So as I suspected there is no wireless here at the sanctuary even though it is boasted on the website. There is, however, a single Ethernet cord. I will give that a spin at some point tomorrow maybe. The two restaurants in town have wifi so I also may be grabbing a drink and taking advantage of the internet there occasionally. I just won't have the internet access that I have had in the past few months. Surprising, no? Better internet access in the middle of rural Costa Rica than there is here.
I was picked up by a shuttle at my hotel in Alajuela at 6 am today. All of us in the shuttle had the final destination of Montezuma or Cabuya. We were taken to Puntarenas where we unloaded and hopped on a ferry. This trunk I have, however monkey proof, is a pain in the ass to haul around. The ferry was maybe and hour or so long. It was quite a fun little scene. A little dance party broke out on the top deck. Very fun. The group of us were met by another shuttle that took us to Montezuma and then Cabuya. Cabuya is tiny, but still very close to the sanctuary. Almost hard to call it a town though.
The sanctuary I will have to write about at a later date. At least in more detail, that is. I got a little tour of it and the basic layout, but that is really about it. Racking through my brain there are 9 volunteers. There are more, but I'm not sure how many. So it is very different than Osa in that respect. And others as well. Back to the people though. I am still getting the feel of everyone here, but every seems incredibly nice. There is at least one other person who is also in the middle of a gap year as well.
A small group of volunteers went to a “Full Moon Party” in Mal Pais tonight. I think they are expecting a couple thousand people. I decided I would stay around here for my first night and I had just been traveling all day. There are two taxis arranged to bring people back. One at midnight and another at 3 am. The day starts at 8:30 tomorrow. Sunday is the late day and the rest of the week is 7:45. I'm still not completely positive of the layout of the day. I think it pretty much works out to be about 36 or so hours a week.
I went to the super down the road to get groceries earlier as well. All very quick and easy foods. Loaf of bread, peanut butter, jelly, tortillas, refried beans, tuna, mayo, Lizano, and peanuts in the shell. Came out to be about 12,000 colones. We'll see how long this food lasts now. I've also discovered that there is usually some various fruits and vegetables that are up for grabs. Mary orders them all for the animals, but always orders too much because she gets a good price. So tonight I had two pb&j, peanuts, and two bananas. The water up here at the cabin comes from a spring so I'm not worried about drinking it. The water down at the sanctuary comes from some mystery source so I think I'll avoid that for now. Although I probably have a stomach of steel by now...
My night in Alajuela last night was pleasant. I had one roommate in the dorm-style room I was in. She was from Argentina. Very interesting accent. Eduardo, the owner, is very nice and also an incredible artist. Many of his works are around the hostel. He left for a little while and another guy took over. Also very nice. Talked with him for a bit. He speaks very good English and actually spent two years in Arizona while in high school. My roommate, him, and I played some dominoes and chatted. We then listened to music on my computer and ended by watching a movie. Turned out to be a bit later night than I had planned. Got to bed at about 11:30. I'm sure I'll sleep like a rock tonight. I'm crashing in the hammock tonight because tomorrow I'm stealing a bed from someone who is leaving to stay in a hotel in Cabuya. She is freaked out now because one of our goats got attacked by a jaguar. Quite honestly, I think that is a great thing! It means there are large felines in the area. They may pose a threat to livestock, but they don't attack humans.
Here is a map of the Nicoya Peninsula. I am down near the tip of the peninsula pretty much in Cabuya.
Here are some more pictures from the sanctuary that I just left.
This is the baby Bat Falcon that I spent a good deal of time with. Probably will never fly due to a broken wing.
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