Its rainin' again...

Well, actually for the first time in close to 2 days it is NOT raining! Yesterday was crazy. It would stop raining for probably 20 minutes to an hour at the most and then downpour for quite awhile and stop for another 20 minutes or so and on and on. After a very lazy day of reading and knitting, Josh and I spent part of our 2nd anniversary at the internet cafe- well I spent 2hours there and he left me to flounder through trying desperately to get on my online class. The language barrier is a little bit challenging at times to say the least. The man working at the internet cafe could speak very little English and the computer I was working with was in 1/2 English, 1/2 Spanish depending on the site. It was very frustrating and I was online for 2 hours and never did get to attend the first class chat session. After waiting to hear back from my professor, we proceeded to finding a FANTASTIC, very romantic restaurant and had some excellent food and wine and relaxed. It turned out to be a great evening and then we walked home in the pouring rain. It was fun.

We were booked on a snorkling expedition for today, but the tour company was kind enough to cancel it and called us 1st thing this a.m. to tell us. The rain and wind probably made the conditions unsafe to travel by the boat we were supposed to take, but the water would have also been murky and we probably would have not seen much. Apparently, some companies would go out anyway, but then people do not get see any of the fish or underwater scenery. We are staying an extra night here in Santa Teresa and going out on Friday instead. We spent the day walking on the beach, reading, relaxing and meeting some people in our hotel. Tomorrow will be another day of pretty much the same.

The people who we have met on our trip have been pretty interesting. There are a lot of wandering souls out here in Costa Rica. Many just come down here with no timeframe to return in mind. They surf, hang out, try to find a small wage to sustain their very modest lifestyle, and then drift on to the next good surfing site. One guy who gave us a ride in his VW camper was from NY, lost his business because it was not sustainable through the aftermath of 9/11. He moved out to CA, wasn't happy, and bought that VW and drove it down. Yesterday, he left for Panama. He is just trying to sort out his life and figure out some direction. I think there are many more like him around this place we are staying. I hope they find what they are looking for...