While I like to think I´m a spontaneous person, even in New York, I grew to enjoy the routines I had in place. Here in Montañita, Cabaña Roy has become part of the routine and I´m enjoying this routine to the fullest. We meet up around 5:30 at Rony´s tiki hut for cocktails and watch the sun set on the beach. Quick aside: one beer is $1.50 and 24 ounces. Rony cranks whatever music the people request. He has 2 hammocks set up as well, in the event that you need a quick siesta listening to the waves. So nice.
We´ve entered the rainy season here, which is actually quite lovely in my opinion. It rains in the morning and at night and is usually beautiful, clear and breezy in the day. Blue sky. The only problem with the rain is that it seems to affect the electrical lines here. The electricity was out for two days, and then a few days later, a third. We didn´t even have water. It felt like Little House on the Playa. Eating, drinking, sleeping, bathroom, they all become adventures and can be slightly more uncomfortable without that little thing called light. The party beach town that Montañita is certainly slows down a bit without electricity. But, then again, that´s what generators are for, no?!?
One more not so fun thing about Montañita. In NYC, they have big trucks that stop at restaurants to clean grease traps. Well, here they have them for the same but also for the sewage. Not fun, not fun at all. And so without electricity, the trucks seemed to be running behind schedule and showed up at 2 am to take care of business in Montañita. The trucks and their necessary duties do not evoke thoughts of sugar plums, freshly baked blueberry pie or spiced cider exactly.
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