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Our boat in Costa Rica is small, 100 passengers when it's full. And it's not full.The contrast between the air-conditioned rooms and the open hallways creates a great deal of moisture and everything is quickly damp. Even my glasses fogged between the cold room and the warm hall, but it cleared quickly enough. Most people hung their cameras and binoculars out in the hallway so they wouldn’t get too much condensation. There are no keys for our rooms, I suppose even if you did steal something, where would you go? There were no problems of that nature but it took us all a couple of days to get use to the fact the rooms were always open. After our second walk, that wasn’t terribly hot, I jumped into the warm ocean and let the motion of the waves carry me up and down. Andrew and Michael bodysurfed. I love soaking in the warm ocean water with the late afternoon sun illuminating the palms lining golden beach. It was perfect. The locals have a saying, vida pura which literally means pure life, but I think it’s a South American version of “moment of being.” And on Sunday evening, when normally we’re getting ready for the week and finishing homework, and rushing around and lamenting the end of the weekend. I was floating in the ocean with nothing more on my mind than what drink to order at the bar that evening. Oh, this is the way to have a vacation!During happy hour Thomas entertained us by trying to hit his nose with a toothpick clenched between his $4,000 teeth.I like the bar on the boat very much and here’s why – it’s open to the air so the breeze blows through, and after experiencing the sticky, close heat of the jungle, the warm ocean breeze feels wonderful and refreshing, but not too cool. I like the bar because the drinks are included in the price of the trip (there isn’t a whole lot of alcohol, but then again, we don’t drink for the effects so it doesn’t matter to us) and I can sit and order pina coladas and strawberry daiquiris for a long into the evening as I like. The boys order virgin drinks and enjoy the milk shake or juice aspect of the drinks. Not only that, to start your lovely evening, there is an un-ending supply of Dramamine at the bar as well, which we’ve all taken as precautions at one point or another. And I can sit barefoot at the bar. And I can go to dinner bar foot from the bar.
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