dirt roads later we arrived. It really is a book store in the middle of the jungle. There is nothing else around it but 2 houses. We got there at about 11:10am and the doors weren't open yet. The sign said they opened at 11 but in Costa Rica time runs a little differently. I feel like people don't care about being late as much here as they
do in the states. About 5 minutes later the owner came down from the top story and let us in. You would think that this little book store in the middle of the jungle might be owned by a little old Caribbean woman, or maybe an older Tico (Tico is slang for costa rican's) but we were surprised to find that it is owned by a younger asian man. He couldn't have been over 30. He was really nice and cool, and his dog was a sweetie. Every time i meet a nice dog here it makes me miss our puppy. The book store was interesting, it did not have thousands of books though. Maybe a couple hundred at most and that was kind of disappointing. But, i suppose we had nothing better to do today so it was a good trip. Myles ended up buying and book, we said good bye to the doggie, and headed out. The 2 & 1/2 mile walk back was killer. It was hot and our shoes were rubbing us both raw. I tried to convince Myles to get a cab, but he thought we should tough it out. It took us a while,
but finally we got back home and were able to relax. I'm sunburnt, but alive.
We arrived home and hung out in the hammocks, had a few drinks, and then right before we started to heat up dinner (we were having left overs from the night before; fried rice.) i spotted something moving around in the trees. I told Myles to grab a flash light so we could investigate. I had some idea of what i thought it was but i didn't want to say anything and get our hopes up. Myles promptly grabbed the flash light, and we pointed it at the trees. low and behold, it was a monkey. Myles and i have been wanting to see a monkey or a sloth ever since we thought of coming to Costa Rica. One of the first things we asked our landlord was "are there any monkeys or sloths that live here?". It was one squirrel monkey. He is gray and white with cute little ears. Sorry there wont be any pictures of him. It was already dark out and he is so far up in the tree that we didn't even try to get a pic. In the
day time if he is still there you better believe there will be like a million pictures. lol. After all the monkey excitement i went inside and heated up the fried rice. We made some more cocktails and sat on the porch eating and listening to the monkey jump from branch to branch above us. It was really cool.
Well guys, my feet hurt, i'm sunburnt, and tired, but it was a good day. As always thanks for sharing in my adventure and stay tuned for a detailed account of the ziplines. I'm gonna go watch the monkey more and head off to bed. Good night all.
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Jenna
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I feel like I am there!
Crista, your blog is amazing, I feel like I am on your porch sipping fruity vodka drinks and waiting for a sloth to arrive! I know that you guys aren't early birds, but as you have seen, the sunsets on the East Coast are unimpressive. Try setting your alarm for 6am, and watch the sun rise, if it's a clear morning it can be a 'religious' experience! I can't wait to hear about the zip line, I like that you are building suspense into the blog (dun dun dahhh!) Until next time...