Rough life...

So there’s something about Costa Rica that makes Kellie and I want to go on adventures. Haha. So we decided that we needed to get cell phones to communicate with each other and Gabby while we were all working. Since we already had our phones from home, and they were already unlocked, we just needed the phone number and the service, “pre pago…” They have no services like that in Tamarindo, only in Santa Cruz. So after asking a few different people what time the bus came, we sat out front of our condos with about 15 other ticos and waited for the bus. It finally come, we paid our 300 colones (equivalent to about 60 cents and took our place on the bus. It was extremely crowded, so we were standing, crammed in like sardines, with a bunch of sweaty ticos. About halfway through our 1 ½ hour trip, some seats opened up and we sat down. We arrived in Santa Cruz, hot, sweaty and hungry, and clueless where we were and where we were headed. Fun times, but we improvised and totally made it all work.


We walked in a few blocks and found a restaurant with comida tipica, our favorite. There, we asked for directions to the calle principal (main street) and he told us it was one block away, of course it was….

So we walk on the block, find out that we can’t get cell phone lines on the weekend, but we could call in on Monday. Of course… While we were walking we saw a truck outside of the pet shop with 3 of the cutest puppies ever. The lady came out and gave us the look like “you want one?” Kellie and I talked about it, and totally considered it, but decided against it ONLY for the reason that my mom would flip out if she came to visit and we had a dog… yeah, don’t really want to see that one. Our bus ride home was very similar to the ride out, though when we finally sat down, we both passed out for the rest of the trip.

Later that night we went out (for our first time yet) to Babylon and met a bunch of people who are also down here for the summer. We have some groups of people to hang out with now, which will be comforting, and more consistent than hanging out with the tourists.

Yesterday was spent lying out all day, so I’m off to look for a job today! Wish me luck!