March 12, 2012

March 12, 2012

This morning we did have a very special surprise. We were both on the porch when we saw a Scarlet Macaw fly into the tree across the street. As we were looking in amazement at that, four others came and joined him. They then moved around a couple of trees before flying back the way they had come from. They are absolutely beautiful, remind me of flying rainbows. They are endangered and not seen in these parts very much and we had the honor to see five of them at once.

One month ago was the wedding in California. Happy monthversary Marianne and Joe. In some ways that feels a million years ago. It is amazing how fast you adapt to new environments. I asked David last night what we would do if we lived in a place like this. We could not come up with an answer. I had thought that I would be doing more writing and studying, but truthfully it is just too hot. We have no table so the laptop goes on my lap to write and with the heat it generates that doesn’t last too long. In fact I just took a couple minutes break to let the legs cool down a bit.

Today is extra especially hot. Even sitting in the shade with a slight breeze and a portable fan blowing right on me, I am HOT. We had thought about trying to go back to Montezuma today but I am glad we did not. Hopefully tomorrow will be better and we can enjoy finally getting to see Montezuma itself. We had gone there on Saturday but after David went hiking back to the waterfall the top way and I had sat in a lovely little restaurant that was beside the river with a view of some small falls and the ocean in the other direction sipping my café con leche. We ran into a fellow from Tambor that does tours and he offered us a ride to Playa Carmen where a surf competition was going on. Since he had already been hired to pick some people up there he said he would take us for free. Not to be ones to decline free we jumped in the van and were off to surfers’ paradise. I think David has already posted pictures of this.

Playa Carmen, Mal Pais and Sta.Teresa are three beaches that line up one right after the other. This is where surfing is at it’s finest in Costa Rica. Because of the crowd it attracts the prices are a little higher and the median age is a lot younger than Tambor. Also, there is supposed to be a lot of partying going on at night. It’s not as hippyish as Montezuma but still young. We enjoyed out time there but away from the beach itself, it was nothing special.