All I wanted....

So, this is my first post really. Dave seems to like making fun of me...I mean writing. So, we went to the Caribbean (note the correct spelling this time). We took another 6am bus and Dave slept (as always). We went to Cahuita first and went to the National Park there. We saw a sloth there. Sadly it was dark in the forest and we are lacking a good photo. Then we went on to Puerto Viejo where we stayed at a place called Rocking J's. We were curious about the name, but soon discovered that there was a lot of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and that Jammin' seemed to be playing over and over again. So, that's the name I guess. Also, a lot of people smoked weed there. Totally unrelated to the rocking name though. Obviously.

Anyhow, there was seriously A LOT of Bob Marley played. It was like Legend had just been released, cause that was the only one playing. You got on the bus: Legend. At the hostel: Legend. Walking down the street: 2 Legends (one from the store and one from the car driving past). Also, lots of hardcore girls into that look of looking like you don't try to look good but actually spending a lot of time on that look. I've never seen someone primp their dreads so much.

The place was definitely cool though cause we stayed in hammocks. Here's a picture of Dave pretending to be asleep in his:



Anyhow, on the first day we walked around...on black sand! And we ate. But we pretty much decided to leave all the fun til Saturday...so of course it rained.

BUT here's the black sand:




On Saturday it rained, but we still had a good day and got to go swimming in the afternoon. That evening it rained so hard that the power went out. I was in the shower which was awesome. Since the lights were out we went and had happy hour wine. I thought the wine was drinkable. Dave didn't claiming that the less than 3 dollar carton o' wine he bought in San Jose was better. He obviously holds our home made batch as his standard. When the lights came on again we went and bought a bottle of wine, which we drank over the evening. It was a quiet night at the hostel as we laid in a couple of hammocks. That was until a stranger came along and slurringly told us that he was an ex-pat American who had left the States 15 years before and had remained in Costa Rica surfing ever since. He then went on to tell us thatthere was a book about his life, which included stints in Vietnam and as a drug smuggler, and that Maxim had given it 4 stars. His name was Captain Zero. And according to Captain Zero Disney was producing a film of this book starring Sean Penn. We thought it was weird. But....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426492/

Also, everyone wants a piece of him, but he's just living the life. Apparently he has to sign 8 to 10 books a week. And then he left like the celebrity he was...only to come back a couple of minutes later offering to sell us some of his organic homegrown weed.

Anyhow, I'll leave you with a picture of the Rocking J's puppy. It followed us along the beach for a long time when we were leaving town.