Costa rrrica

Luke, Dallas, and I are just sitting on the balcony of hotel de haan, playing cards and watching the rain pour down onto the palm trees and run smoothly off to sprinkle onto the pool below. The air is humid and slightly cool, its a pretty nice evening to relax. We ordered some pizzas to come so those will be here soon.

We were supposed to head out of Jaco and into Mal Pais on a ferry today, but the ferry was cancelled due to choppy seas as the storm continues to move in. Hopefully the ferry will be back on for tomorrow, because supposedly this weekend is top tier surfing and we're looking to go somewhere with better beaches, better waves, and better weather.

That's not to say the weather isn't fun to be in-- this afternoon, we surfed in the rain for a few hours. It was a lot of fun, even though the waves were less than hospitable. It's incredible that I can stand in the ocean during a rain storm and still feel cool and refreshed. The tropics are awesome.

Poker is swingy right now. I made like 3k yesterday, then turned around and lost it today, in part taking a shot at 5knl. I ran cold as ice, obviously. Oh well, I live to grind another day.

Got the chance to talk to mom and dad yesterday, that was fun. Sounds like everything is going well back home.

a story from the trip:
Luke, Dal and I were walking along the beach after we had strolled down to the end of the rocks on the far right end. We had been looking under rocks at tide pools and watching the fish, anemone, starfish, and other creatures scatter about. Anyway, so we're walking along the beach, when this bronzed local, shirtless with fabio-like hair flowing in the wind, prances up to us, literally on a white stallion. He approaches Dallas, offering his fist extended to look for a pound. Dal gives him a pound, and he then turns his hand over and opens his palm to reveal a huge bag of weed. We decline, but it was by far the most majestic drug dealer I've ever encountered. "No problem," he said with a smile, and galloped off along the coast.

awesome.


hit you up soon from mal pais

Andrew