Fishermen and More.....

The water didn't come on this morning until nearly 7:30 or 8 am.  When we live in a third world country we expect electric and water failures...  or delays....  or inconveniences....  or whatever you want to call them.  It's just part of the package.....  annoying?  yes, but certainly doesn't ruin our day.  

I load the coffeepot the night before...  Bill & I aren't big coffee drinkers anyway, but somehow, being here in Costa Rica where some very fine coffee beans are grown, we quickly get used to our morning cup ....  even if it is de-caf.

By 9 am we were headed to town.  We thought we'd check out other rental companies, but, truth is, this is the "high" season and most places are booked.  And there's a lot to be said for the known rather than blundering in to something worse.  I still haven't gotten around to posting photos on this blog of our place, but it's really quite nice.  Some of the things we consider a "plus", others consider a negative.  We have no neighbors ..... no loud music...  no constant party.  We can sit outside at 6 am in our jammies and have a cup of coffee while watching whatever birds choose to entertain us.  The swimming pool, which can be seen outside our door, isn't filled.... actually, it's ugly.  But neither of us swim, neither of us are sun worshipers... the birds it attracts are more fun for us than a noisy, people-filled pool.  We manage okay, but it doesn't hurt to look around.

Okay...  on to our walk.  Really neat today....

We walked down to Coco and as usual, walked down to the beach before heading across that rickety bridge into town.  A fishing boat backed into the shallow water and guys started carrying these fish from the boat....

BIG FISH!

As I watched, the guys would carry them up on the beach to this truck that waited for them....

These big tanks on that flat-bed were being filled with these huge fish....  I'm assuming the truck will take them to market.

The guys would carry them... usually two at a time....  from the boat to the truck.

I thought at first maybe it was a boat who had taken tourists out for a morning fishing expedition...

No Way!

I don't know how these fish were caught, nor how long it took to catch them...  but these guys made many, many trips back and forth from the boat to the tanks....

I asked  someone what kind of fish they had caught...

Maui-Maui

He also told me that when alive the fish glisten with gold, yellow and green colors, but when they are dead, they just look kind of grey.

Kinda made me think of so many birds...  like hummingbirds...  who show magnificent colors when the light is right....  but, oh, so dull, otherwise.

It took quite a while to get that boat unloaded...  even with a half dozen men carrying them in 2 at a time.  

As I watched, several other boats were backing up to the beach to either unload their catch or to take on the supplies to go out again.  

We headed on into town....  this time I wanted to go past the church I'd seen before.  

All ready for Christmas Services....

I asked a couple of ladies in the church about Christmas Day, and they told me that Mass is at 6pm tomorrow evening.  I may get there but know I'd have to take a taxi home.  It's dark here by 7pm and it's too dangerous to walk on the road at that hour.

We've walked only about 4 miles today...  but you might remember that Bill broke his ankle less than 6 months ago....  he's doing okay, but the terrain is fairly rough and it's so easy to slip on little rocks and such, it's better to take it easy for now.  We had several bags of groceries (yeah... we eat well) so took a taxi home today.  

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That's All For Today!