Part of staying at Stephen’s casa was that his friend/neighbour Manuel, who is an Uber driver, lives just around the corner and we could use him whenever we wanted to. Very handy!
In the morning he drove us down to the Malecón so that we could get acclimated, have lunch and a few two-for-one margaritas.
One of our favourite places is the Zoo. It’s a lot of fun and the monkey likes me. You may remember this video from a blog a few years ago.
The monkey wasn’t there today so I spoke to one of the meseros and asked “Donde esta el Mono?” “Where’s the monkey?” He told me that it was his day off. So I showed him the video. And he burst out laughing.
It seems that the guy in the monkey suit is gay. I showed the video to some of the other meseros and they too found it hilarious. One of the guys said that the monkey starts with the nips and works his way down. I wasn’t as uncomfortable with this as I should have been but it was a great laugh. In the meantime, we had our margaritas and I also had a glass of wine, then started going to meet Manuel.
Realizing that we had nearly an hour to kill we made the mistake of checking out a tequila store. It wasn’t a good idea as Rosalie was already a little wobbly so she ended up buying a $100 bottle. It was lucky that there was a bit of time to kill as the sales guy knew his stuff and gave us a seminar on different kinds of Tequila. Rosalie’s bottle is great tequila though and I might even get a sip or two.
At this stage, the cash peso money was getting a little low so we got Manuel to take us to the marina to get some more food and replenish our finances. After that, we were totally done in. With the change in temperature and the jet lag to say nothing of the margaritas; there was also a lot of walking done today.
In the evening, after Manuel rescued us again, we just sat and read our devices had a little snooze and cooled off.
And the fun begins 👍🤗