Today I woke up at 5:30 ( I could not take the rooster this morning ) and I'm feeling pretty close to 100 %. I had a small, dangerously good cup of coffee ( apparently Nicaragua exports really good coffee) which I could see happen on the regular. It's just so funny because I don't normally ever drink coffee so it gets me pretty ansy. Apparently it was some sort of holiday so the people in the village that we're in all went in to town (Rivas) to hang out for the day. However, we forgot to get water over the last couple days so now we didn't have any and the stores were all closed because of this holiday. So we ended up scrounging together whatever liquids we could and going up to the property. We built a nice sitting area but it got too hot and without a lot of water there wasn't much we could do. We came back down to the house for a siesta at which time I had some lunch and went swimming.
After swimming for a while, we decided to pack up a bunch of food and water and head down to Playa Amerilla which is a surfing beach that gets some pretty nice waves. We got down there and my cousin gave me a lesson about surfing and some of the technique and then we headed out. We were just about in the water when he noticed that the big board that he was lending me had some damage on the end of it, so we wouldn't be able to get it in the water or it would get water logged. I took the big board back to our spot and grabbed his small board to use. His small board is a lot smaller than the board that I was going to use so it was a little more difficult to do all of the basics that he taught me because it's so tippy. However, he pushed me into a couple waves and I managed to get to my knee on my second one so that was pretty fun. Except that I kinda got caught in the middle of a big set so I just spent a while getting tossed around in the waves. I haven't figured out all the technique yet, but I really enjoyed trying to catch the few that I did. It's so much harder than it looks, such a great work out. I'm definitely going to have to try and get better at it.
After swimming for a while, we decided to pack up a bunch of food and water and head down to Playa Amerilla which is a surfing beach that gets some pretty nice waves. We got down there and my cousin gave me a lesson about surfing and some of the technique and then we headed out. We were just about in the water when he noticed that the big board that he was lending me had some damage on the end of it, so we wouldn't be able to get it in the water or it would get water logged. I took the big board back to our spot and grabbed his small board to use. His small board is a lot smaller than the board that I was going to use so it was a little more difficult to do all of the basics that he taught me because it's so tippy. However, he pushed me into a couple waves and I managed to get to my knee on my second one so that was pretty fun. Except that I kinda got caught in the middle of a big set so I just spent a while getting tossed around in the waves. I haven't figured out all the technique yet, but I really enjoyed trying to catch the few that I did. It's so much harder than it looks, such a great work out. I'm definitely going to have to try and get better at it.
We packed up and came home and got dressed up to go down to a Nica restaurant down the beach. The restaurant is called La Gaviota. We had deep fried fish ( so much better than it sounds ), sauteed prawns, rice, beans and vegetables. Going to this restaurant down here is equivalent to going to the Keg or something at home. We walked back home on the beach and decided that we should watch a movie. ( There is a movie lounge next door, I'll try and get a picture of it. )
After browsing through the pirated movie collection, my cousin decided that Machete was the best choice. So we are now taking some popcorn and watching Machete, They just #%*@ed with the wrong Mexican. With lines like that it has to be good right?
Which brings me to the end and on to the next order of business. I haven't shaved since I left, so I'm currently sporting a pretty good beard. I was trying to figure out if I should shave it or leave it when my aunt informed me that the bar next door is having a mustache competition on February 14. That seemed like a pretty good reason to shave, however, I'm not sure what style of mustache I should go for. So I would like some feedback from anyone who reads this. I will take before and after pictures and post them up here. I've put a poll on the side of my blog with some standard choices, if none of the choices match your idea then just leave me a comment on this post and I will take it into consideration. Consider consulting the various mustache styles.
After browsing through the pirated movie collection, my cousin decided that Machete was the best choice. So we are now taking some popcorn and watching Machete, They just #%*@ed with the wrong Mexican. With lines like that it has to be good right?
Which brings me to the end and on to the next order of business. I haven't shaved since I left, so I'm currently sporting a pretty good beard. I was trying to figure out if I should shave it or leave it when my aunt informed me that the bar next door is having a mustache competition on February 14. That seemed like a pretty good reason to shave, however, I'm not sure what style of mustache I should go for. So I would like some feedback from anyone who reads this. I will take before and after pictures and post them up here. I've put a poll on the side of my blog with some standard choices, if none of the choices match your idea then just leave me a comment on this post and I will take it into consideration. Consider consulting the various mustache styles.
Handlebar my friend, handlebar.
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I think I have to agree with Dim. Handlers are probably the way to go - or connect you stache to your head hair as far up your cheek as you can. That is always a good look...
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ReplyDeleteDo the classic. Coming from an moustache expert...I think its the best look all around. I tried to vote more than once, it didn't work. But I feel that as a girl who does yoga, my vote should count for at least 2.
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