What the storm blew in?!
11 February 2011 | Golfito, CR
Maggie
I've been woken up in interesting ways since we've been in Costa Rica:
coconuts landed on the tin roof of my cabina in Zancudo my first visit there and gave me a heck of a fright! This week when I was back in Zancudo I woke up to hear some serious scratching on my cabina tin roof, followed by a rustle in the bushes right next to my head (there are no window panes in these cabinas!) and then a loud thud!! I stuck my head out to see a large iguana had landed on the ground... I'm not sure who was more surprised to see who, but I was definitely wide awake!
Late yesterday afternoon we had a fabulous storm in the bay: thunder, lightning and torrents of rain that washed BLUE and cooled the air, and I sat outside getting wet and enjoying every drop of it!
Sometime during the night I felt something hard creep over my back! I flicked it off, kept half an eye open just in case this "thing" came back... and fell back to sleep. I woke up this morning to the sounds of scratching on the floor next to my bed, and then I remembered the creepy experience in the night... and I was ready, but definitely not expecting to see a crab staring back at me with pincers ready for a fight!! I called for Nev and then remembered he wasn't here!:( So I bravely threw my t-shirt over the big little guy and tossed him overboard! I can only think he must've climbed up one of our anchor lines!!
So, tonight......???