On my way
Trip Start
Apr 08, 2008
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Trip End
Ongoing
Quepos,
Costa Rica
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Lydia drove out from arizona on saturday for a mini-vacation to the beach--needed to get away from the hell hole that is phoenix. We went to the beach for a while then met up with gramps and grams and "norte" {formerly fidel's}. After dinner we drove out to oceanside and walked along the pier/people watched for a few hours; there was an outdoor screening of the goonies, and i was sorely tempted to buy some kettle corn.
Sunday was spent at the beach again and I got a good amount of bodysurfing in. Very fun, though there were a few that wrecked me, wrenching my body in five different directions as sand and salt water were forced into every orifice--later that night i leaned over to pick something up off the ground and a stream of water gushed out my nose for a good 10 seconds.
Yesterday I packed/unpacked/packed again, and cooked dinner for grandpa and grandma. My black bean soup turned out more like a spicy pepper and vegetable soup with beans, but it was still good. Also I made sweet cornbread and a beautiful salad topped with many-colored nasturtium {spelling}. After dinner they took me to the train station where we said our goodbyes. It was really great getting to spend some time with them alone, and I kind of wish I could have stayed longer, though Im sure they were glad to have an empty house at least for a few days.
My train got into LA at around 9, and while waiting for Brett to pick me up I met a nice girl named Katrina. When Brett finally showed up we went out for a few drinks and for a walk around downtown LA
Chameleonish
.At the airport I discovered that the duty-free store was still open, so spent the requisite time there.
My flight left at 2:20 AM, so I popped an ambien when i got onto the plane. Mistake. I most likely would have fallen asleep anyways, but after taking the ambien, I got really disconnected and nauseous--kind of felt like i was going to die. I remember being afraid that I was going to fall out of my seat multiple times. This morning I woke up very hungry, only to learn that I had slept through breakfast. I heralded the flight attendent and asked for some food. She responded by telling me that I could have pancakes or eggs, but that they were out of pancakes, so eggs it was.
"Eggs"
soggy potatoes with congealed black beans, egg-colored mush, and syrupy mystery meat.
mmmmmmmm
in San Jose I transferred to Sansa airlines, and, after waiting a few hours, boarded the 8-seater prop-plane for Quepos. very wibbly-wobbly on the runway, but the views were spectacular since we weren't really even above the clouds
From the sky
.Al was waiting for me when we landed on the strip of dirt through the jungle/palm farms.
He took me back to his place, which is fabulously amazing by the way, and i lounged around for a bit in the pool while enjoying the panoramic view of the canopy below. met a/j's friend Linda and her hairdresser Kirby.
al kirby and I went into town for a bit and kirby and i walked around while al ran some errands. afterwards we drove up towards manuel antonio, and al showed me the barba roja {his old restaurant}. also got to see the beach where i was conceived....i asked to be spared the details.
anyways, costa rica is amazing so far, very beautful--flowers everywhere {the hibisci are out of this world}. saw some giant fucking wasps, a chameleon frog, and lots of birds. ill post pictures later.
tomorrow maybe the beach?
