Snakes, Mangos, and the Cougar returns
11.06.2007
Today started off with a what I believe was a near death experience.... I was walking down the street and almost stepped on a black & green colored snake. Several people have since confirmed that this snake was poisonous. Someone told me something along the lines of that if the snake bit me, my foot would have to be cut off, but I'm not really sure that's accurate as something may have gotten lost in translation.
Next, I arrive at school to find again we only have 2 hours of classes as most are mysteriously cancelled.
Finally, I encounter some neighborhood boys that want to know if I want to come with them to pick mangos from trees. (note: I know their families, they are not sketchy.) We get in the car and have the age discussion, at which point I confirm my suspicion that they are 17 & 18 yr old high school dropouts. They are seemingly disappointed to learn that I am 30. Next, we get to the mango farm, where we sort of have to slip through a barbed wire fence to get in. (They have assured me this is all cool, by the way.) The farm was beautiful, overlooking the ocean, and I ate the most delicious mango of life. At some point a truck comes down the dirt road and we have to run & hide behind a hill. So I learn that we are breaking and entering into this farm and I am stealing mangos, at age 30.
We then proceed back to the car where they smoke and blast Cypress Hill from the car stereo, dance around and try to look cool.
Final event of the day just transpired - I walked here via the beach and encountered this guy I have met once or twice. He asks to borrow $2, which he claims he will return to me within 1 hour. I think this involves drugs and politely decline.
Posted by Ali212 09:19 Archived in Costa Rica






Note to readers: please excuse my glaringly obvious grammar mistakes. (grammer?) ALI212
11.06.2007 by Ali212