Hola!
Today
I will be posting Days 22-24: Wednesday to Friday of my trek in Costa
Rica.
On Wednesday
Tammy taught me how to make homemade ketchup.
The ingredients: Onion
salt, garlic powder, sugar, white vinegar, and tomato paste.
It was
so easy that I could do this at home.
Today
we headed out to the city of Limon. Did I tell you we go through the
banana
plantation every time we get off the Mountain? We stopped at
the banana plantation
warehouse supply- the ATM bank is right next to
it. Inside those blue bags are the bananas.
The blue bags are lined
with chemicals for pesticide and to stop
the ripening stage of the
bananas on the trees.
We
had to stop in the middle of the dirt road because the bananas were
carried off on a cable sending it to the warehouse supply building.
We
are in the city of Limon- about an hour and ½ drive into the city.
The stores
were closed for Lunch. They have lunch for an hour and
half. Imagine if we have
that kind of lunch break in NJ. WOW! So we
had to find something to eat if
anything was open during that time.
We found ice cream for lunch.
We initially went to Limon for Christopher. We noticed that he was having
trouble
seeing so I said he needs to get his eyes checked. Sure
enough he needs glasses.
He takes that after his mom (Tammy). (P.S. Doesn't Jesus look good in glasses?? Haha)
We
visited the Fabric shop in Limon. I loved the visit to that one shop.
They had all kinds of fabric. Tammy and I picked out few fabrics to
make panties.
Oh
the panties are going to be beautiful!!!
Thursday
I couldn't wait to work on new fabrics to make panties. It was hot
and my
hair is getting longer so I had to wear a bandana to keep me
cool and keep
my hair out of my eyes. I was having a great time with the
new fabrics.
There
are no lawn mowers here in this part of Costa Rica. Christopher is using the
weedwacker to cut down the grass around the main house and bodega.
Here
is a close up one of Christopher and his weedwacker.
They
have ducks on this farm. This one really likes the whey that was
intended for the dogs.
Friday
I was cleaning the porch on the main house. Here I am scrubbing the
floor.
Notice the tiles on the porch. Quite pretty. One disadvantage
of having free range
chickens is that they will poop on the porch as
well as the ducks and the turkeys.
Oh I almost forgot Rio the parrot
on the porch as well.
Beautiful
sunset on the horizon of the mountains.
More
pics of the sunset on the mountains.
End
of these three days of my trek in Costa Rica. This week we had
problems
with electricity and internet. They keep going off on us
several times a day.
One of continuous problems of living on the
mountains. Oooh I do miss the fan
when the power goes out! Humidity
is very high up here on the mountains.
I love my bandanas and cooling
bandanas- they really do keep me cool.
I
have 2 more weeks left of my journey in Costa Rica. I hope to make
the best
of my time here. Tammy thinks this will be my last visit
here to Costa Rica.
She may be right. So we will spend most of the
last 2 weeks of quality time together.
I love my cousin Tammy as if
she is my younger sister.
End
of days 22 to 24 of my trek this week.
More
to come when electricity and internet is available.
Jen
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