#just some thirsty thoughts at 3pm on a sunday

[lesbiannnsstuff]

i just know her strap game is WILD.

[suitcasetales]

Beachy Keen

Sunday was “move on” day for us so we were up a little extra early for breakfast. We were treated to a full rainbow as we ate.....

....and back at the room, I was out on our balcony watching birds and glanced down to the ground level and there was a coati just casually walking through the property.

The beautiful Masked Tityra;

This is Costa Rica’s national bird, the Clay-colored Thrush:

Along with the two German women, we departed Monteverde at 8:15, joining a couple of Olympic Peninsula residents who were very seasoned travelers (the woman said Costa Rica was her 60th country visited). I don’t know by what road they came in to Monteverde, but they were both surprised and, like us, a little uncomfortable on the unpaved, bumpy roads which tells me there was a better way but our drivers don’t take it.

I could tell we were exactly reversing Friday’s course but when we made a different turn, my immediate thought was we were giving someone a ride again!  Sure enough, we pulled over in front of a little house and I was looking at the folks coming out of the house. One of the German girls shrieked and pointed at the road ahead of us and there was a marching band coming toward us. Our driver let us out so we could watch them come by. We know nothing about the band or about any tradition of marching bands in Costa Rica but it had to be one of the biggest surprises of the trip. And once we were back in the van and ready to go, the elderly woman gave our driver a bag of food. She was’t coming with us, but her food was — she was the driver’s grandmother!

In short order, we were back at the transfer center where we had previously seen the macaws but this time with far fewer people and buses..... and no macaws.....just a couple of lazy dogs.

Sunday morning traffic was so light that Janet and I easily crossed the road to the gas station for Coca Cola Light. Not only did we have to switch drivers and vehicles and gain another couple, we also had to make detours for gas, drop off one couple at the airport in Liberia and another couple at a bus stop. Finally, it was just the Germans and us in the van and we were on our way to Tamarindo Beach. It never should have taken as long as it took!

Our first impression was not good. By Wednesday, not much had changed. BUT, the more I think about it, to be fair, besides a trip to Puerto Rico for a church conference, this was the first time either of us had been south of Key West. Maybe this is a typical beach town in Central America and I’m just a spoiled American.

Our accommodation was on an unpaved street (about half of the streets were paved) behind a heavy metal gate. Upon arrival, we were hot, we were thirsty and we both needed to pee; all we wanted to do was get in our room. But no, the front desk clerk had to go on and on and on, giving us a hand drawn map pointing out all these places she recommended and telling us why. It was so frustrating. I witnessed them doing it again with two families checking in and I just wanted to intervene and scream, please just let these children in their rooms and talk to one of their parents later!

Finally, she took us to our room where we were highly disappointed. Remember, we had paid extra in order to have “deluxe” accommodations. There is no way this hotel was 4-star nor this even a top level room in this little hotel.  Our bathroom at Arenal was as big as this room! We had a regular size bed, a small shower stall, no balcony and very little storage space. [The next day, we ran in to the German women on the beach. They, too, had paid the deluxe rate, too, and they were highly disappointed in their lodging.] The only good things were the wifi router was mounted just outside our room (complete with a dove’s nest on it) and the cooked breakfasts and fruit smoothies, served poolside, were good.

“Don’t even try to pass me a French Fry. I can smell your burgers!”

For the remainder of Sunday, all of Monday & Tuesday and Wednesday until 3pm, we chilled at the pool, spent some time at the beach, swam in the nice calm ocean,......

...... ate some decent food, did a little shopping and said “no” at least 100 times to the souvenir hawkers who constantly bug you on the beach, at the oceanfront restaurants and simply while walking down the sidewalk.

Our favorite Tamarindo meal was a dinner at The Shrimp Hole — Janet had parrot fish, which we had never heard of, 

and I had shrimp and veggies in a Thai chili sauce.

 This brick and mortar locale had grown from a roofless cart, to a covered hut (still there), and now this, in just three years. It was not on our hotel’s list of recommendations but it sure is on Donna and Janet’s! The street in front of the restaurant is being paved so that should bring them more business and they already have a great wifi password: ILOVESHRIMP. We sat outside at shaded picnic tables and even had a very interesting passerby: a Black Ctenosaur. 

We had been following a strict diet since the New Year but allowed ourselves some leniency since we were on vacation.  Our favorite dessert was warm pineapple pie ala mode at an oceanfront cafe named Nogui’s. They had a few other flavors, too, but the pineapple seemed to reign supreme. And, hey, the last time I checked, pineapple is a fruit. Fruit is on my diet!

[booae]

Do stupid things

I was so stupid today. I devoted my day to the air. Absolutely thrown out of it. Normally I choose which one is more priority between time and money but today, I wasted both. I learned if a person is going to be an idiot, they can be much more than the idiot. 

These days I invest all the weekend for preparing my Canada trip, so normally move to a place I can concentrate on and spend time for 6hours and back home. Recently I often visited at a cafe which it's named a foreigner’s name, it takes for 30~40mins from my home. I feel quite good if I arrive at there until 1pm but after 2pm I feel a bit anxious and like waste a time cause a day is pretty short. Yesterday, I went to Sungsu-dong for watching an exhibition of a senior’s in my uni. I lost my half of a day and I wrote an English writing practice which I’m addicted these days, so my Saturday went by for it quickly. I couldn't prepare anything. Thus, I’ve waited for today for the working. My mum cooked boiled pork and kimchi stew for me I thought I could save my money and time. I ate them excitingly and was about to wash my hair but I felt the foods are still in my throat it shouldn't be comfortable to bend my body yet. I polished up my English article of yesterday whilst talking a time and it went by for an hour. Aww- my arriving time will be over 2pm! I rolled down. I washed my hair quickly and applied cosmetic roughly (Roughly is okay cause my new amazing T-shirt’s color will help my face look) I took a bus cheerfully. ‘I’m already high enough-’ I sang a song which it expressed drugs oddly of K-flay I got into recently in a low whisper and arrived at the cafe. At the moment, I found to miss out a notebook charger. What? The battery was about 16% yesterday though. I have a habit to charge my laptop at night while I’m sleeping, I checked it, standing up, with saying please, please underneath, wow it's 16%! I felt lose all of my energy and like to surge of a dehydration suddenly. I went out for coming back home. The sunlight was too strong I regretted not to drink a cup of water at the cafe. Never, I won’t pass out. And then I took a 740 bus. In the bus, I felt more sunlight and there were only few seats which it looks hot under the direct beam. My backpack was like a heavy stone and I was thirsty so I decided to sit on the fired seat. For avoiding the sunlight I lowered my head with being numbing, I found my face reflected in a mirror in front of the bus. Looks cute, not bad? How nice my T-shirt color is! It makes me shine! I felt better again and glanced at me in the mirror with making some facial expressions I like. But shortly I felt tired cause of the sunlight and lowered my head again. It’s unfair.. The time was going to 4pm already.

I brought a charger from my home and went to a cafe I've never been to. For Hermann Hesse; the cafe's name. One of my favourite books is Beneath the Wheel. Accordingly, I had a bit special feeling of that name and expected this place would reward me. I found an empty seat and ordered a drink. 'Where is a socket... No socket!' Presently, I found a socket is under a corner table. So did you make only one socket on purpose? How greedy a cafe owner is! I asked to be excused with a poor smile to people who sat near the corner and plugged in my laptop. I picked up a book and started to read. A girl at the next table was excited by explanation about a group chatting room accident. I read a page but couldn't remember the story. I read it again but still couldn't get it. The next thing I knew, here is like a flea market. I was reading a book in a hell, noisy flea market! I drank a juice at once and brought my laptop and escaped from the cafe. It's getting on 5pm. It has failed, failed! Let's see... eating a dinner first, and then if I concentrate on working.. I might finish to book of a train ticket and a hotel at least. After finished a bowl of rice noodles with gloomy face, I felt a bit better and went to my old hiding cafe which I prepared a portfolio hardly for joining a company for an year. Here is still calm.. I could see people who is writing a master's thesis, who is working on weekend, who is studying English.. I met them at the first time though I was glad to see same situations made me recalled in past. Just ordered a coffee. What? I just ordered a coffee at this time, after 5pm. A tired person is supposed to lose one's judgement. My one of own rules is that do not drink a coffee after 3pm. Now I reached the peak of stupidness today. It will be hard to sleep and I'm gonna mess tomorrow morning up. It's almost 6pm. Today is gone. I wasted so much money. But I won't regret to order a piece of chocolate cake. I didn't know why am I stressful on nice Sunday?! That time, I was seen 16% of my macbook battery. Such an annoying number. I could move to a seat near a socket but I didn't want to move obstinately. I just.. want to take a shower. I was so stupid, I lose with myself too. I ate a dinner two hours ago though I'm thinking to eat a tteokbokki. Good bye a foolish Sunday.