17 June 2000
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17 June 2000 |
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I'm back on the road, back in the vardo, the wagon, back to gypsying. My first stop is Manuel Antonio, where I was with Carla the end of January (see 9 February). I came here to visit my friend Rico who's in the process of moving his home from northern California to Costa Rica. He built the famous Villa Luna Tica, which is available for vacation rentals; that is, if you have a fat wallet. It feels good to lay in the sand, listening to the breaking waves and cheesy latin music blasting out of a car, and having your house only five steps away. Vagalosa looks great on a beach, she always looks good, but especially so on the beach. I think it's her subtle natural color, as opposed to the plastic coloured cars of today. I arrived back in Costa Rica a week before yesterday and spent the seven days in San José cleaning Vagalosa and fixing what needed fixing. Then, yesterday morning I took on the road very cautiosly. The brakes are still not what they could be. Together with the drop in engine compression it makes mountain driving quite an experience. So I'm going slowly but steadily. And it was during a 15 mile an hour descent down a hill yesterday that a VW bus had caught up to me. At a convenient spot I waved them to pass. They pulled up and stayed on my side. When I looked over I saw the guy on the passenger side with his arm stretched out the window towards me, holding a fat joint between his fingers. After a splitsecond of hesitation I outstretched my hand to receive the gift. They wished me a good journey and drove off. It pays to go slow! This is probably the last time I get to enjoy the ocean before I get to Mexico, so for now, I'll keep on listening to the waves and maybe I'll go for another swim in abit. |
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