Surf surf surf

OH man i am really getting the hang of this whole "SMURFING" thing. This morning I got up at 630am and had breakfast with Bianca and went for a long morning surf. The waves werent that great but I caught a couple of good ones! Yesterday was amazing- Marilyn and I went to this natural piscina on a rock shelf near Mal Pais. We rode bikes out to this natural pool that was filled with tiny yellow fish. The fish werent scared of us at and would just swim up to us and check us out. We had an amazing view of the ocean and we watched a whale breach! It was Marilyns first time to see a whale, and she was super excited. Then we rode bikes to where the fisherman return their boats and bought two HUGE red snapper for 5000 colones- which is just under ten dollars. The fisherman cut the fish for us and we took home a bag of filets- which was about 3.5 kilos and another bag with the bones, heads and fins. After an evening surf Bianca, Marilyn and I cooked up a storm. We made snapper in coconut milk with onions and garlic, a HUGE ensalada, mashed potatoes and rice with vegtables. We ran out of propane half way through cooking but the boys saved the day and went to fetch us more. We ate so much amazing food!!! Tonight Im going to attempt to make soup out of the fish heads and the remaining fish - bones and all. I hope it turns out but my buddy Palomillo said he would give me some pointers. After our feast last night Bianca and I rode bikes down the bumpy dusty road that we have grown to love... potholes and all.

The waves arent any good right now but im hoping that they will get better in an hour or so... then im off to surf till sunset, make fishead soup and tonight my roommate Marilyn (aka DJ Nightnurse!!) will play reggae music at our favorite local bar- La Lora Amarillo.

Not sure if ive mentioned it - but there is a family of howler monkeys that lives in the tree directly in front of our house. They are SO amazing- almost feline in the way that they crawl around on the branches. Furthermore, they have the most ferocious howl and its so cool to wake up to in the morning. They howl when anyone rides by on a motorcycle. Its so cool from the beach you can hear a motorcycle riding by on the road and then a ton of howler monkeys going crazy!!!

Other than that... all is well in Santa Teresa.