Today (2/16), we set out from Sierpe for Drake, which is a small town of about 500 people in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. Let me tell you about the weather for a second, its hot.... really hot. Remember the angry sun from Mario 3? The one that sits up top and then gets real mad and comes down to burn you to death? Well, he is here... and trying to kill us.
Getting to Drake from Sierpe involves hopping a boat for an hour and a half through a mangrove forest down the river, as there is no direct road in from this area. Josh was nice enough to give us a lift into town on his motorcycle.
As we pulled away from the dock, we were hit with some sage advice
The boat stopped at some random beach and a guy waded out to his knees to give us someone´s cell phone which needed to be repaired... We were also carrying lots of supplies bound for Drake, as most of the stuff needs to come in by boat.
The boat ended up landing on the beach and we hopped off to find our ride waiting to take us to our cabin, and some kids playing in the sand.
There is one road in Drake, and its a nasty gravel affair that goes almost straight uphill. The 'taxis' here are just locals who have cars and will take people around if you call them. It turns out my spanish is pretty good, and lots of people start rambling on in spanish very fast when I start speaking to them. Unfortunately, I can pick out about every fifth word when they are speaking too fast, but I can talk alright. We had a nice guy named Arrones take us up to our new place, Finca Maresia (more on this tomorrow)
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