First I’d like to say that I’m watching Gangs of New York in Spanish and I totally forgot John C. Reilly is in the movie! All I can picture is him and Will Ferrell…
“Did we just become best friends?”
“Yep”
“Do you wanna go do karate in the garage?”
“Yep”Play Audio…will open in a new tab/window
Self timers are awesome!
Back to the blog. Now I must say that one of the nicest things down here is not having to be anywhere at any time. No one is in a rush. Everyone is laid back and won’t hesitate to stop and chat. This is somewhat of a luxury for me considering I actually have a handful of jobs outside of my company.
I was determined to get up a bit earlier and get to the beach and find this secret beach/snorkeling spot. So I made it to the beach by 11 hoping I would have enough time to cross the cave of death. Not a chance. I have a feeling I must go at the lowest tide. Any other time and it’s a deathtrap. Instead I went to the south side of Ocotal and I wanted to see how far I could make it. I found a mini beach that disappears at high tide connecting the main beach and the small round island. There looked to be some decent snorkeling there but with the waves coming in the last thing I wanted to do was get bashed into the rocks.
That little guy would not stay still!
First of all last night was my first bad night’s sleep. I believe this was due to the creatures that were playing outside my window. Just when I was about to fall asleep I would hear some squawking that sounded like it was in my room. I even got out of bed to check at one point. I am guessing it was some night bird or monkey just outside the window.
So after sleeping until 10 I got up and took care of some site architecture stuff and sent some emails. I had my Spanish Count Chocula cereal, packed up my water and camera, and started walking up the monster hill behind my condo.
So this was not my safest hike considering you MUST hold a fence for the first 100 yards or else you have a good chance of falling and sliding down the mud/rock face. Once I got up to to dirt roads it was much safer. There a handful of flat areas that I can only imagine are being developed to put more ocean view condos. I also saw the biggest lizard I have seen since I got here. It was maybe 3.5 feet long head to tail. I went slowly for my camera and this thing took off! This was not like the slow iguanas I saw down in Mexico. This thing was super fast. I even jumped a little when I saw it turn and run down the brush.
Ok, I love it here but this was one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen in my life. It was a rodeo but there were no rodeo clowns. The younger fans (teens) and drunk adult men get in the ring and chase the damn bull around! This was no joke. More pics are up of this in the Photos page under Day 3.
That guy in red is just a drunk fan!!!
So today I wanted to head out to the secluded beach called Pez Veela after my morning work. So after some uploading of newly updated pages for one of our clients I put on the rubber flip-flops and started the trek. First of all bad move, I got a blister 20 minutes into the walk. Thanks Dad for giving me those band-aids at the last minute. Anyway it turns out that Pez Veela was about 4km away…up and over a monster hill. It took about 30 minutes but it was well worth it. The views were absolutely incredible and the beach was also amazing. There were a total of 3 people on the beach where I stayed for about an hour to read in a make-shift chair I built in the sand.
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