After our early night we had anticipated feeling more energized than a rooster at dawn when we woke up today. Unforeseen by us, the neighborhood dogs, of which there are about 15, decided to have a raging party night waking us up at 3am with all types of barks and growls lasting until about 4:30am. Needless to say we woke up feeling super sluggish. Jenny realized her skin was still red as a strawberry so she spent the morning in the sun. Kelly tried to avoid high tide rather unsuccessfully but soaked up enough rays for the both of us - don’t fret ‘rents , she was slathered in SPF 50. Exhausted after such a grueling day we walked home and both accidentally fell fast asleep…don’t judge, this was out first truly lazy morning! We woke up and decided to compensate for our useless morning by walking all over every inch of town and exploring the few roads we hadn’t seen yet. We are pleased at the feeling of becoming part of this small town and we wave and say our “holas” to every few people that we pass. We jogged down the beach and walked through the rest of town arriving home at dusk. Tonight was ladies night…and the feeling….was right (it’s funny every time). We tried to convince Emma to come out for Ladies night….but her feeling…was not right. No really though, it wasn’t, she thinks she has a stomach virus. This set of the hypochondriac in both of us but the reality is we are just fine and bug-free without a single stomach issue to date (knock on wood). We headed out to Ladies night stopping at our new local spot, Arriba, where we met the TEFL grads and our new friend Max, an Intercultura student from Louisville (represent!) Then we headed next door to Mamma Africa, a little outdoor bar on the main street owned by a blonde 26-year-old from Texas, Andrea. This is quite the reggae and surfer spot and the air reeks appropriately of “righteousness.” Here we ran into Julia, our adorable former TEFL teacher from London getting into the party mode. Next, on to Tabunuco for Ladies Night where the free shots are flying and the locals are spying. We weren’t really feelings the free shots or the spying locals this evening but we did shake our groove things to a couple of great throw backs with Amanda, Jessica, Arian and Kristen. After we were sufficiently drenched in sweat we danced our way back home thinking it was probably about 12:30 am. We got home to find it was actually 2:20 am, uh oh, and then we spotted a gecko that has been taking up our home as residence rent-free for about a week, double uh oh. We haven’t named him yet but we will keep you posted. As he dashed under our bed and into hiding we realized he has lost his tail, which somehow makes him even creepier. Unable to find him we were forced to put creepy gecko out of our minds and call it a night.
Until manana amigos!
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