Monday, April 28 - evening
For dinner, we had our first soda experience. A soda is a little family-owned restaurant that serves good cheap food. :) Yes, we had planned to go back to Morphos but the place was packed and we didn't want to wait. The lighting in the soda seemed to create a greasy hazy atmosphere where one waitress serviced all. The menu was presented on a chalkboard, the items chalked in with an unpracticed hand. Being a big group, we found a table in the back. The food was good (except for the sour black berry milkshake) and my meal ended up to be less than $3, and this is including a drink!
After dinner, we looked around a local pharmacy that also doubled as a souvenir shop. Bought a keychain for Steven; a cute green frog with bulgy eyes hanging onto a branch. We were going to Morphos for dessert but it was still crowded. Some headed to the internet cafe downstairs and others headed back to the hotel. And boy, is it dark walking back to the hotel without any lights to guide the way. Chilled, read Cosmo, caught up with journals, etc, and then to bed.
Addendum: In the afternoon, after lunch, we took a look in a local grocery store where they sold all sorts of local fruits. Bought a Costa Rican guava. It resembles a wisteria bean but about ten times the size. The clerk helped us twist it open. Inside was a neat row of white cubes of flesh of a velvety and slimy texture. Each cube contained a polished brown seed in the middle. The texture (alternating rough and smooth) was definitely more interesting than its taste (faint sweetness).
For dinner, we had our first soda experience. A soda is a little family-owned restaurant that serves good cheap food. :) Yes, we had planned to go back to Morphos but the place was packed and we didn't want to wait. The lighting in the soda seemed to create a greasy hazy atmosphere where one waitress serviced all. The menu was presented on a chalkboard, the items chalked in with an unpracticed hand. Being a big group, we found a table in the back. The food was good (except for the sour black berry milkshake) and my meal ended up to be less than $3, and this is including a drink!
After dinner, we looked around a local pharmacy that also doubled as a souvenir shop. Bought a keychain for Steven; a cute green frog with bulgy eyes hanging onto a branch. We were going to Morphos for dessert but it was still crowded. Some headed to the internet cafe downstairs and others headed back to the hotel. And boy, is it dark walking back to the hotel without any lights to guide the way. Chilled, read Cosmo, caught up with journals, etc, and then to bed.
Addendum: In the afternoon, after lunch, we took a look in a local grocery store where they sold all sorts of local fruits. Bought a Costa Rican guava. It resembles a wisteria bean but about ten times the size. The clerk helped us twist it open. Inside was a neat row of white cubes of flesh of a velvety and slimy texture. Each cube contained a polished brown seed in the middle. The texture (alternating rough and smooth) was definitely more interesting than its taste (faint sweetness).
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