Thanks to Jackie and Johan we were able to secure a posada for the busy independence day weekend in Choroni, however when we arrived it wasn't exactly what we had expected. First off, the taxi drivers couldn't even find the place and there is only one main road leading in and out of the city. It turns out it was tucked away very far from the beach even though online it said 5 minutes a la playa. One of the taxi drivers was really worried about us walking to the beach and our security in general, which freaked out some of the girls. The owner, Margarita, was really nice and I felt bad that some people in our group were expressing their disappointment in front of her. So I started a friendly converstation with her, scoping the place out. It had two matrimonial beds and then one twin bed. We had 7 people and the other two had to sleep on cots on the floor. Not an ideal situation, but it worked. I asked about being 5 minutes away from the beach and she answered yes in a car. Ay que chimbo! (that's what Eira said!) So she stretched the truth a little on that one, but it got worse. Our fully-equipped kitchen was actually outdoors and we had to start a fire as our 'stove'. Again not ideal. Well since we had already paid, there was really nothing we could do. Somehow the group cheered up and changed our negative attitude.
Margarita told us about some busetas that take us to the beach for only 2b's. We changed into our suits and then headed to the beach. Playa Grande! y fue muy bonita. No habia nadie en la playa y parece como nuestra playa privada!! But we did meet surfer dude that looked like Tarzan (that was our nickname for him). He offered to give us lessons and we said that we would tomorrow. It was only 50b's a person for 30min and he said that he wouldn't really be keeping track of time.
That night we made some pasta and played games! Jackie brought travel scattegories and then we played that game Auntie Julie taught me that's kind of like scattegories but you want the same answers as other people. They really liked the game! We also started a game of 'who would be most likey to..." and I got voted
Most likely to win Survivor
Most likely to be famous
Most likely to date somebody way older than me. hahah Thanks guys!!
Great news was that we had AC in our rooms and so slept really well. However, my twin bed had a tendency to fall apart! We tried watching a movie on someone's computer and there were 3 people sitting on my bed. Well one of us moved and then BOOM! all of us were on the floor!!! We thought we broke the bed, but the cardboard piece underneath just fell off its bracket. Fixable!
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