Jaco

Yesssss! We are in Jaco finally. Heard bad things about the place but we really like it so far. A lot of good shops (getting some good souvenirs here), a coffee shop we love, pastry shop we love, good hostel, nice beach, and a good location for tours. I was ancy to get out of Montezuma. We ended up hiking into town yesterday for our speed boat ride here only to find out the other 2 passengers bailed and they didn't make the trip for only 2 people. So we had to wait till this morning and call the place to find out if the boat ride was going that day... then we found out it was and had to quickly get our stuff together and get in town.
For some reason I wasn't as satisfied with Montezuma this week. Was missing some of the fun volunteers we had before. We have this depressing guy from the states there now. He was really sick but wouldn't go to the doctor... was supposed to leave but didn't because he felt sick...then stayed another night... now apparently staying 2 weeks because he has travelors diarhea (which is contagious). he smokes like a chinmey...had 3 packs the other morning and had Roger go into town to get him more. He lays in the hammock all day smoking so now the hammock smells like BO and smoke and i no longer want to sit in it. Anyways.... he's a depressing guy to have around.
SOOOO... glad to be in Jaco. Tomorrow we're doing a tour to Tarcoles where we get to do a boat ride and watch them feed crocs in the river should be really cool. The next day we'll hopefully be going to Manuel Antonio for an all day event. Breakfast, then water rafting in the morning, then lunch, and a wildlife tour where i hear that toucans, sloths, and other such creatures are prevalent. So these tours are a splurge but they should be the last major tours we pay for.
Rewind to today. The boat ride over was extremely enjoyable. Then we got settled in our hostel, took a short tour of the town, found a bakery where i was able to get 2 legit pastries for like a dollar, had Frapps at a legit little cafe watching the end of the Egypt/Costa Rica soccer game on a flat screen. Then got my watch fixed (it ran out of batteries in Montezuma which left us high and dry), then did some unexpected shopping, and had dinner and played Monopoly at the same little cafe as lunch (which is next to our hostel).
Oh and PS Cassidy so a dead Boa on the path on the way to Montezuma yesterday (somehow i missed it) A local was looking at it...apparently the biggest one the local has ever seen...didnt know there were ones that big around. My guess is it was around 6-8 inches diamter, maybe 8 to 10 feet long. Cool... oh and we saw a pod of dolphins