Willie's Tours

Soo I know my mom took some pictures but I thought I would show you guys where exactly I work and who exactly I work with just for fun.  In this picture is Nona and Jorge who are married and their son Alonso who is the cute baby I talk about and is close to 5 months.  Pretty much the cutest baby and I make faces at it all day and talk to him.  Sooooo I am missing the babies at home and excited for the new babies that are on the way!!

I showed some of you via skype the other day the interior of the place!  Which was sooo funnny because the customers and my other coworkers were just laughing the entire time because I looked so goofy carrying my computer around and talking to it.  I am pretty sure a tourist came and took a picture of me... which I thought was really awkward but I let happen.  I was so excited though to talk to you guys from home that I think I was scarying everyone haha.  I was probably really loud and so smily and excited.  

I know I talk to a lot of you almost everyday typing and emailing but for some reason seeing you guys with skype just totally made my day!! I hope I can set up skype times with other people as well!!  I miss all of your smiling faces!!

I am getting pictures of both Sabina's so you can see their lovely faces as well!!  

Rain Rain Go Away

This past week rained everyday... and I mean literally everyday for almost the entire day... which means that is just gloomy and sucky.  I didn't do a lot, I don't even know where the days went.  I spent time reading and journaling.. and reading seems to take me about 8 years here... with all the different noises everywhere I find myself easily distracted.   

I kid you not, one of the remaining dogs named Perini gets excited easily when the other dog Lucky gets excited.  So when Lucky starts barking so does Perini, except Perini sounds like he is dying!  He does this long howl, which is not a bark and I can't help but laugh every time I hear it.  He sound soo funny and he holds the howl for a good two minutes, which is just impressive if you ask me.  I think he practices, he knows he is a pro.  

The rain actually really made me miss everyone from home!! I hope you all are doing well and I think of everyone often and look at pictures almost daily!  

Puerto Viejo - Salsa

This past Saturday, I spent time with my friend's Toya and Sherrelle.  We went to a meeting (which is what they call a religious gathering for Jehovah's Witnesses) (Sherrelle is a witness).  Andrea I just have to comment directly to you, but do you not remembering us sitting on my floor in my bedroom last year and you were talking to Susan on the phone and that was the first time I heard about your history?  Would you ever think you would find me at a meeting? haha I couldn't stop thinking about you!! I thought the meeting was going to be horrible, but it was quite lovely.  There was a nice speaker that came from Limon (a bigger town around an hour away from Cahuita) (who is originally from California).  Sherrelle definitely isn't how many of us view witnesses from home, she is very open and willing to converse, although some were pushy at the meeting, most were really just quite genuine and nice to talk with.  

After the meeting we went to Puerto Viejo for dinner.  Puerto Viejo is around 30 minutes from Cahuita, but we were ready for a different setting.  We took the bus in and than went to eat at Chile Dulce.  It was sooo nice and had such an awesome environment and setting.  We sat upstairs and it was open and there was some live music.  We had cocktails and dinner.  It was a kind of Thai restaurant and I ate my entire meal and had quite a bit of Sangria!  Afterwards we went to Maritsas's?? I think I may be off on the name... but we went there and it's supposed to be a huge salsa bar. We ended up staying till 1:30 in the morning dancing and having a great time.  It was unbelievable how amazing the dancers were.  It was all ages, old and young, everyone dancing with everyone and having a really great time!!!  It was so much fun! It was definitely the place to be at night, and definitely the hottest place in town since I could not stop sweating the entire night... I had never felt so gross, ever!!  We saw many locals from Cahuita at the same bar as well!  It was just a ball and we can't wait to return!!!! It was amazing how the dancers (the good ones) would move across the floor between all the people.  We were secretly embarrassed to dance because these people were/are so great that we were thinking we are just going to make asses of ourselves.... after awhile we gave in!  It was soo sososososso much fun!!

Bike

Well apparently I have the worst luck with bikes possible.  As the running joke in town is that I have no idea how to ride a bike... why? because I walk it everywhere... why???? because it's always breaking!!!!!!!

It's like having a car with no gas... you can't go anywhere without gas.  Soo I am back to walking everywhere... which is not a problem, I don't mind the walking.. it's just the frustration of never having the bike work.  Not to mention a bike with a flat tire is like walking with 30 pound weights... it's hard to move annnddd you feel every rock and I mean every rock.  It leaves your bum very sore.  

Sooo my bike is getting repaired.... again!!

Sunday - My Favorite Place

This past Sunday, was the first day I had all to myself.  I went to the National Park at 10:30 and it was so beautiful.  Something about how the sun hits the water or that there is not as many people but it's breathtaking.  I took my time and layed around and swam, than I walked up to the point.  Partly to take some photos for you guys.  Once you get on the trail past a certain area, it's like a totally different atmosphere.  It's so breath taking I don't even know if I could find the words to describe how incredibly peaceful and scenic it is.  

I have attached some pictures of just how beautiful it is!!

It was a  beautiful day where I laid and hiked and had a great time!!  It was very peaceful and downright gorgeous.  (I was secretly kind of scared to walk by myself because there can be some not nice things that occur in the park.. but I made it safely and had a wonderful time).  I would recommend this hike to anyone!! By far my favorite part of Cahuita.  

Exciting Morning - Ooohh the Animal Life

Today was my first morning when it was raining.  Most of the time it rains at night... However on this particular morning I was leaving my cabina with my bike and gear and on the trail right outside my house there was a Poisonous Dart Frog!! How cool is that!! It was the bright green and black one.  I didn't have my camera so I couldn't take a picture but I thought that was so cool.

Also speaking of animals.  I am aware that geckos are in my cabina.  I see little poops all around.  I am ok with the geckos I normally don't see them I just hear them.  The other day I walked into my kitchen and something went flying across the stove and I jumped back, I had no idea what it was.. and inched forward thank goodness it was a gecko... than another one went flying across the wall!!! I about had two heart attacks.  It scared the life out of me!!! I had to actually kind of stop and catch my breath for a minute.  

I also saw the fatest gecko of my entire life today.  Not sure if it was just that fat or if it had lost it's tail and that's what was making it look so weird.  Needless to say that was one funky looking gecko.  

Nice Ending to a Bad Beginning

Soo... if you remember me telling you about the horrible Sabina who was rude to me.  Well I really hate to admit this but one day she was so rude to me that I left crying.  So the next day I approached my boss Jorge and let him know (since this is a small company of 5 of us) that I was feeling uncomfortable and that I was going to approach her the next time there was a situation. I told him I didn't want to make a big deal about it but that I wanted to fill him in on the situation.  It threw me because she was rude in front of customers and a friend... and that pushed me over the edge.. it's fine if she hates me but being disrespectful is another thing.    Wellllll he must of said something to her and she called me at work yesterday and apologized!! It was a really nice gesture and of course now I can't call her horrible names.  So we are friends now.  Or I guess she isn't hating me... which of course is a positive thing!!  It threw me off so badly though, the connection cut out and he had told me he would approach the situation handling it not in reference to me and her.... so I am not sure what he said to her.. but she was a sweetheart about the entire thing.  

Andd.... the dog that ran away... or we didn't know what happened to it.... Rumor has it that it was murdered.   SOoooo that is unpleasant.  Apparently he wasn't a very nice dog and would chase people in the street and attack them... I however miss that dog to pieces..  This is what my neighbor lady told me so I don't really know what happened to him... but we do know he is no longer around...