pt 2 pavones and random thoughts

buses to golfito and pavones, and surfing pt 2:

Bus stops at peoples houses and tiny towns. Overwhelming awesome smells in parts of the jungle, even from the bus window. hung out the window of the bus to golfito almost the whole way for windflow and the view. sat next to this very old man named victor on the school bus towards pavones. one of the girls who was headed to the yoga camp was a redhead (dont know her name) and she had terribly stinky armpits for the last hour of the golfito bus and the last hour of the pavones bus. almost unbearable on the golfito bus. for the pavones trip, we all paid separately bc most didnt have exact change, for which an american guy scolded us bc a guy comes to collect the money but the driver counts it while driving and talking on the phone, a little dangerous. at carols cabinas, there is a dog named cachumbo and a cat named tequila/ cachumbo stinks like fritos, similar to my foot fungus old ski boots. i cant even sit above him if he is under a bench. ill have to take pictures of this place bc it is very very different than the previous two hostels. i dont think its possible to have two hostels look alike.

Group dynamics: subtle power struggle between grant and bryce. Bryce is the "eric frank" of the group, super fit and cocky/confident. he is the idea man, along with grant being one as well, so it gives the group 2 options to follow, very interesting. the other 3 guys are great.

Surfing- sore nipples, and below chest on rib cage is a huge pressure point. the wax from the board gets in your chest hair and pulls a bit. Swimming doggypaddle for 3 hours but with board underneath you is a great workout. Some of us wore t shirts instead of rash guards bc we don't have them on the advice of carol and daniel, the cotton causes nipple chafing even more, so i took it off halfway through our session. The ocean has a rocky bottom, so everyone's feet got sliced up a little bit. No pain no gain? Sunburn is painful and its only 4pm post-surfing. I'm going to have to deal with it and wear a shirt tomorrow. Also, it sprinkled a bit on us during the morning session but it was refreshing.

Accidently left my bag of food (pb &j, bread, ritz crackers) at nomadas hostel while movng to hostel pangea. also left my miami waterbottle at pangea, so I'm trying to not lose anything else. But, I can't find my shaving cream either haha.

people - its awesome to be around people with a similar "why not" mindset while traveling. people you meet in hostels or buses doing similar things, a lot doing voluntourism for a month or more. people in pavones are here for multiple weeks or months surfing either just here or a lot of different beaches. in ohio, when you tell someone you are going to central america for who knows how long, they all think you are nuts bc that idea of a vacation/adventure isnt even on their radar. this is a very acceptable and normal thing for others encountered here, which is awesome.