We reached Ojochal at 9:15 pm - - Pizza and beer was a very good thing – Stephan’s restaurant (El Jardin Tortuga) feels like a treehouse and is the perfect place to start the vacation and feel like you are back in the jungle.
I could tell James was a little unnerved. It was already getting dark when we left San Jose, so sort of felt like he had been kidnapped and driven to some foreign place and plunked down. I think beer and pizza helped.
Headed to the house and found it without incident and crashed into bed – it was just after 10.
This morning was beautiful – sunny and mostly clear. Coffee, unpacking.
James got his first sight of the jungle, the mountains and the ocean – he actually said “wow”.
So now for the realities – no cell service at the house (or at least I cant get any on my BB), internet access is tenuous (satellite, hardwired and flaky cable), and there is no hot water.
Jan and Sonya arrived and solved the hot water issue, and we gave them Christmas goodies – something very odd about Christmas Stockings and red woollen mittens in the tropics.
The rest of the morning was taken with chores – grocery shopping, banking, socializing (everyone you pass on the road that you know, requires a quick chat) - - lunch at the Restaurante Pinuellas (fried fish platter and great roadside Ceviche) – and then CERVEZAS!
Bocas Coronado is a local watering hole right at the ocean – great view of the river, island and ocean beyond – it is a gathering spot. I have never quite experience the social atmosphere that exists in Ojochal – all are welcome, all are friends, or soon will be. Talk is of parties and Christmas, home building and local politics.
So after beer, home for a quick swim, siesta and then dinner at Exotica (our fav!). Lucy is always so welcoming. Home and bed – all by 9:00 pm. Another full day!
I didn’t even mention our trip to the house! Next post!
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