Rainy Cahuita

Well, today is day 3 of my visit to Costa Rica. Everything is very soggy here because it has been raining almost nonestop since I arrived. Supposedly this is not normal... rainy season is from Sept. through Dec. People here have told me that it´s usually nice by January but this year it´s rained nonstop since November. Global warming I guess!

The rain is more of a bummer here than it is in Seattle I think (although of course it is much warmer here, which is nice.) Its just that the roads are so muddy and full of giant puddles. I was expecting to be wearing flip flops, tanning, and surfing, and so far I have done none of these things.

I did however meet a guy last night who told me that no one cares if you have a gram of coke in your house here. Good to know!

Anyway some fun stuff has happened too. Yesterday I met a nice Jamaican couple who live here now... I actually called them because they had a house for sale on craigslist. They picked me up and took me to their house, and made me lunch... bread fruit! They sliced it up and fried it, and served it with ketchup and hot sauce. The skin of the fruit looks like dinosaur skin, and the taste is very similar to french fries. It was fun chatting with them and asking them about what it´s like to live down here. As of right now I´m pretty unconvinced that I want to live here, so I guess it´s a good thing I took this trip before buying something!