Pulled into MonteVerde - on the one day of the year Christmas Festival.
Still dealing with the bacteria resident - somewhere in the intestants...
Wikipedia said the TD usually goes away in 2-3 days, been 4 now, and decided to take the antibiotic Azithromycin, 5 days of pills.
Paying $10 a night here at the Oasis Hotel/Hostel, recommended by the staff at the last hotel in La Fortuna.
$18 to get here from La Fortuna on the Jeep - Boat - Jeep option as they call it. More a short ride down a nice road in a small turist van a 30 min boat crossing of a lake then an hour and 45 minute minvan ride on some rocky hilly back country roads.
Left around 8:30 a.m. and got here maybe around noon. Decided against the planned zip line adventure because my symptoms were acting up again - and chose a good solid nap instead with Shawn working on a design project on the bunk above me. Woke, shower, and lit out for the finding this Christmas party/parade thing on the road behind the hostel. Windy, and raining, the locals bundled and huddled along the streets watching school marching groups parade by soaked in dresses, and band uniforms. Quite entertaining.
Hit the local bar/dance club and watched the locals get busy on the dance floor, DJ Tony - playing salsa to house music - and mostly filled with couples doing swirls and salsa like gyrations. Found the pool hall/room below and watched the locals play, trying to figure out what sort of rules they were using. Variations on eight ball - and some game where you can shot for anything and when you make about 6 in a row you win.
Shawn and I shot some crappy games with a couple of nice shots. Met back up with the English girls and headed back to the dorm for an early night of 11 p.m.
Still up at one after well rested from this afternoon and tying to fill the last 4 days that I haven't blogged some stuff....what else...
planning planning - seems like were always planning how to get to the next place and thing to do, haggling prices and discussing bargains and rip offs. Costa Rica is not cheap by any means. You really have to hunt down the deals.
Also been looking at plane tickets and what I'll end up doing once Shawn heads back to B-lo. Nate found a great deal to fly into Ecuador and I've been looking at if it would be reasonable to fly home for Christmas and then to Ecuador or just make my way there. After looking for a little while tonight it looks to be a considerable amount more to go back for Christmas. Still waiting to see how Nate got such a great deal to Ecuador - if I could get his deal it might still be a possibility.
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