Went to a bar today on the way to the internet cafe. I liked how it was noisy, so I walked in and got a beer. The place was mostly prostitutes, but that made it interesting too. One girl with tattoos came up to me and right as she said, ¨como estas?¨ A fight broke out behind me between two prostitutes. One of them was in her underwear and she was being dragged on the floor by her hair. Some others jumped in and there were a couple chairs thrown and tables knocked over.

 To say the least it was AWESOME!

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Today I went into Quepos with the owner of the hostel and a girl that´s staying there. They wanted to get massages and ït was a good opportunity to get out of the hostel.

Yesterday I walked around the hills by the hostel and took pictures of the cow pastures and the canopy of the jungle below. I also took pictures of all these different kind of birds- neon orange, blue and grey, yellow, red and black. It was funny because normally I wouldn´t spend an hour taking pictures of birds.

I´m staying at a hostel now in Londres. It´s in the jungle. Pretty cool but there are lots of big bugs. I´m not scared of snakes or anything, but bugs creep me out- I´ve had too many crawl across my face when I was sleeping.

I don´t know how much internet I´ll be able to use while I´m there. There´s no internet except for her computer which she said I can use for e-mail if I need too. Currently I´m at an internet cafe in Quepos waiting for the 6 o´clock bus back to Londres.

I went to Manuel Antonio national park today at 8 AM. It was raining and hardly anyone was there. I didn´t get to see any monkeys, supposedly due to the rain. I did see a bright green snake though and a capybara. And a water dragon. The beach was cool too. My shoes are soaked and they smell bad- they have been for the past few days. So I put them in a bag afterwards and walked around barefoot. I went looking in some stores and caved in and finally bought flip-flops for the first time in my life. They are convenient I must say, although a bit awkward feeling.

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Today I walked around Quepos. It was raining hard. I went to the bank to get some money out, but I only had $20 in it. So I got that out and went and got rice and meat at this little place and then I came here.

Im hoping theres a hostel somewhere around because there are no more busses back to Puntarenas and I dont have much money.

So its been an ok day, but I just need to find a hostel now.

Today was strange. I woke up late and it was raining. Then it started pouring, and thunder lit up the skies. The thunder was so loud it was like a thousand armies charging over the mangrove. I have never heard anything like it in my life. A lightning strike took out the power all over town; from the marinas to Puntarenas. Another lightning strike I could hear hit a tree or something by the pool. When I came out to look everyone was outside looking.

I ran out of water here on the boat but it was raining so hard I didnt want to go out and change it. But I really needed to wash my face. So I put on my bathing suit, grabbed my soap and went outside. I took a shower in the rain. It must be one of the most exhilarating experiences a man can experience with cold wind, stinging rain hitting your face, and lightning all around you.

I dried off and then went down and cleaned yesterdays dishes. 

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