Chely´s house

One day we met a guy named Chely who manages a property up on the hill that overlooks Playa Maderas.  He had an empty room in his place that he invited us to stay in.  He rented to us for a couple of nights so we packed our things into the back of a truck and headed up.  Toki and Matt came too.  We grabbed a tonne of food for a big cook up on the bbq grill.  Once again EVERYTHING NICE!!  Logan absolutely loved sitting in the back of the pickup.

Being the day of the hot sauce competition being hosted in Toronto, we decided to cook up our own Central American sauce to go with the chicken being grilled on the bbq for dinner.
Sauce title:  Mexican Pipeline.
Ali and I toasted the celebrants in Canada - we were going to call, but there was no phone or internet service from where we were.
By the way, all ingredients used were local Nicaraguan.  I may have strong contendor for next year´s competition.

While we feasted outside we were treated to another spectacular sunset over the hills and surf break down below.  We watched the ant-sized surfers catch the last rides of the day.  To the south, the mountains of Costa Rica jut out into the Pacific.

Perhaps the only catch to staying here was the fact that it is at the top of a VERY big hill, so going back and forth to the beach is quite the sweaty task.

 The group we met in El Salvador all showed up on the beach the next day.  The waves were small but still peeling so I traded up my rental for a longboard and took Logan out for a try.  He didn´t really enjoy the saltwater splashing into his eyes, but he and Shane really enjoyed running around kicking a soccer ball on the beach with the crew of travellers we met up with. 

  The whole crew split the cost of a truck back up the hill to Chely´s place to enjoy the sunset from the pool and on the patio.  Another feast was cooked up - this time seafood.  Seriously tasty garlic butter ginger sauce that you could just drink.   We all chatted, laughed, while listening to music and looking at the Milky Way.




We are back in the town of San Juan at the moment and heading very soon to a house rental we organized.  We are hoping it is everything we expect it to be.