PETZ $ STOCKZ

[Tina]

Hi Andy!!

Well maybe you guys need to come down here as the hotels are very nice (but expensive). I find you can't haggle down the price for the chain hotels but a smile usually does the trick for the local ones!

It's been carnival week here so I stayed in the city for a few days. 17 rooms in the hotel were occupied by rowdy French senior citizens and I swear you'd think it was spring break in Ft Lauderdale down here or something! Glad they have so much energy.

People in the city are friendlier than the country. They like to hug and kiss a lot. And everyone smiles and says "buena" whereas in the country if they don't know you, they tend to just go about their own business. I have to learn not to laugh so much (inappropriately). I was in a tienda and a loaf of bread is called "bimbo" and I just busted out laughing and people were looking at me oddly and of course my friend just rolled his eyes and said something in Spanish to people who probably thought I was laughing at them!

I have to figure out how to attach photos on the ihub app. I took one of a grasshopper that's as big as a football yesterday! Silly me says, "OMG! What does that thing eat?" my friend was like "duh, grass."

I don't know what it is about the rain forest but everything grows like crazy. I swear feels like my hair has grown like 6" in 2 months! Sent family a pic and they thought I was wearing a wig as its grown so much so fast.

Ok got to go run and open all the windows and turn on fans before it gets too hot (morning ritual).

Have fun!