May 27th, 2010 or how the rest of the world says it 27-05-2010
Filed Under : by Greg L. Miller
Sunday, May 30, 2010The tropical cyclone has been ebbing and the sun has started to shine. There is a quiet murmur throughout the streets and shops that tomorrow will be sunny and hot. Since traveling with my wife we seem to coincidentally be ushered in with rain ever since we trekked in the Yucatan back in 2005 and visited the rain temple of the Mayans in Coba, Mexico. We were experiencing a cyclone passing through which poured forth rain with tremendous velocity. This did not make me falter for the power of the umbrella is great and we might as well live for today for we never know what tomorrow will bring. To be honest I figured it was normal because we are in a rain-forest and why wouldn't it not rain in a rain-forest? Thus my comments on crocodiles and the such. We are located on the Pacific coast in a rain-forest within the ring of fire. We are two hours away from the volcano's and border Nicaragua and Panama. It is a quaint town full of friendly folk, many of them Americans and Europeans who decided for whatever reason that Central America was going to be their next home. Many people think we are on island but we are not. Costa Rica is in Central America, or as they would say Centro Americano. We also have cloud forests, dry forests, coral reefs, mountains, and well just about everything else you could imagine. This place feels like something out of a book and movie and Jurassic Park was filmed here. Surprisingly there is little crime outside of petty theft and there is no military, just a whole bunch of cops. Revolution is not in the air for the locals coexist peacefully with both tourists and foreigners. We heard from the surfers and Rastafarian's that the beach past the peninsula was to die for and that it had fine black sand. Kelly started to spy this as she walked solo earlier this week which just added more weight on us having to see it. We decided that it would be nicer to experience this tomorrow in the sun so we ended up trekking down the main road and found a restaurant that sold pizzas called Pizzeria D'Oro. Sunset occurs at six in the evening.
We watched the pizza be made from scratch and it was delicious. During this time we had a few drinks that we mixed in orange juice for we wanted to wander the beach after dinner in between the short bursts of rain, before we experienced the reggae bar. After coming from New Zealand and its alcohol ban in regards to drinking in public places we thought it would be cute. To cut down on expenses we decided that it would be prudent to drink before going to the bars and to only go to bars that advertised ladies night. In other words Kelly drinks for free, entertainment is free, and we only pay 4 US dollars a night on me. Marquette Michigan can't beat this when it comes to night life. We decided that we wanted to experience local beverages so we bought a ten dollar fifth called Guaro which tastes like water. On the way we walked past giant frogs and small lizards.
We then made our way down to the beach but it was to dark to take pics.
After walking the beach we then headed to a world known bar called Babylon, note the hedonistic names and qualities for its a recurring theme.
There were many people from all walks of life having fun and dancing. There must have been around 100 people and you could tell that many man really wanted to hook up with females and to put it simply it was FUN! After Kelly had three free drinks and I had two Imperial beers it was midnight and ladies night was over. Saying goodnight to some locals we met we called it a night. Guess what we are doing every Thursday night? Stay tuned in for the perfect beach tomorrow.
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