La Playa

I have succesfully made the move from Liberia to Playas del Coco, phew. It convenientely was boiling hot the day I was lugging my bags around but I managed to get everything transfered OK. The cabina is quite nice and I like it a lot so far. Things are a little bit more difficult at the moment as far as work because I have to go to an Internet cafe to try and do things. Hopefully I can get internet in my room and then I´ll be all set.

I still don´t exactly know how, but I locked myself in my apartment the first night. Apparently there is a trick lock that allows you to turn the key to lock the latch from the inside, but you cannot undo it. So, after my very first night, I had to call the owner to come and rescue me... man sometimes you just feel like an idiot.

In other slight inconveniences, the handle on the kitchen faucet broke so I had to shut the water off. It is in the process of being fixed (hopefully by tomorrow) but I´ve had to get all my water from the shower for the last couple days. It hasn´t been too bad, especially since it hasn´t really mattered at all due to the random, rolling water shut offs that plague the area.

Guanacaste is the driest province by far and with the exploding development in the province, there isn´t enough infrastructure to support it. You know, watering those fourteen private golf courses daily sure does suck up a lot of drinking water... goddamn gringo golfers.