Thursday,
October 25, 2012
Our first day off! It starts out fantastic as we
realize the electricity went out sometime in the night. The house caretaker,
Isabelle, comes by and tells us not to use the water while the power is out
since the pumps do not work during that time. Quickly we prepare to go into
town. We go to our favorite coffee shop once again but this time take our time
savoring the lack of plans for the day.
We decide next we are going to go through the rain
forest. I convince the men to turn off the radio and roll down their windows so
we can all enjoy nature. The rain forest was beautiful but small. It was on our
way back from the rainforest that the real adventure begins.
We decide to take the (as it is labeled on the map)
"scenic route". Let me tell you this, it should have been marked
"4-wheel drive vehicles only". The beaten up path started out unpaved
and overgrown. There was a small section of paving that convinced us we were on
the right path but it shortly disappeared. As we continued down the questionable
road, we came to a large puddle in the road. Brad goes out to check it to see
if it is drivable and concludes that it is. We make our route through the
puddle and then come up to a slightly larger puddle. Brad goes through the same
steps and checks the depth and deems it drive-worthy. We splash through the
water and continue our journey.
I am convinced by this point that we must be going
the wrong way. Brad is convinced that it is the right way. Our next stop is a
gate off the dirt road. Whoever belongs behind this gate is anything but
ordinary. Hanging near the top of the gate are many different animal skulls.
Signs are posted underneath warning trespassers away. "DANGER", and
"NO TRESPASSING", and of course the favorite of the group "Violators
will be shot" followed by "Survivors will be shot again".
We continue down the beaten path, greeted by
several more large puddles. Somewhere along the path, we noticed there was a
guardrail. Unbelievable! After hours of being unsure, I am finally proven wrong
when we come to paved asphalt and even a sign labeling the route as
"Scenic".
Since we had taken a fairly late breakfast, none of
us were hungry when lunch time came around.
After our adventurous trek, we headed back to the house. We planned on going snorkeling but Dad and I
had forgotten our bathing suites. Once
back at the house, our plans again fell through.
We made the rest of the
day “laundry day”. It was at that time I
decided to wash all the sheets and covers in the small room. The ants that had been crawling up the wall
were no longer an issue. The house must
have been sprayed because they were all dead.
After cleaning up the little room, I made the decision to switch rooms
and have my own space. I moved the bed
so that it was perpendicular to the wall so the lack of headboard wouldn’t be
an issue. It was nice and cozy in there
now.
When evening came around we decided to check out
the casino up the street from the house and not go far for dinner. The casino itself didn’t have a restaurant
but it was across the street from an all-inclusive hotel resort. We headed over
to the hotel and made our way to the restaurant area. The place we picked ended up being a
buffet. The atmosphere was nice and
there was a local jamming on steal drums.
The entire dance floor was consumed by a man who probably had had too
much to drink. It was pretty
entertaining. Of course when we got up
to get our food the man was all about trying to get Dad to dance with him. Dad managed to decline and retreat to the
buffet.
The food was pretty good
but was very overpriced. Kellie told us
later that had we gone a little further that there was a nice fair-priced pizza
place right next door. Well you live
and learn. Desserts were excellent there
though. All and all it was a very
pleasant day.
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