The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

(For those complaining they can’t read Spanish, I have provided a Google translation below each sentence. For those that can, sorry.)

Ese manana nosotros vamos a la playa mirar poco de mar.

(That morning we go to the beach watching some sea)

Yo miro carocols caminar.

(I look snails walk.)

Este es la casa de Nemo.

(This is the house of Nemo.)

Este es una cangrejo verde.

(This is a green crab.)

Este son los percebes estrella.

(This is the star barnacles.)

Este aves miren focas.

(This bird watch seals.)

Matt piensa este son los percebes. Kerri piensa este son los rosquilla pequena. Los rosquilla pequena estan la casa de Nemo cerrar.

(Matt thinks this is the barnacles. Kerri think this are the small donut. The donut small house Nemo are closed.)

Este es un babosa de mar.

(This is a slug sea.)

Este es una otro babosa de mar.

(This is a another slug sea.)

Este es un percebe rosa.

(This is a pink barnacle)

Vamos a una class de espanol.

(We go to a class of Spanish.)

Nosotros no surf en este dia porque samos piel rojo.

(We do not surf on this day because we are red skin.)

 

Ese perro no este seco.

(That dog does this dry.)

Este perro baila.

(This dog dances)

El perro envia agua a la playa.

(The dog sends water to the beach.)

Este perro juego muerte.

(This dog game death.)

El perro descansa en la playa.

(The dog rests on the beach.)

Los perros caminan en la playa.

(Dogs walk on the beach.)

Early start to the day to have time for breakfast before Spanish lessons started. Kerri was disappointed as the menu for today was supposed to be French toast. Instead we got a big breakfast quesadilla and a big slice of pineapple. Matt thought it was great, Kerri not so much.

After that we began Spanish lesson with our instructor Dario. Nosotros hablomos espanol un poco. Knowing beginner French and German does not make it easy. Reading it is going okay, forming replies is the hard part.

After four hours of Spanish we headed to the beach for two hours of running, paddling and pushups.  Matt broke a fin off my board after his first time finally getting up. Kerri is pretty sure her blood pressure is no longer low after drinking half of the ocean. It was a lot of work and the waves only got bigger as the afternoon went on, so it got harder.

Los pelicanos volan.

Este pes globo no vive.

Un pajaro vola

Unos pajeros volan

Este son mucho caracoles en la playa.

Este son los caracoles.

Adios sol!

Today we took the bus to Montanita for Spanish lessons, to hopefully make us sound a bit more like the locals, and surfing lessons, to hopefully make our skin colour a bit more like the locals. We expect it will be a long, hard week.

It’s a dog’s life.

The bus ride was uneventful. Their bus station is nicer than Edmonton’s. The landscape on the way here was very arid with most of the trees looking dried out or even dead. Perhaps after a rain everything greens up a bit.

After making it to Montanita we had a good walk to the hostel. Kerri thought it was closer so quite a bit of that walk was on the beach which was very hot at just after noon with all the bags. Eventually we made it, checked in and got settled in the room and dressed for the beach.

We took a long walk all the way from our end by the rock wall to way past where anyone really was. The beach by the town is very busy and crowded.

But our side is so deserted crabs will occasionally pop out of their holes during the day.

After the walk we turned back and grabbed some pizza as a snack before heading closer to the hostel to find a spot for chilling on the beach. That’s where I spent the rest of my day with a book,

While Kerri took pictures of the sunset. It sets really fast here because we are so close to the equator.

So Matt missed it.

A quick walk to town got us pasta for dinner and we looked around for an umbrella to help provide some shade, considering there isn’t any at all here. Nothing grows on the beach. Attempts to keep sand from getting into everything appears to be failing although I will remain every vigilant as I don’t want sand in all of our gear. The hostal is nice

And has good wifi from the hammocks.