So true! My plans for last weekend were derailed due to weather and bad roads here in Costa Rica. For all who plan to visit CR in the future beware the roads! They are pretty bad and it's pretty ridiculous. And considering I am here during the rainy season, lots of things get washed out, including roads. So instead of going to Puerto Viejo (which I still hope to visit before heading back to the States), I stayed close to home.
Actually I didn't even go anywhere on Friday night. I stay right here in Cuidad Quesada and went out to dinner with the few women who also stayed behind. It was quite nice. I did some shopping, had a fabulous cafe frio, and a yummy steak dinner at one of the local restuarants. I also changed my sleeping arrangements and now have a private room, so I took the time to set it up and make it "mine".
After some thought about how I was feeling leading up to the weekend in regards to the sorority feel of the house and the mounting tensions due to a large group of women living together so closely, I felt that I deserved a little more privacy. I forgot how much I do appreciate the quiet and alone time. Granted, when I'm at home and bored in NoVa and I have all the quiet and privacy I need I don't want it. lol But I'm happy to have the option to share or not to share here in CR. So the change was nice.
Saturday AM I relaxed!!!!!!!!!! I stayed in my pj's and drank coffee. I ate pizza with Molly and had some nice chats. By 3 I was ready for some more action, so I hopped on bus to La Fortuna and met up with some of the other girls from CCS. We stayed at Gringo Pete's Hostel and it was dirt cheap ($5/night). My amiga Joanna met some Ticos on a previous trip to La Fortuna and they wanted to have some fun with us, so we went to the Festival La Fortuna (which is really like a cowboy thing... mechanical bull and all), and hit up the discoteque. It was WILD and muy caliente! All the boys were so nice to us and just wanted to dance (unlike some other places where the Ticos can get a little aggressive) and have fun. I called it a night a little after 12 since my feet were killing me and I had 2 giant blisters to deal with. The other girls followed shortly after.
The next morning we woke to lots of sunshine and were ready for another fun, but relaxing day. Our friend Carlos offered to take us to the local watering hole. And thankfully we had him and some of his friends with us, cuz there were definately some vultures circling. But we had a wonderful time, playing in the rapids and pools. It was beautiful and very much a true Tico experience.
We head back to the CQ around 3. We travelled back home by bus. The trip only costs c600 Colones. Which is about $1. Nice. We grabbed some snacks and enjoyed the 1.5 hour ride home.
I had originally planned to have a beachy weekend with hammocks and cool drinks along the Carribbean, but ended up having a super chill weekend near the volcano Arenal, with lots of new friends and lovely sunshine and good vibes. Oh and did I mention that it was "birthday weekend"? So that was toasted a few times (not a single person bel ieve that I, the most wonderful machita, could possibly be turning 30!) Yeah, so this was actual the best for me. However, I didn't do any adventure sports as I had originally thought (the other girls did on Sat. AM). I WILL however be doing them before I leave. La Fortuna is "close" by most CR standards and it is the PLACE for Canyoning (ie: repelling down waterfalls), so I will be reporting about that sometime around Nov.7th.
So all and all, good times! Pura Vida!
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