Sorry no pics this time cause this connection is way tooooo slow. We are stuck in Playa del Coco hiding from the rains brought on by the maybe tropical storm Gamma.
OK let me start over. After piling everyone into the van, we said a sad good-bye to all our family and friends on Saturday morning. It was a very memorable and fun week, and we hope that everyone had a great time. The rest of the day was very lazy and enjoyable. Two things worth mentioning: the huge flying iguana (a.k.a holy shit that's a crocodile in our pool!), and the poor monkey that Altaz spotted falling from atop the hydro wires. We only hope that the staff from a nearby place found the injured monkey in the bush (after it dragged itself from the road, out of harms way), and were able to take it to the vet in Allejuala.
The next day Sham and I rented a car and dropped Altaz off at Jaco beach. Pretty big place, lots of restaurants, bars and other nightlife. And most importantly, big surf. (Hope you're having fun now Altaz!) Then we were off, headed to Allejuala, and to Volcano Poas. Unfortunately, after staying a night at the bottom of the volcano, and getting up rather early (5*%!!:30am!) to get to the volcano before the clouds took over, the tropical depression had already started to affect the weather and we couldn't see a thing. It was a nice drive up however.. very windy crazy turns, overlooking luscious coffee plantations, and the occasional dog wandering into the road at the last possible moment.
So it was right at the entrance to Volcano Poas where we found out that the Caribbean coast was being drenched in rain and that there was a tropical storm developing. So we decided to seek refuge on the northern Pacific coast. As was recommended to us, this is the best place to be in such weather. So off we went, and after 6 hours of Sham dodging constant huge potholes (you'll see later what I mean), we are here at Lonely Planet's recommended Playa de Coca. I must say now, I STRONGLY dislike the Lonely Planet person who wrote up the piece about this place. It's really not what we expected. And so we will be off again tomorrow, probably headed to Tamarindo, maybe to Samara. Going to have a few drinks now. At least the bar life here is good.
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Kinda, it rains in the evening (San Jose rained all friggen day)
As for the sloth, the pool alligator / Iguana that Mel is posting soon jumped out of the pool and scarred the sloth. It was there before the Iguana, it wasn't there after. I think when a 200 pound lizard leaps towards your tree you bolt, even if you're a sloth..it's probably taking a 4 day rest now..somewhere less exciting
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