Rain Rain go away

It's not even Oct and it has been raining like crazy. Here is a shot of the bridge by the gas station headed to the Nosara/Ostional intersection.(The gas station that doesn't sell gas and never will) It was taken two days ago . We have had non stop rain up to today . We have had a nice little 2 hr sunshine break. Looks like more rain on the way though.

Note to Swindells

above: Most Gringos have dogs to watch their crap. I have "LOCA." She is part flying squirrel and part monkey trapped in a cat's body. Her favorite moves are "Death from Above"where she falls out of the sky onto you somehow and the "Silent rear attack" SRA is also combined at times with a rapid bite to the butt.

Every day she is covered in blood from something. I don't ask questions though. I am trying to find the word for COSTA RICAN BAD ASS! Cause that's what she is...

okies,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I was informed that on certain occasions Swindell family members stop by to read what kind of crap I am getting into. Thanks for reading these pointless blogs. I guess in the future I will try to make them more exciting. I was under the impression that my mother was the only one who ever read them and that was out of obligation…

So with that said, LARRY SWINDELL send me some pictures of my grandfather if you have any. Swiney only has 1 in the house.

And to the emails I get from people coming to the area. I have all the time in the world to answer area questions. It rains a lot now and in October it will not stop, so I am trapped in this house because my little scooter gets hard to drive in it.

PACIFIC STORMS

~ Thunder= TRUENO

in Costa Rica sounds like artillery rounds. It is louder than you can imagine shakes the earth when it rumbles. I try to explain this to my friends before they come but the look on their face is usually priceless after they hear it for the first time. They usually look around like an earth quake is going on. We have those too J

~Rain = LLUVIA “ Rains hard, Very hard, and when you think it couldn’t possibly rain any harder. It rains harder!!!!

I have found god many times at night during storms here! HAR HAR!

Also, The noises you hear at night are GEIKOS not birds and boy are they annoying.

ADIOS SWINDELLS and MIS AMIGOS,

~G

Damn those yellow belly sea snakes

It's bad enough having to worry about Sharks and dodging Gringos in the water but lately I have had my eyes open for something I never would have thought in a million years I would be surfing with, a yellow belly sea snake. My friend yelled at me the other day that there was one in the water and i kinda laughed. Then I got home and asked my friend and she did some research and found that yes indeed we have yellow bellly buddies surfing with us. Even better these snakes are part of the Cobra family and considered to be 10xs more venomous than any land snake. A full dose of venom will be fatal but on a brighter note they rarely strike unless it's defense and even so then they do not usually release venom. They have a paddle for a tail used for swimming and spend the majority of their life in the ocean. If you see one beached it is probably close to death.

Last night after a chest high glassy session I was walking back and what did i see? A yellow belly sea snake laying on the beach. He was still alive. I showed an old lady and she grabbed her husband who had been surfing and he picked the damn thing up and threw him back in the water. Wonder what would have happened it would have bit him?

Does Pelada ever get swell?

Playa Pelada gets swell yes it does. It has a fun little right and if you search you can also find the left. Here are a few pics from the last little south swell we had here a couple of weeks ago. If Playa Pelada is this big can you imagine how big Guiones is? Well this day Guiones was double the size but closing out so Pelada had a good little crowd.

Trip to Mal Pais

Two friends took me to a quick weekend trip to Mal Pais. Although Mal Pais is very beautiful, the journey was far more rewarding than the destination. Most images below were a no no shot from car images.You never know what you're going to run into when flying around curves. This just happened to be a herd of cattle we approached at 60kph.


Fences are made from live trees here. Why? because if the tree is alive the fence won't rot. The fence will grow into the tree. Post are expensive if treated for weather and will eventually rot so this is far more effective. The only problem is, if you dont cut the top of the tree the fence grows up. Good thing is the top of the tree/fence can be replanted as another tree/fence.
I got this shot by sticking my camera out the window and snapping three photos. It is a fish farm near the Nicoya Penisula.
The animals give the stink to gringos also.

Stayed at Playa Naranja because our 5 hr trip had turned into 7 due to a large river in Playa Bongo that we couldnt cross. Had to back track for a long while.

Mal Pais. Surf was head high and kinda fun. Area is super built up yet still beautiful.


Tree line snapped from the moving car while dodging pot holes.

Life is tough!

This is no secret to locals in the area but it's usually empty. This place is only accessible at low tide and is on the back of a little island which looks directly at the setting sun and ocean. It's not hard to find but I ain't telling :) Thanks for the shot Annya.