Cahuita
Trip Start
Jun 16, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 01, 2008
Cahuita,
Costa Rica
Monday, June 23, 2008
Saturday was spent relaxing on the beach and around the hostel, scratching the many mosquito bites that we have acquired now that we have moved to the coast, with Oli (rather ironically as he didn`t take his first malaria tablets until we reached San Jose) racing into the lead with multiple bites from our time in this malaria zone! However, we are all fast catching him up. Following a nice meal where I had the `catch of the day` shark, we decided to play cards back at the hostel whilst listening to some music. When Natasha and Oli returned from their pursuit of cigarettes they explained that they had been in Coco`s again and that there was some live music happening there. Unfortunately, Ellie had already retired to bed but the rest of us grabbed some money and headed for an impromptu night out.
In rainforest
Although we didnīt get to see much of the music because it finished just after we got there, we stayed out for some more drinks and a little bit of dancing where me and Oli ruled the dancefloor with our European dance moves!Despite our late night we had to be up early on Sunday for the trip we had booked to see an indinginous Costa Rican tribe. First stop was at an iguana farm where a lady showed us the several stages of iguana breeding, an animal that has been brought back from the verge of extinction. The lady also took us around the surrounding forest, showing us all the different plants and how they make use of them. The second strop was at a chocolatier whose tribe had only been brough into modern civilisation in 1997 when some Christian missionaries taught them to read the bible. She explained that the purification given to humanity through Christīs sacrifices brought an end to many of their old tribal rituals that they believed were needed to purify themselves. We were allowed to taste the many different types of food and she showed us how chocolate was made Blue Peter-styley! Our third and final stop was at a shayman who showed us more plants from the rainforest that are used for different remedies.
After having arrived back from the trip we stopped for a photo with the organiser - who claimed to be Cahuitaīs last ever cowboy - then headed for an afternoon on the beach where, inspired by earlier, I sculptured an amazing iguana in the sand (heartlessly destroyed by Rachaelīs foot) and I taught a little girl how to play frisbee. She certainly learnt more about frisbee in the two minutes I was teaching her than Rachael has learnt in her whole lifetime judging by how she can now throw a frisbee and it was nice to have a game of frisbee where one person isnīt always running to fetch a dodgy throw! The day was rounded off with an Italian meal where most of us ate huge pizzas and then we whiled the night away drinking and playing cards.
Comments
That's the way it's meant to be!
Glad you're having a great time, that's what travelling is all about and I'm so pleased you're having fun. Hope you're also learning a bit of the lingo so you'll be better prepared for when you get to Nicaragua; and you'll get more out of the rest of the trip too. Don't know if alcohol in the blood attracts or puts off mozzies, perhaps you could experiment!
Dad
dream team dies
the little girl used all her frisbee knowledge that I taught her to hit you with your own frisbee. She wasnīt flirting.
Hi
Alcohol at least numbs the pain so go for it!
Keep safe.
xx
Photos
Glad you can upload your photos. You must have done it whilst we were looking at your blog as it says you are online now.
ps Which one's the cowboy?