Monday, April 28 - Monteverde - morning
We were a little worried that our next tour guide would not show up because of the last-minute hotel change. Turns out that one of the guys who worked in the hotel was to take us to our next stop. Drove us over to a lake where we were supposed to take a short boat trip to the other side. We waited there for a while, trying to finish Shally's snacks: bean curd, granola, sweet and sour dried plums. Another car packed with tourists pulled up. When we all headed down to the edge of the lake, I felt...out of place. The other tourists had these gigantic backpacks while we pulled our little carry-on luggage behind us. Once all of us got down, we waited some more for them to refuel the boat. That was when I spotted this hot guy. :P He was travelling with three other girls.
When we were settled into the boat, luggage and all, I realized he had a girlfriend. (darn!) The funniest thing was that after we had finished taking pictures in the boat, Nancy leans over and commented that there was a hot guy on board. :D same guy! Sharon and Alice who were sitting in front of us also got into the discussion. I know it sounds mean but his girlfriend was very plain compared to him. Then Alice pointed out that he looked kind of dumb (vacant eyes) - which was true. So kind of lost interest after that. haha!
Got off the boat to be packed into a waiting van. The trip to Monteverde was my first long unpaved road experience. Huge rocks that the driver carefully avoided. He made pretty good time-I was impressed. So it was very bumpy ride through the countryside. I didn't realize how dusty the ride was until I felt my hair - so nasty! Arrived at Quetzal Inn where we split into two rooms. Our blankets were a dark velvet and we had a balcony that looked into a wall of trees five yards away. The hotel manager suggested Morphos restaurant so we trekked off into town for lunch.
Morphos was all about butterflies (and located on the second floor, which provided a elevated view of the street). Huge wooden butterflies dangling from the ceiling, wooden flowers on the walls, and crude wooden furniture gave the restaurant a rustic feel. The watermelon juice was so sweet! Ordered a casado with sea bass. Nancy had this bad craving for sweet and sour so she ordered a sweet and sour pork which with a huge bone. haha! Under desserts, they had peanut butter pie. Interesting...we made plans to come back for dinner.
We were a little worried that our next tour guide would not show up because of the last-minute hotel change. Turns out that one of the guys who worked in the hotel was to take us to our next stop. Drove us over to a lake where we were supposed to take a short boat trip to the other side. We waited there for a while, trying to finish Shally's snacks: bean curd, granola, sweet and sour dried plums. Another car packed with tourists pulled up. When we all headed down to the edge of the lake, I felt...out of place. The other tourists had these gigantic backpacks while we pulled our little carry-on luggage behind us. Once all of us got down, we waited some more for them to refuel the boat. That was when I spotted this hot guy. :P He was travelling with three other girls.
When we were settled into the boat, luggage and all, I realized he had a girlfriend. (darn!) The funniest thing was that after we had finished taking pictures in the boat, Nancy leans over and commented that there was a hot guy on board. :D same guy! Sharon and Alice who were sitting in front of us also got into the discussion. I know it sounds mean but his girlfriend was very plain compared to him. Then Alice pointed out that he looked kind of dumb (vacant eyes) - which was true. So kind of lost interest after that. haha!
Got off the boat to be packed into a waiting van. The trip to Monteverde was my first long unpaved road experience. Huge rocks that the driver carefully avoided. He made pretty good time-I was impressed. So it was very bumpy ride through the countryside. I didn't realize how dusty the ride was until I felt my hair - so nasty! Arrived at Quetzal Inn where we split into two rooms. Our blankets were a dark velvet and we had a balcony that looked into a wall of trees five yards away. The hotel manager suggested Morphos restaurant so we trekked off into town for lunch.
Morphos was all about butterflies (and located on the second floor, which provided a elevated view of the street). Huge wooden butterflies dangling from the ceiling, wooden flowers on the walls, and crude wooden furniture gave the restaurant a rustic feel. The watermelon juice was so sweet! Ordered a casado with sea bass. Nancy had this bad craving for sweet and sour so she ordered a sweet and sour pork which with a huge bone. haha! Under desserts, they had peanut butter pie. Interesting...we made plans to come back for dinner.
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