April 26, 2008 Archive Entries: More Than a few Power Outages, Monkey See, Monkey Doo-Doo,

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Monkey See, Monkey Doo-Doo

So driving along the side of the road somewhere in the vacinity of Playa's Lagarto and Pitahaya (I think). There were some money's alongside of the road. There were a dozen or so at a time but it's really hard to see them. Here's an animated movie of a monkey with a baby on it's back (if that does work, try this MPEG-4 version). I've sen a few computers that couldn't load the previous two options, here's a YouTube link. I'll animate a few of the others when I figure out a better way.

I never knew what kind they were; they're were darker than other monkeys that I've seen down there before and didn't have the white fur on their faces.

Why the silly title of this post? Because one of us got pooped on (and it wasn't me!).

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Posted by Gary on Saturday at 9:42 PM on April 26, 2008.
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More Than a few Power Outages

So on day one, we had just checked into the hotel and headed out to dinner and the power went out. The restaurant put out some candles, the stove was gas (probably propane) and they were ready to go. Twenty or thirty minutes later it was back on.

I know they have some power problems in the country but that was the longest one I've ever experienced (at least at night). I've never seen anything last more than a few minutes. But we had a few more as the trip went on, a few short ones and a really long one (a hour or so?). Everyone just rolls with it, it's semi-expected, but still inconvenient (especially if hot) and as I said, I've been pretty lucky on my previous four trips.

It gets really dark out there when there are no city lights even in the distance. I always keep a mini-flashlight in my travel bag, but for places where I want to be outside at night (like CR) I take a few with, so it wasn't too much of a problem for us. The small hotel we were at did knock on doors and pass out flashlights to the rooms.