Monteverde, day one.

We rented some surfboards today and went surfing at 8am!! The walk over there wasn´t fun at all, but teaching yourself how to surf is quite entertaining to say the least.

Earlier in the day the waves were pretty strong, and I had no problem catching them.. I just had loads of trouble trying to stand up. Pretty soon some guys from Chico, CA (I lived there a year in the third grade) came by. They were carrying surfboards, and they were naked. We kinda talked while trying to surf (they had never surfed before either, hah), and talked about Chico and coconuts, and Costa Rica. We drank coconut juice from ripe and unripe coconuts- the latter is nasty as hell.

I got pretty dark- we stayed there probably until 3pm.. and then started heading back into town to get some food. We all said we´d meet up at this waterfall swimming hole deal that´s on the beach inbetween the beach we were surfing at and the town of Monteverde. Bea and the four kids from London, Ger, Bee, Gav, and Robbie walked ahead since I´m a slow walker. I realized I forgot my flip flops in the sand, and ran back to get them. When I got to the waterfall no one was there.. I stayed and swam around for a little bit, and who showed up but those three naked boys, Reggie, Brian, and Chase. They were wearing clothing, though. We walked back to town and I went into touristy shops while they ate dinner. We hung out with a couple of beers and watched the nightly lightening storm across the gulf. Amazing. There was a soccer (fútbol) game going on up on top of the hill, and we went up to watch.

Later on that night we went to the only bar in town- Chico´s. I finally saw Bea and we all hung out. Everyone was pretty drunk, and I was just okay.. so I entertained myself by playing with this stray dog that followed us into the bar. He was real fun, and so we gave each other lots of attention. I went and sat outside and played with the pooch. Bea came, and we talked. The three boys came, and we talked. The Swiss dude came, and Bea and him went back to the hostel. I followed a couple minutes later. I hung out on the hammock for a little bit and watched more lightening, and then went to sleeep.

-S