Amanda and Chastity with their fresh coconuts and the friendly man selling them. He cuts them open with a machete for you, gives you a straw to drink the coconut water inside and then slices the coconut in half so you can eat the coconut jelly inside...it's was very yummy!!!This morning Sam and Jen are leaving for San Jose to pick up another sister, Carmen. They will be back sometime tomorrow, which means that Chastity, Amanda and I will have to experience the bus. I rode into Quepos this morning with Sam and Jen to the internet bar, they have already left so I have to figure out the bus to get back to the house. Fortunately the owner here speaks great English so I plan on just asking him to help me get back, should be fun. I posted one picture for Sunday as you can see, but it takes awhile and I on a second, third and fourth attempt I kept getting an error, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to post anymore pictures. Next update on the blog will probably be in a couple of days, being that it's not easy to get here. Chastity, Amanda and I are planning on snorkeling today at the rainforest beach in the Manuel Antonio park. Sam and Jen have left to go pick up the sister, Carmen, in San Jose. They will be back sometime Friday night.
From the internet bar I walked down to the bus station. After waiting about 10 minutes for a bus to get back to the house in Manuel Antonio I decided that I would just take a taxi instead. The taxi cost me 1000 colones ($2 dollars) and it was air conditioned - I think I made the right choice, even though it was only about a mile ride. Back at the house, the girls were ready to go get a bite to eat but they really wanted to walk so we could get some exercise. We had our backpack stuffed with all our beach attire. We walked all the way to Café Milagro which is probably about a ½ to ¾ of a mile, but it’s all uphill and in hot and humid weather. Just as we got to the café I realized that both of my flipflops had fallen out on the way! Seems we can’t keep a hold of our shoes around here. The girls stayed at the café and I took off to backtrack to see if I could find them. I walked all the way back to the house and never found them, guess somebody got them a nice pair of J.Crew flipflops! I decided to catch the bus back to the café since it only costs 25 cents. From the café we agreed that we would take the first to come, either the bus or a taxi. Taxi won!
At the beach, we decided to go into Manuel Antonio Park, being that there is suppose to be good snorkeling and a white sand beach. To get to the beach you have to walk through parts of the rainforest which was really beautiful. We saw hermit crabs by the thousands, iguanas that are up to 2 ft. long, a variety of birds, and yes…..monkeys! They came down low in the trees right by the beach and someone was feeding them, a no-no around here. They were really cute and after getting their food ran back up the trees. The beach here was truly amazing, white sand and turquoise-blue warm water. The snorkeling wasn’t good though because the water was too rough, making it not so clear and too scary to go out very far to actually see some fish. Amanda did spot one fish though. We took a taxi back to the house and Chaz and Amanda cooked rice & black beans, fried plantains, avocados, and corn tortillas. Just as we were getting ready to set down and eat the electricity went out, which by the way happens pretty often around here. This was the first time it went out during the evening, it is usually during the night. So we lit some candles and had our dinner anyhow. It came back on in just a few minutes. The girls went to bed, but I'm up working on my public talk for Saturday( I have to rework it since it's designed to be especially for the youth, but there are not youth in this congregation, a few young couples but no youngsters or teens. The meeting is at 4pm, we are going out in service first, then the meeting. Oh yeah, dad would love this about Costa Rica.......no ties in service, only at the meetings and no suit jackets even at the meetings.....too hot for them. They have a box fan that is next to the stage that blows on the speaker and ceiling fans for the audience. It's about 10 pm, the girls are already asleep. Amanda went to bed at 7:30pm and Chaz soon afterwards. Guess it's time for me to retire. Buenas noches!
From the internet bar I walked down to the bus station. After waiting about 10 minutes for a bus to get back to the house in Manuel Antonio I decided that I would just take a taxi instead. The taxi cost me 1000 colones ($2 dollars) and it was air conditioned - I think I made the right choice, even though it was only about a mile ride. Back at the house, the girls were ready to go get a bite to eat but they really wanted to walk so we could get some exercise. We had our backpack stuffed with all our beach attire. We walked all the way to Café Milagro which is probably about a ½ to ¾ of a mile, but it’s all uphill and in hot and humid weather. Just as we got to the café I realized that both of my flipflops had fallen out on the way! Seems we can’t keep a hold of our shoes around here. The girls stayed at the café and I took off to backtrack to see if I could find them. I walked all the way back to the house and never found them, guess somebody got them a nice pair of J.Crew flipflops! I decided to catch the bus back to the café since it only costs 25 cents. From the café we agreed that we would take the first to come, either the bus or a taxi. Taxi won!
At the beach, we decided to go into Manuel Antonio Park, being that there is suppose to be good snorkeling and a white sand beach. To get to the beach you have to walk through parts of the rainforest which was really beautiful. We saw hermit crabs by the thousands, iguanas that are up to 2 ft. long, a variety of birds, and yes…..monkeys! They came down low in the trees right by the beach and someone was feeding them, a no-no around here. They were really cute and after getting their food ran back up the trees. The beach here was truly amazing, white sand and turquoise-blue warm water. The snorkeling wasn’t good though because the water was too rough, making it not so clear and too scary to go out very far to actually see some fish. Amanda did spot one fish though. We took a taxi back to the house and Chaz and Amanda cooked rice & black beans, fried plantains, avocados, and corn tortillas. Just as we were getting ready to set down and eat the electricity went out, which by the way happens pretty often around here. This was the first time it went out during the evening, it is usually during the night. So we lit some candles and had our dinner anyhow. It came back on in just a few minutes. The girls went to bed, but I'm up working on my public talk for Saturday( I have to rework it since it's designed to be especially for the youth, but there are not youth in this congregation, a few young couples but no youngsters or teens. The meeting is at 4pm, we are going out in service first, then the meeting. Oh yeah, dad would love this about Costa Rica.......no ties in service, only at the meetings and no suit jackets even at the meetings.....too hot for them. They have a box fan that is next to the stage that blows on the speaker and ceiling fans for the audience. It's about 10 pm, the girls are already asleep. Amanda went to bed at 7:30pm and Chaz soon afterwards. Guess it's time for me to retire. Buenas noches!
3 comments:
I am so jealous!! Believe it or not I am getting sick of the snow. It is a record breaking year for snowfall here, and the city is in chaos because of all the snow. I miss you guys so much! Be safe, get some sun for me.
Bailey
We actually had sleet and snow here in Texas yesterday. Meeting was even canceled. Beautiful and sunny today tho....that's Texas for ya. Keep up the posts, we're enjoying them.
How's Chaz handling the crazy roads and drivers there? LOL!!
Wish you could upload more pics!
Take care and have fun!
Blake
Is that a bug Chaz is holding????
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