Nov 1- Need coffffeeeeee

Woke up around 7:15am, heard some noises but nothing that got me out of bed sooner. The noise from our fan muffles the sound slightly;) Had an ok sleep, pillows are too hard for me but I can deal. The A/C is a nice treat as it is muggy out here in the jungle.  I saw a few hummingbirds, saw a monkey moving aroud, and saw a green parrot waaaaaaay up in the tops of the trees. I would guess some of these trees are around 150ft tall; good thing I brought some binoculars.   I would put a pot of coffee on but we don’t have any groceries…. so…….time to wake Jay up!

We had issues with the water pressure in the shower yesterday, but Jayr came to check it out last night while we were out and fixed it right up. I went down to use the shower this morning and it was a bit tricky to figure out. Standing there all nekkid twisting the 3 taps and only getting water out the bottom spout that is “cool”, there are options on the shower head that is almost out of reach for me, so I’m trying not to slip adjusting those….ohhhh the swears. So i stomped upstairs to ask Jay if he knows wtf to do. Apparently the left nozzle doesn’t work, the middle one controls where the water comes out and right one is just pressure. On the shower head itself is a dial that changes the temperature. Weee-oooo shower time. So I grabbed my soap on a rope….jks MOVING ON

By the time we got out of here it was closer to 10? Really hot already and a fantastic time to hoof it 1km up the road to get groceries. We were sweatin’ after walking 3 minutes to the end of the driveway. Not just the heat, keep in mind we work desk jobs at home with zero exercise in our lives. If I were to wear one of those stupid watches that counts your faps sorry steps….it would probably be about……50 a day. 60 is pushin it. NOT JOKING. I had to go to the basement 3 times one day and my calves were sore the next. So lets go backpacking for a month…the fuck were we thinking.

So 45 minutes later we arrive at the grocery store……ok we did it in less than that. Felt far. Only bought some coffee/milk, sugar, 2 banannananas, chips, pasta/sauce, and gatorade…that 1km crushed us. Oh and a GIANT AVOCADO……..LOOK

So regarding taxis in PV, they aren’t marked. Jayr said it’s basically all the shitty, older cars you see driving up and down the highway, especially the ones that are always full of people. They will stop if you are waiting at the bus stop, or ask if you want a ride. If you are the only ones that take the car down the road, it is $6, but if there are a few other people in the car, you all split it. RIDE SHARE. Sounds legit.

So we just left the grocery store, wishing we had a car, and a guy rolls up and sees us with groceries and offers us a ride. HELL YES. I don’t care if you look murdery, just take us 1km down the road PLEASE. Super awesome. He actually was really nice.

So we made it back and it was almost too hot for coffee, but we still wanted some. I was dying for some at 7am and its nearly 11, just pour it in my mouth. We found the coffee maker and set it all up….press play and she’s working. (Also, there are lots of geckos around, they sound like loud birds for such tiny creatures). I give the coffee maker 10 minutes to brew some delicious java juice, while we set up our outdoor office space upstairs. Little did I know that as soon as I left the kitchen, it decided to malfunction and spew the 12 cups of water and grinds ALL OVER THE GODDAMN PLACE. I went downstairs all excited for my first cup of coffee and see brown shit water all over the kitchen. Good thing I spotted that towel mop earlier….effin FORESHADOWING my day you sonuvabitch. Jay came downstairs wondering where his coffee was, to find me mopping it up. YAYyyyyyy vacation. We figured out it was a Tico (local person) coffee maker….the maker and the pot were two different brands and the pot was too short to push the nub in the filter to make the water come out, so if you put it on like, an angle halfway under the thing, it will use it’s nub to rub the other nub and make magic happen. Are we still talking about coffee?

We finally got it to work, so life was back on track. We set up our office space:

We sat here most of the afternoon, Jay catching up on work and me writing this. The soundtrack to the jungle is all we need;) We can still hear the busy road which is a bit distracting. There are tons of dogs all over and everyone seems to own a few. There are only 3 other neighbours off this side road, but the neighbour next door has 4-5 that bark constantly. We feel safe here, as much as it is not gated like everywhere else. He has security cameras and the neighbors dogs bark and let you know when anyone is around, but it is only locals who come up this driveway as it is an unmarked road with no address. It’s a nightmare trying to tell the cabbie where to take you to.

We worked for a few hours, then decided to go to the soda (local cantina) for some lunch. It is located just up the street, a 5 minute walk from the house. They serve fresh ceviche, you get a large styrofoam cup for about $4.50us. I don’t eat that squidgey stuff but Jay will eat seafood all day long. We ordered some rice/shrimp dishes, with small side salad and few french fries on the the side for about $6 each. Way cheaper than anywhere downtown PV.

Don’t forget to put on the #1 condiment, Lizano

It was delicious! We continued working and enjoying the quiet time for a few more hours. We thought we should pack it up soon and hitchhike our way into town for some dinner. All we had to do was go across the street to where the bus would stop and wait for the next sketchy looking car. It was around 5pm sun was just starting to set. We waited about 7 minutes or so and one pulled up, there were also 2 ladies and a little girl waiting, so we all piled in and headed downtown. The cars just drop you all off somewhere downtown.

We wandered a bit and decided to have a drink and some dinner at Koki Beach. It’s a really cool restaurant directly across from the beach, they use all reclaimed materials for their decor and art from local artisans

We sat out front and had a cerveza, watching the people go by. All the local Rasta’s set up an outdoor market across the street in the evenings. There seems to be no set speed limit on the roads; there are cars/motorcyles/scooters/atvs/tuktuks/bicycles all over the place! As much as it looks like you would get creamed riding a bike, the drivers are mindful and aware of the bikes and people and the stray dogs running around.

We moved to a table inside for some dinner, Jay ordered Chaufa Peruano, which is a seafood and rice mix, and i ordered a mexican sea bass dish with red jalepeno sauce. It was delicious as well! The prices are more expensive in town, but for 2 seafood dishes and 5 cerveza it was $42.

After dinner we decided to grab a 12 pack of beer for the house, and grabbed a cab back home. We did some more work/blogging for a few hours then hit the sack. We discovered that we have bats in the ceiling, as soon as the birds shut up for the night then the bats start chittering up there….

THE JUNGLE NEVER SLEEPS AND NEITHER WILL WE