So last night at about 10 our black bean experiment finally ended. After about 3 solid hours of cooking they were finally ready to eat. Overall they tasted better than I had assumed, but we are in no way professional chefs. We mixed it with some fancy chips called Picaronas, but we both agreed the food didn’t have much taste. At least we stuck with it to the end. We both just read and went to bed pretty early again.
This morning we finally had a chance to sleep in. I (Matt) was only able to sleep till 7 so I listened to a couple sermons until Austin got up around 9. I decided there is nothing better in the world than a shower with no roof. It’s like being out in the wilderness with the sun beating down on you, but there is still the luxury of hot water. Mom (Judy), please install this before I get home in a couple days. We made a good old American breakfast this morning consisting of scrambled eggs and toast with grape juice. Afterword we made our way to the beach via a mud path. It started out as gravel, but eventually turned to mud water that we had to wade in ankle-deep through to get to the beach. Then, to get across the park to sandy shores, we had to wade in waist-deep through an ocean water channel of sorts to get to the beach. It was kind of weird and we didn’t know what to do at first until some surfer pros waded through before us.
However, the beach here is awesome. There were more people there today, but it was still pretty open. Maybe a total of 50 people within view along the entire beach. There are shells all around and we had some fun with some crabs running away from the water. The ocean itself is gorgeous and it’s surprisingly very warm. We swam for a couple hours and then decided to walk along the beach. Eventually we found Lola’s, which is a little restaurant right on the beach. We are hopefully going there tomorrow for some fruit smoothies and lunch. We then just spent another hour or two lying on the beach and headed back to the villa for lunch. Just like yesterday was ate buttered noodles and toast, but we also added some pineapple for a variety.
We thoroughly put on 30 spf suntan lotion on before we left so we thought we would be fine for a couple hours of swimming. Either we bought fake suntan lotion or ours is not waterproof because we are both roasted. Aside from reading and relaxing we spent the afternoon and evening taking cold showers to try and cool down the sunburns. We will be taking it easy on the beach tomorrow if we even decide to get into the sun.
Not much happened after lunch. We spent a lot of time in the hammocks again and read/slept the rest of the afternoon. There was a group of howler monkeys next to our villa again. Hopefully they will stay quiet while we try and sleep tonight. Also there has been a constant battle against ants in our villa. I was bit twice within the first ten minutes here by a couple ants and we keep smashing them on our walls. That is one skill I will bring home with me from Costa Rica. For dinner we ate noodles and made up the rest of the black beans (We paid two dollars for them so we can’t just throw them away). The meals aren’t great, but they have been cheap and filling.
This is our last night in this villa and tomorrow we will be moving down the street to a different cabin. They have a pool and hopefully some better wifi!
Matt & Aust
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