Summertime and the living is not as easy with all these damn people in the line up.

Summer is finally here! The water no longer has as many trees floating in it and you can actually see your shorts when surfing. We had a nice little head high plus swell the past which pretty much wore everyone I know out. I actually had to take a day off because I have surfed 2xs 7 days straight and the paddle out sometimes is a bitch. The following pictures were shot by the owner of “Almost Paradise”. They are an Israeli family that sells some of the best falafel I have ever eaten. The restaurant is located in the hills of Pelada. Stop by for a bite to eat. They are really good people and really good friends. My good friend James has moved here and is my new roomate. He is also one of the new photographers for Surfing Nosara.

"Bar" catches a good size right

Myself on a little right. The morning was much bigger .

In December we are opening a store in the rear of Kaya Sol so stay posted for details.. (I can also be found bartending in KayaSol these days)

Ok so I should not have jinxed us. Yesterday was fine and asoleado even though the power went out, but come night it started raining raining and raining. Today Saul didn't show up for work which means the Rio probably flooded his house. I took a friend to work on my moto which is a job in itself. I have to wear board shorts because the water is waist deep in some places. All the roads are flooded and the bridges aren't passible. I got word today that the gas stations (hand pump ones) are also closing. All in one day this shit happened. On a brighter note power came back on this morning and I also have internet. Got food and movies to last this thru too.

have a great day!

Oct 14th

Well it's already half way through October and we have yet to see the rains in full force. It has been raining mostly at night stopping early morning with blue skys and sunshine. Not many people around.. It's sooo nice like this.

hormigas

Hormigas or Ants are problems from everyone. Yesterday I went into my bathroom to see it covered with thousands of Red Ants. Immediately wanting to kill them all I decided to ask Saul why they were all in that one area. He pointed out the trail of Black Ants who march in a uniformed line to their destination. He explained that the red ones were hiding with their babies from the black ones because the blacks would kill them.He went on to tell that the black ones had come from the mountain probably because of rain in search of food. The black ones come by the thousands and if you think you are going to stop them you are kidding yourself. Ask anyone here. What to do? Let them run their course and they will be gone in no time. Besides they kill the unwanted insects along their path. So in a way the black ones are good,unless they sting you, and the red ones are the ones you don't want. Because the shower was filled with the red ones holding their babies Saul sprayed and killed them all. A sad but needed genocide for the Hormiga Rojo. Point to this blog is the fact that sometimes taking time out to understand even the littlest of creatures can be entertaining.

Yup still here

This weekend I rented a car and went to Playa Avenellas and Playa Grande. The surf wasn't that great but the scenery was as always worth the trip. Black and White images are from the little rock in Playa Grande. I was accompanied by my Tica friend who decided it would be fun to climb to the top of it. I was fine but if you refer to the blog about insects that live inside of plants here, she was attacked by the ant condos and now has pocodots all over. The color images are before Tamarindo where the road turns back to gravel. There has been little rain in the last week which is nice because, not only is it beautiful outside, there are not that many people around.

The images above are a little foggy due to the fact that I left my camera under the AC in the hotel and it dripped water in it. My $1000 lens was foggier than a pink floyd concert and my camera suffered too. Nothing a little sun couldn't fix though. I would take it to the camera repair shop but then I remembered there isn't one. In other words tough shit! Pura Vida!

Quick trip to the gulf.

I lived in South Florida for a few years and one of my goals was to catch the Gulf when it was good. That never happened while living there but it did happen while I was visiting my cousin in Orlando.

I got a call from a good friend Micky Hooks that it was going to be good and he drove up to Venice beach with a board for me to ride. The above image is what we saw. While I was very over gunned on a six six, I still enjoyed the hell out of it. Needless to say we spent the night in Sarasota (sleeping in the car,and on the sidewalk) to get up early and surf holmes beach.

Thanks Micky for the great time, and somewhat fuzzy evening. I expect to return the favor soon.

Saturday I will be back in Nosara with supplies to get me through the rainy month.

Adios,
G

RIP Evan Tanner

above image is some dog in South Florida that I wanted to punt kick but he ended up mellowing out and being kind of cute:

My friend had a problem with her passport so I ended up flying to Miami for a week or so. Sadly I am still here. Nothing against the States but it's just not for me right now. As soon as I stepped of the plane I was bombarded with fast cars, cell phones and billboards. It's amazing how easily people get sucked into this shit. If I had a dime for every BMW I saw in in S Florida I would be typing this blog from Maldives while drinking a shandy. Needless to say I am with family in Orlando now which I do enjoy so I'll be making the most of my short time here. I miss my scooter, good waves, and crazy cat.

My cousin, who fights MMA showed me the headline about a fighter who died in the CA desert.

Read on Yahoo news:
Here

His name was Evan Tanner. What caught my attention was not the fact that he died or was a champion MMA fighter it was his writings. If you get a chance to read them they are pretty good. Especially if you're in search for that sense of virtue that exist deep within inside . Near the end of his life he was surfing and exploring. He started his career from watching video tapes from Gracie fighters. Near the end he was writing about the true meaning of living.

"It is a shame that in this society we've been taught to judge a man's worth by what he owns instead of who he is. Everything is surface, and so few look beyond it. A man will sell his soul, he will lie, cheat and steal, for money. If he has it, he can buy respect. Wear the right clothes, drive the right car, have the right friends, that's all that matters. Our lives are consumed in a selfish, self absorbed quest for possessions, the latest and the best in a never-ending cycle until the day we die. We forget what it means to be truly human. We forget the things that really matter. We lose the magic of what life should be.

I won't live by rules that make no sense to me.

- Evan Tanner"

Blog can be found:
Here