What we did this weekend…

August 30, 2010 at 8:48 am Leave a comment

Friday…I made curried chicken and mango chutney for lunch for the guys. We were going to go to town for Mojitos, but it actually rained…really rained…for the first time since we came so we hung out at home and drank G+T’s and watched ‘The Wire’ on my computer.

Saturday…We got up early, like 5am, and went for a walk and a swim with Pipa. Home for breakfast. To town for market. I bought coconut oil for Pipa, a loaf of green olive bread, Noni juice (a nasty tasting health drink that the locals swear will turn me into Wonder Woman), some weird fruits, a latte frio, black pepper, dehydrated candied ginger. Then in the afternoon we went to the lot to wait for a delivery. I got bored and went down to Rasta’s house and made him a cup of Matcha (served it to him while he played cards and smokes with his friends like a proper Geisha) and gave him the ginger I’d bought…Rasta has had a cold for over a month so everyone is trying to help fix him up. Then 3 hours of bird watching and cilantro picking while waiting for the delivery that didn’t come…Pura Vida!

Saw 2 sloths, toucans, red headed woodpeckers, mynas, morphos, blue birds, yellow birds, black birds with red spots on wings…a good showing for such a long wait. There is a ylang-ylang tree right next to our construction (and one next to our rental house). At around 6pm/dusk it starts erupting with a glorious fragrance. It is the base for Chanel 5, but smells infinitely better wafting through the house.

When we got home Gary came over and we had an impromptu happy hour en casa and I made Caiphirinas…mmmmm.

Sunday…motorcycle ride to Manzanillo where we walked the jungle trail for awhile…walked on the reef and looked at wee fishies, walked through town and checked out the few changes, had Agua de sapo and Nachos con Pollo…then to town for latte frio, beach chicken, took Pipa for a play date with an 8 month old spaniel named Dokey and swam at black beach…I had no swim suit so I went in in my yoga bra and jean shorts. Then home for a shower and change, back to town for some bar hopping and then to the Beach Hut for roast pig. We went out for dinner and icecream after with Ana and Adam. Ana was our waitress at Flip Flops where we had burgers and tacos one day and she was immediately smitten with Pipa and when I heard about her puppy, Doky…as in Oky-Doky…we conceived of this plan. She is from here, he is from Chicago and has liquidated his assets there and come down here to become a diving instructor and pick up DJing gigs where he can. I may have to go out diving with him…sounds like some cool stuff out there (sea turtles, nurse sharks, stingrays, squid, new bright coral etc).

All in all a successful weekend.