Getting in touch with nature...

If this blog gets posted, it will be a miracle! I'm on a laptop and the instructions are in Spanish so just bear with me.
Yesterday we bid farewell to the northern Guanacaste region and began driving south to the Nicoya Peninsula.
Drove through major rain storms and on roads you can't even imagine. An old joke about the roads is that if you see someone driving straight toward you, you know they are drunk because they aren't trying to avoid the potholes! It's so true -- we were weaving all over the road. Apparently, they regrade the roads after the 'green' season, but the rains destroy them annually. Oh, forgot to tell you that a lot of them are dirt roads. The scenery was beautiful, however, and worth the bumps and bounces.!
One of the funniest sites was an open truck we got behind that initially looked like it was carrying a big bag of something, but, as we got closer, we realized it was a huge 'mama' pig. She was so big that her nose touched one side and her tail the other. They had put food in the bottom and she was happily chomping away and adding to her already sizeable girth! She did look up occasionally, and I got a great picture. We were all feeling guilty about the bacon we had eaten for breakfast, but Francisco, our driver, informed us that the farmer said he was taking "Mama" to meet her boyfriend for the evening! We all felt better after that and hoped she enjoyed the rendezvous.
Lunch was fun as we stopped in the town of Nosara and had lunch in a "Chinese Costa Rican" restaurant.
After numerous stops to take in local flora and fauna (stopped once for a 2-ft iguana crossing the road!) we finally made it to our stop for the next 2 nights -- The Harmony Hotel in Nosara which is 40 mi. from the nearest paved road.
This place is just what every American needs for a few days. It's a very holistic type of inn and dedicated to helpingtheir guests relax and get in tune"with the natural rhythm and sacred connection to the earth." It's the most "green" place I've ever stayed in -- even the straws are made from recycled paper . Again, the grounds are absolutely gorgeous with giant ferns, bird of paradise, ginger plants and numerous other tropical plants.
Just as we arrived the bottom fell out of the sky and it poured all evening which was actually lovely to listen to. I took a great nap and then joined the group for a delicious dinner of local specialities in the open-air restaurant.
We had a good laugh when one of our group came to dinner and announced that she had tried and tried to find the TV with her remote control. When we were able to talk again, we explained that the remote control was for the airconditioner and that there was no TV. I've finally found someone more 'blonde' than me!
This morning started out fabulous. Took an outdoor shower on my patio. It's a beautiful wooden deck with one of those huge round shower heads attached to one wall. The rest is open but totally secluded by the lush tropical plants. The sun is out and everything, including the beach and pool look very enticing.

After breakfast we're off to do site inspections of this area and then a canopy (ziplines) adventure.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Linda