rain rain go away!

ugh, it still raining! so i guess i´m just complaining but it has been literally downpour all day everyday since we got to nosara..... its like being in e washington when it pours, boring! amanda and i have resorted to drinking today because we can´t think of anything else productive to do, i´m halfway into my second book since sunday....

i guess on a more exciting note, the absolute downpour woke up last night and as it was subsiding i heard someone outside our window trying to get into the geo tracker. there was nothing in there so probably wanting to steal it, i think we scared them away early cause jeff and devin´s shorts and rashguards trying to dry outside where still there.....

sorry i´m cranky

discrimination & trek to nosara

so i guess some costa ricans don´t like us.... we were in the grocery store on sat night and were the last helped and the second in line at the deli and then the checker told two people to cut in front of us.... totally frustrating

the drive down wasn´t bad at all--- surprising since we were told that we would be lucky if we made it here..... i was paranoid it would be like our trip to playa negra a few days ago --- some serious 4-wheeling, we were lucky we made it in and i hope it is better in a couple of weeks when we go back there


i think i could really love this place if it wasn´t raining and things were actually open- grrr! i guess the whole town shuts down till the 1st which would have been nice to know before we got here. our first trek to the grocery store was pretty bad, we missed the one we were told to go to and ended up at a very run down sketchy place, everything was covered in a layer or dirt--- oh and the checker rang up about 5 guys before she would run our credit cards, lessen here stick to touristy grocery stores

this whole entire town is connected by trails/skinny roads, its pretty cool. amanda and i wandered around for about 2 hours this morning finding different stuff. we went to lunch at an american owned place with what jeff calls ´hippy food´ and they have nightly free yoga classes... the beach is really beautiful, it reminds me kinda of washington the way the waves are and there is this crazy hotel up on the point, very salvadore dali (sandy-- its totally deserted up there, kinda creepy! sorry you had to stay there!) i´m excited for everything to open up and there to be more people....

our place is a little bungelow type house, pretty close quarters for the 4 of us but it will be perfect when its just jeff and i, we even have a kitty that lives outside it. finally some monkeys and lots of butterflies.

i don´t know if i will be able to post picts while i´m down here, i think i´ll do a post when we get home with tons.... hope everyone is doing well!

the crazy monkey bar

this is our last day in flamingo and i must say that i am happy to go--- this place is beautiful but i think we are all ready to move on--- it has been interesting poor alan i think is having a hard time, it was his birthday this week and we are thinking he came down to escape losing both of his parents within the past year or so---- hopefully we will have a place to stay! we can't get a hold of the management people in nosara, this shall be interesting especially coupled that with possibility the roads will be washed out!

it rained like crazy for most of yesterday but it is making up for it nicely today, brutal sun the way i like it!

last night we went to this bar in tamarindo that is only open on friday nights, it has a dj, band, and pool-- all the neccesities! the name of such an amazing place: crazy monkey bar! we watched a tico get thrown out, saw some questionably dressed woman and listened to heavily accented versions of american music--- good times!

so hopefully when i write next we will be in nosara--- keep your fingers crossed!

beaches and beer

so the weather has completely cleared up and it is beatiful here! not to mention hot and super muggy. we ventured out to playa negra today and the roads were totally crazy, washed out and our awesome tracker is now having a break problem. we bought fish from the local fish dealer, who is maybe tweleve at most, he had his dad (maybe?) butcher this huge fish right in front of us.

*** surf report- grande was good yesterday, negra sucked today and devin and jeff skated a sick bowl--- jeff has been riding the quad and it is sweet*****

haven't seen a killer mosquito in a couple of days

we are currently in our usual routine of dinner and drinking games till bed. devin and amanda met a canadian couple in the airport who we ran into in tamarindo and alan is now letting them stay at the 'upper' house. i can't tell you how awesome this place is, with our own private beach and an upper deck that you can jump into the pool.. good times

need to get pictures on to the computer to post, i'll do that before we leave to nossara in a few days.... sorry this message sucks but wanted to keep you all updated!

our adventure to the coast

this is what i was trying to post before---

we get into san jose just fine, late but fine. as we approach our hotel for the night we see a denny's (that's right, the american denny's), a thumping night club, and our best western. after managing to get jeff's surfboards into the world's smallest elevator we decide to venture for something to eat. the only thing open: denny's---- ugh! and for some reason in costa rica denny's is really expensive--

up bright and early the next morning to head out away from the city (thank god!) and the hotel gives us a free breakfast from guess where? that's right! denny's-- i haven't been to denny's since i was 16, let alone twice in 24 hours

we wait for our car, which is late (on time by costa rican standards) it arrives about a half hour late, and as we go to meet it. i think this can't be it--- a black, beater geo tracker--- oh well what can you do? we load the thing full and the guy takes off, jeff looks at me and asks for the keys-- my response why would i have the keys?---- we tear the tracker apart and find nothing.... so we call the emergency number, no answer!! bad way to start a long drive. as we are both panicking, and i'm ready to leave them a message saying they can come pick up the pos we rented something else, the guy pulls up, his buddy looking totally stoned, hands me the keys says sorry and takes off

so finally we can head out! ya! the gods had other plans for us. about 10 miles outside of the city we hit traffic, as we make our way through there is a road block. we ask the cop about heading to tamarindo-- he says 'cerrada' and points toward an off ramp. quickly we realize cerrada means closed and find out later tons of rain has closed many of the main highways.

we spent 7 hours in the car, 2 of it weaving through backroads with a vauge map trying to find our way. finally we arrive at playa grande, no waves for jeff, and guess what it's raining! (i'll post pictures later)

down pours and killer devil mosquitoes

so i had a whole big thing typed out about our journey here and the internet ate it--- i'm trying to get wireless again so i can load it up---- lets just say getting to playa flamingo was quite the adventure and i highly doubt our car will make it the whole month


so after the adventure of getting here, it just got more frustrating. we were suppose to meet the guy we are staying with- alan- at his place but we trusted devin to do the planning which is a very bad idea!!! jeff lost his wallet and i was being eaten alive.... ugh about two hours of killing time we found alan and the wallet, thank god! but that didn't stop the rain, straight out of jurasic park rain..... for an entire 24 hours straight(part of the adventure of getting here, i guess the declared a state of emergency the wednesday before we left due to flooding)

yesterday it was nice and sunny and we hope the trend continues especially cause of the killer mosquitoes---- i have a picture! there are some that came from another country that are black and white stripped with red heads and they give you some crazy disease---- luckily we got africa strength bug stuff

imperial?

i can hear everyone now-- what is imperial, you say-- well let me tell you imperial is the best beer on the planet, and take a guess where it's from--- that's right COSTA RICA! i'm pretty sure if we brought some home it would be just like bud light and all the ticos (costa ricans) think we are idiots for liking it so much. but there is nothing like watching the sun set past the waves, sipping an imperial.....