Another night from hell thanks to the neighbours. They spent about 3 or 4 hours getting high on something and then went out around 9 pm. When they came back they kept us awake until 1 or 1:30 and then one of them got up about 5 hacking and coughing up chunks of lung, dragging chairs around and just being a regular pain in the ass. I'll be glad this is our last night here.
Jo has gone snorkelling with Lisa and hopefully the ocean will cooperate. I got hardly any sleep last night so stayed behind to catch up. Jo wasn't going to go but I talked her into it. The guide said if it's no good he wouldn't charge them so we'll see what happens. We went to the bank yesterday morning to get some more money but they don't take M/C. Great! So we're getting low on $ and will replenish the coffers when we get to Limon tomorrow. They take m/c here so we're good to go and Jo was able to use my card for the snorkelling.
You learn as you go and in hindsight we should have brought a visa card as backup as Jo also has m/c. Something to remember down the road.
It is fairly cloudy out today which is a first and we had a brief shower while sitting out here on the covered patio earlier on. I thought about heading back into the park to meet up w/ Jo as the guides give them the choice of coming back by boat or walking back from the point which is about 3.5 km. Scratch that idea I'm going back to bed for an hour. The sunburn feels much better today, I'm just tired.
We've made reservations in Tortegura North of here for Tues. and Wed. night. The only way in is by boat which goes up a canal lined with mangroves and there's a lot of wildlife along the way. We'll stay for 2 nights and do some touring around while we're there. According to our map it looks like we can take another boat down a river to a small town where we can catch a bus into San Jose. We'll probably stay there for a night and then head up North to Arenal and the volcanoes.
There's a book of Costa Rican maps at the reception desk that I've taken pictures of. My plan is to put them on photoshop and then highlite our route. So far we've covered quite a bit of ground. We also identified several of the wildlife pictures I've taken. There's one particular bird down here that we first heard in Playa Coco and it seems to say "kick your feet". Turns out it's a Kissidee. We've also got an abundance of blue tanagers and hummingbirds flitting around in the yard surrounding the patio. This patio is in a central courtyard and about 15or 20'x40. It's covered and has tables with table cloths that were last washed by the conquistadors but it's a central meeting place for everyone and there's always free coffee out here. We also have use of the kitchen and fridge which is real handy. For the most part (except for the youalls) everyone gets along great and help each other with ideas, translations, and advice. Lisa the Dutch lady has proved to be a great benefit to us and is an accomplished world traveller on a very limited budget. She speaks several languages and helped us this morning by making our reservations in Tortegura.
Rene the manager is a real character and it's hard to pay him. He keeps saying "manana" or "piano" which I'm told means chill out I'll get it when I get it. If he's not quick he won't be getting it as our bus leaves very early tomorrow and he seems to disappear for hours at a time and leaves the desk empty. His son helps him and prefers to tell visiting backpackers that "we're full" which was the case when we got here but our cab driver straightened him out. That's it for now we'll see how Jo makes out when she gets back.
Well Jo and Lisa got back and had a good snorkel seeing lots of fish. We all went out to Miss Ediths for lunch. I settled for a pineapple milkshake which was closer to a sunday with lots of ice cream (the first since I left home. That was my meal for the day as I haven't been a whole lot.
We sat up and talked on the patio for a few hours and then turned in around 8:30. The youalls had gone out but they showed up around midnight and were at it again until Jo banged on the wall so hard I thought she was going to make another door. That seemed to do the trick and we were good for the rest of the night.
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