Bonus

For those of you who haven’t traveled to areas with limited infrastructure to include the sewage system and didn’t read the Peru chronicles, we are again somewhere that keeps a small lidded garbage can next to the toilets. They don’t want you to flush toilet paper or anything that isn’t naturally expelled from your person. This is normal here and most after experiencing it don’t think much about it. I did overhear the Baylor boys that are here doing some volunteer work and relaxation talking about it. I thought I should give a little reminder to our readers that this is something to expect in places like this. 

We had huge burritos for lunch at one of the sodas/ small restaurants down by the park. They were good. There seems to be a lot of international foods here, some on par with what you would get in the states, some better and some are odd. The ketchup at the soda was slightly pink and translucent. I tasted it, sweet but not tomato flavor to speak of. 
The chocolate (maybe chocolate maybe not) chip cookies we got at the New Super China tienda/store that tonight appears to be operated by three youthful Asian people I think are better than chips ahoy, no preservative aftertaste. 
I don’t think that it’s too hard to find something to eat here. Unless you are really picky about the variety of food. They have less beef options than the United States but plenty of chicken and seafood.
The standard food here is a meat with beans and rice. There’s usually a small salad too. They call it a casado, it’s always a good option. The breakfast option is egg for protein and a fried plantain instead of a salad. They also mix the beans in the rice to begin with. I haven’t tried it yet. 
So as long as you like chicken, fish, eggs, beans and rice you won’t starve. The seasoning here isn’t as bold as Mexican food in the United States.

We had a good afternoon snorkeling at Pirate’s beach. We took the ATV “tour” for $50 and just went straight to the beach and snorkeled while the guide hung out. It was a very economical way to do it since the tour is $50 for two hours for one ATV and two people can go on one. Sketchy Kevin was $50 per head. We got to be in the water long enough for it to make me a little queasy, too much burrito maybe. It is also fun to ride the ATV. Part off paved road and some on. Kind of helps make me think I could rent a car and drive around here. The traffic isn’t too bad. 

After settling my stomach and relaxing until we were out of the senior citizen’s dining hour we went down the road and ate at what was probably a fancy place at one time but needs some exterior maintenance. The food was what you would be offered at a fancy place in the United States. We both had the whole red snapper with a vegetable risotto and then a shrimp and fruit chutney/sauce. There was pineapple and mango I believe. It was very good and it was plated well. 

Side note about the bandage, my water shoes are capable of breaking the seal on one. It doesn’t come completely off but it gets the bottom off. Still excellent bandages for this environment. 

My new fins have some issues with the straps, one has a tendency to come off on one side and they slip down my heel. They were supposed to be big enough to wear my water shoes with but they aren’t. I’m not sure how well they would be for scuba but they may be adequate for snorkeling.  

We must have a skunk near by that is doing a lot of spraying. It has already added some scent to the air, we will probably smell like skunk when we come back and not notice, too bad for whoever is on our flights!! 

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