Monday, March 30, 2009

Nicosia peninsula

The mission was to get to Montezuma to the most southern tip of the Nicosia peninsula to stay there for one night and then look for Irqu the next day to spend some time with the dude. It took me 14 hours to get to Montezuma. 2 ferries, 1 cap and 5 buses. Keeping it real sometimes means dusty roads a lot of waiting time and fat ladys next to you who take half of your seat. But the ferry trips where nice and I got to know alot of ticos. Montezuma is an overrun turist village, that struggles to keep the laidback "savoir vivre" that made it famous. The next day I took a bus to Santa Theresa and walked with all the baggage for 5 kilometers. Once again I bumped into Nick and Tad, but since I was there to see Irqu I walked on. Totally out of air because of the burning sun and the dusty road I arrived in the "Zopilote Surfcamp". After asking where Irqu is, I was told that he is in the hammock sleeping because he had a huge hangover. Jumping into his view and screeming woke him up. The camp was frequently visited by a lot of animals. Monkeys, hermit craps, iguanas and loud crickets. In the camp itself are a lot of dogs and a huge horse. We even spotted some sharks in the ocean. Since it cost a stunning 75$ I couldn't afford staying. But I wanted to spend some time with Irqu so I booked it for 2 nights. We did some brief fishing, some swimming, drove with the quad and watched some absurd DVD's. I tryed to take some pictures of Irqu ruling the waves - but he never did. In Panama City we will see each other again for a few days.

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