Woke up at 8:00 and something wasn’t right. I felt off. Figured it was probably from those drinks last night, so headed down to get some breakfast. Chris was already down in the dining room along with Max, a guy who lives a few doors down the road named George, and a new couple who arrived while we were out last night Casey and Patrick (from Michigan). We had a nice breakfast and then decided to head back to the room to doze for a bit. Soon after we layed down, the rumbling started. Not sure what caused it, but something in my stomach was not happy. I spent the next few hours in the bathroom and when things had slowed down, I took some pepto and things started to feel better.
We decided to just hang out at the villa today with Casey and Patrick. We all spent the day by the pool and just took it easy. It was actually a very nice afternoon and the 4 of us hit it off immediately.
That evening, Bill, the owner of Villa David, decided to organize a group dinner outing for all of us that were staying at the villa. We were to depart at 5:30. At about 4:00, Josh and John (from Seattle) arrived, so that was 2 more for the dinner group. We all got dressed and piled into 2 cars and drove about 10 minutes out of the city to a restaurant called Cuale Paraiso. It is situated right on the bank of the Cuale river in a sort of jungle village. Definitely one of those places you would never find out about except from someone who lived in the area. There were 12 of us in all. Our table was outside on the deck with the river flowing right next to us. We started with really good salsa and chips and amazing guacamole. Then Chris and I split an order of beef nachos. The meat on them was almost like a barbecued brisket and was very good. For Entrees, Chris had Chicken and a frozen strawberry margarita and I had shrimp and a lime margarita on the rocks. Of course, he had to try the flan for dessert. Thumbs up to all of the above.
One of the cool things about this restaurant were the bathrooms. They actually encourage you to write on the walls. You ask for a marker from the bartender and off you go. It is pretty amazing to see how many folks have discovered this place and from every corner of the world. We added our names and home city and then it was time to leave.
Chris went with everyone else to Apache’s for after dinner drinks. I chose to go back to the Villa and relax and read. I ended up dozing off and woke up at midnight to Chris, Max, Josh and John arriving back from the bar. John headed to bed, but Chris, Max, Josh and I ended up staying up in the hot tub until about 3:00. While talking to Josh, we found out that John grew up in Santa Fe and actually went to school with Chris’ sisters! Small world.
We decided to just hang out at the villa today with Casey and Patrick. We all spent the day by the pool and just took it easy. It was actually a very nice afternoon and the 4 of us hit it off immediately.
That evening, Bill, the owner of Villa David, decided to organize a group dinner outing for all of us that were staying at the villa. We were to depart at 5:30. At about 4:00, Josh and John (from Seattle) arrived, so that was 2 more for the dinner group. We all got dressed and piled into 2 cars and drove about 10 minutes out of the city to a restaurant called Cuale Paraiso. It is situated right on the bank of the Cuale river in a sort of jungle village. Definitely one of those places you would never find out about except from someone who lived in the area. There were 12 of us in all. Our table was outside on the deck with the river flowing right next to us. We started with really good salsa and chips and amazing guacamole. Then Chris and I split an order of beef nachos. The meat on them was almost like a barbecued brisket and was very good. For Entrees, Chris had Chicken and a frozen strawberry margarita and I had shrimp and a lime margarita on the rocks. Of course, he had to try the flan for dessert. Thumbs up to all of the above.
One of the cool things about this restaurant were the bathrooms. They actually encourage you to write on the walls. You ask for a marker from the bartender and off you go. It is pretty amazing to see how many folks have discovered this place and from every corner of the world. We added our names and home city and then it was time to leave.
Chris went with everyone else to Apache’s for after dinner drinks. I chose to go back to the Villa and relax and read. I ended up dozing off and woke up at midnight to Chris, Max, Josh and John arriving back from the bar. John headed to bed, but Chris, Max, Josh and I ended up staying up in the hot tub until about 3:00. While talking to Josh, we found out that John grew up in Santa Fe and actually went to school with Chris’ sisters! Small world.
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