Tuesday night and we decided to head over to Playa De James to catch the movie along with some of James's fine cooking. The movie was good and shortly after a few people joined the movie crowd and motivated some of us into dancing. Always fun when someone has this kind of energy.
We received notice from our realtor that our escritura had arrived finally. That took 10 weeks, similar, but a little quicker than our deed for our Coco Beach lot. We caught the bus into La Libertad and then a cab into Salinas to grab it from Kimberly's office. We then went over to the Mercado in La Libertad to see what they had to offer. Claudette grabbed a bunch of shrimp and fish.
I then scanned the escritura and sent a link to our visa facilitator in Guayaquil. She informed us that as our visa has expired so there is nothing that she can do at this point until we receive a new visa. She informed us that they are no longer offering 90 day extensions within the country and that we would have to apply at a consular in another country. I sent an email to the consular in Peru with a link to my Onedrive scanned documents.
We took a cab into Olon as Claudette wanted to see their Mercado but it wasn't open as it was a little too late but it wasn't too late for lunch. A glass of fine German beer and a toasted 3 cheese sandwich hit the spot. Claudette's chicken sandwich was good too but she didn't want to share it.
I pressure washed the pool side of the house on Thursday and Pedro then painted it on Saturday. He was pleased to see that I had pressure washed it in advance. Made his job easier. The pressure washer is taking quite a bit of paint off of the wall. I am guessing that it's never been cleaned prior to painting in the past.
Claudette drug me out for a walk on the beach and we headed north for a change. She hiked this way the day before and wanted to take me this time. We walked to Simon Bolivar before turning back. It was a similar distance to walking to Montanita and back. Here are a few photos of some of the homes along the beach.
We stopped at Rob's and enjoyed some hot chocolate. This was our second time and the china appeared to improve. Didn't have the "ting" that Claudette is used to with fine china though. The hot chocolate is the best in town so it's a good bet that we'll leave with a smile.
My adopted cat seems to enjoy sleeping on the roof. He spends time on just about every roof around the place. It's kind of nice as he keeps the rodents at bay. Once the house is done painting we would like to get Pedro to close in the space under the tea house. We plan on putting in a washroom and a storage area.
I moved some of the furniture out to the patio and Oscar fell in love with it. Out of the two chairs and the couch, he seems to stick to the couch. Oscar's now living the dream.
We have started seeing these large Owl butterfly's coming around lately. They have a real cool pattern on their wings. This one landed on the side of the couch that I moved out to the front porch.
The central park here in Manglaralto is attended by residents well into the evening. It's nice to see parents and their young children playing in the park in the evening. Pretty sure it's better than sitting at home playing on a computer.
We have finally started to see some sunnier days. Looks like winter may finally be over and spring is on the way here. I have noticed some of the perennials starting to poke out of the flower beds. We have even been entertained with the odd beautiful sunset.
We attended a fund raiser for a local orphanage. We donated several paintings for the event as we found that we did not have the wall space in our current house with all of the windows and stone work. It was a fun event to attend and we each spent about $100 towards some of the services that were offered in the auction. The children even sang for us which was nice to see. Claudette got an email the morning after from one of the event organizers thanking us greatly for our contributions. The fundraiser raised $8300 USD for the orphanage. That amount will fulfill all of this years plans and make for a great Christmas for the children.
The warmer weather has helped to bring up some of the items that I planted in the garden. Pedro finished painting the perimeter recently too.
One of the locals arrived in this car one evening at Playa De James bar. I had to run out to grab some photos of it. Here is one of them.
I took advantage of one of the items that I received from the silent auction. I had to catch a cab over to San Jose to Samai Eco Lodge. It was located high in the jungle. It was a Sound Bowl Float which reminded me of some tapes that I picked up back in the 80's. the views from the lodge were fabulous and I was surprised that I could hear the crash of the waves from that distance.
We then capped off the month by getting all dressed up for Halloween and we were also invited to a birthday party in the country side near Manglaralto.
It was a great time and following dinner we headed off to Olon to another party at Mi Cotinga and following that party we then went back to Manglaralto to finish off the evening with some drinking and dancing at Playa De James.
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