Baby Powder Scented Toilet Paper

Today's blog is a mish-mash of funny and crazy things we've discovered in Jaco. The kind of things you probably only discover when you're here long term, not just on vacation.

The first, is that toilet paper is scented here. Stacy and I were shocked that our own toilet paper in the apartment was scented with Baby Powder - ew!!! One reason for that might be that flushing toilet paper is not encouraged because of the weak plumbing/sewage systems. We will let you sit and think on that one.

Hay un crackhead! Long story short, one night while enjoying the evening with Melissa and Brian on the balcony, our neighbor from the apartment building next to us started screaming and this is the short-version of what happened (in Spanish):

Neighbor (dressed in tighty-whities): Somebody call the police!!

Us: What happened?

Neighbord: There's a crackhead

Us: What? Are you for real?

Neighbor goes back into his apartment and comes out in tighty-whities, but now he's wearing a headlamp (the kind that straps to your head with an elastic band). He walks behind the house and then all these crazy dogs start barking and we think he's getting eaten! Of course we are laughing hysterically at the whole scene.

Mysteriously Self-Locking Door. The door to our apartment locks randomly, when it wants. Maybe it's the humidity, maybe there are ghosts here...we aren't sure. It's funny because all we have to do is slide open the window next to the door and break into our own apartment and viola!

The electricity goes out on occasion here, for a few minutes or even hours. Also, we have straight-up electrical wires in our shower. Some of you may have heard my story of getting electrocuted in Guatemala so I was actually a HUGE baby when it came time to shower the first day. We are over that fear now but still might get shocked here and there.

The water that comes out of the faucet here is fizzy. We drink it anyway and pretend it's Perier. Ha!

Today we did finally go get bikes. They are just what we need to cruise around town and do more things, plus it helps to have a breeze on you in this humidity! We rode back from Maxi Bodega (their version of Wal-Mart) with a few bags hanging off of the handle bars and we did great.

Now we are about to sit down to eat a nice dinner; chicken and pasta with peppers and mushrooms in a butter garlic sauce. It's our goodbye dinner to Brian and Melissa (who are only moving down the street) but it's still sad to not have them as neighbors any more. The cool thing is that they are moving into an apartment building with a POOL!

Keep reading, cuz surely there is more interesting stuff to come.