On the evening of the 17th I was out on the deck playing my guitar, and while I was doing so, our dog, named Bella, fell asleep in my guitar case. What an adorable photo!

Her neck fits perfectly into the slot where the neck of my acoustic guitar (named Layla) fits in! She loves my guitar case and goes into it whenever I have it open!

On the 18th we took a plane out to a beach called the Tambor beach. It’s on the outskirt coast, on the peninsula off the Pacific ocean. It was a 12 seater plane plus seats for the pilots - a small plane that gives you a bit of a bumpy ride which makes it so much more interesting. I’m sure it would make some people sketchy though.

It was the smallest plane I’ve ever been on, through the slackest airport security I’ve ever experienced, with the most informal looking tickets ever. The tickets honestly resembled the stubs you get at government offices or banks with your number on it to tell you when it’s your turn to deal with the idiot employee behind the counter!

I had the fortune of sitting right behind the pilots’ seats, so I got to see how the controls work and all while we flew! Also, this was the first time I managed to see the runway ahead of me as the plane takes off/lands, instead of out to the side. This was really cool actually.

We landed at the Airplane Stop. I call it that because it really looks more like a bus-station with a runway attached to it. There’s the runway, a fence, and a covered bench that pretty much looks like a bus-stop! There are taxis waiting outside to pick up the passengers.

We stayed at the guest house of this property owned by a guy named David. He’s from Victoria, BC, and he owns a large property out here in Mal Pais. The property consists of a small bilingual school, some houses for himself, family, vacation rental and guests, as well as a soccer field, tennis court, weight-room, and tonnes of open ground with trees and grass and iguanas running around.

There’s David and my client, walking onto the soccer field which leads to the school buildings. This place also had dial-up internet, with a linksys G-class router attached to it. What a mismatch!

I went out to the beach to explore. Here are some beautiful beach shots of this uncrowded beach!

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