Got back from the whirlwind trip last night super late. It was an awesome time no doubt. Here are some more recollections.
Day 5
Leslie and Amanda have left early this morning. Leslie walked into our hut and I was like how did you get in? Turns out I left the key in the door...again. Anyways went into town for some breakfast, everything is so hippie here which is wonderful. The breakfasts are light and tasty, mmmmm. Dean and I head out to the beach and go for a swim in the ocean. I could spend hours in it, getting beat up by the ocean. The rip tide is quite strong so this little one who failed level yellow in swimming doesn't stray too far. It starts to rain so the remainder of the day is spent in the hammocks reading and sleeping and drinking marguarittas. Until dinner of course. Dean and I hit up the place next door which was recommended to us by Thomas. It was delicious, soooooo good again. We had the mixed fish platter, delicious!! What did Harry do all day? He slept and enjoyed every minute of it.
Day 6
This is our last full day in Costa Rica so we decide to give surfing a go. We rented boards for $6 and head out. The least I can say is that I got the shit kicked out of me. The surf in Santa Teresa at this time of year is not made for a rookie. The waves are too quick to get back up without getting tossed around. I did like surfing though, I will take a lesson next time. Right on time it started to rain in the afternoon so we headed back for some drinking, reading and sleeping. I had to go to the bank and exchange some money so I decided to borrow one of Marco's bikes. The rain looked like it might let up for a bit. Once into town which is a 5 minute bike ride the skies opened up. I rode my bike back in a downpour with my purse inside my shirt. I was soked, dirty but a few more colones richer. Dean and I hit up the same joint as the night before for dinner because it was that good.
Day 7
Dean gets up at some point in the night and makes some racket in the kitchen.
Val: "what are you doing in there?"
Dean: "Oh man that was the biggest one yet (cockroach), it hid under the toaster so I can't get at it.
hmm awesome, we have had a few since we have been here. They come up the drains, somehow, the must suck it in the fit through the cracks. A few hours later I wake up to Harry making toast, ughhhhh.
It's super early, we are waiting for a bus on the side of the road. The monkeys across the street are hollering, they make the oddest noises. The bus/ferry/bus ride is pretty tame, except for the fact that none of us have any colones really so we have some Hi-C (sugar juice by my account) to hold us down until we get to San Jose. Men come on the bus with coolers and try to sell us yummy smelling food that the 3 of us can't afford. I feel like a poor person today, a real poor person. Not like the kind that I usually am because at least in Canada I am poor with a credit card. The man with the cooler does not accept Visa god damn it. So we finally get into San Jose and I am having Bangkok flash backs. People want to sell you everything, get you to ride their cab etc... We decide we will never find this hotel that Marco booked us on our own so we take a cab. We meet a man on the street who is white and says he works for the Canadian embassy and he explains to our cab driver how to get to our hotel. At this point the story sounded too convenient and I thought for sure our kidney's would be on the black market that night. We get in the cab and we are on our way. The cabby drives like I expect, like no one is in the cab with him. He's cutting off people and starts targetting this one car. It's a back and forth of who can pull the most dick move until our cab driver gets pissed pulls in front of the guy and slams on his brakes. He gets out of the car and I was having none of this, I am hungry and hopped up on Hi-C. So I start yelling "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING GET BACK IN THE CAB" He gets back in the cab and we drive off. He must of thought it better not to fuck with the white bitch in the back. I put my head out the window and wave to the other guy and appologize. Harry looks at me and was like "did you see the other guy pull out his gun?" turns out they both had guns and were ready to rumble. The rest of the day pales in comparisson, we went out to dinner and watched a movie the end :).