You know? I'm going to miss this sleeping in till 9am business. This morning I opened my eyes to the thatched roof overhead and the sound of ocean waves competing with my new best friend, the fan in our room. Emily was pleasantly snoozing beside me (no pug snores this am). A few geckos were milling about on the walls and the temperature was beginning to assert itself.
During quiet moments like these I like to reflect on my life and so far it has be perfect. Amazing and caring family, supportive friends, and a drop dead gorgeously intelligent fiancé (thank you spell check), I am not well read but I'm sure great writers have aspired to depict such utter perfection and bliss in a multitude of famous novels/poetry. I can't help but smile at my 31 spectacular years on this planet. But the moment was short lived, the 20-something-year-old have risen from their prior night of drunken misadventures and are just as rambunctious this morning.
We saunter towards breakfast and grumble over the poor internet. Today we'll venture out in search of new quarters. Elated I'm going to splurge for the last time and shoot for overwhelming decadence at half the US price. We checked out and each hopped on the back of motorcycles without helmets and zoom off towards new luxury. After a lengthy trip into the boonies we found a gorgeous spot.
We arrive at Aite which has luxury resort of the year award for 2015 on the wall. It's pricey but also our last night. This place blew our minds. (See pictures). Huge property with a villa-like terrace structure overlooking everything and sitting above the trees.
Below is a beachside pool with bungalows looking out over teal waves. The property is dotted with palm trees and exotic birds. We gush our engagement in front of the staff and they ate it up. I spoke in rapid Spanish so Emily couldn't follow and told them to make the room special if they could, and they did. The owner came out and was super excited we chose her place for our post engagement stay (yes, we neglected to mention it was 2 days ago). We lounged around the pool by the beach sipping Coco-locos and margaritas. The owner called us to lunch with pan fried red snapper over coconut rice and fried plantains.
Emily had jumbo prawns in Tamarindo sauce with mashed yuca. The owner came out with glasses of wine on the house. Our special set table was out on the Terrance of the restaurant over looking everything. Perfect. We made some calls then lounged awhile.
And by awhile I mean I woke up 2 hours later in a blissful fit stretching out in the heat fully relaxed. Emily decided we should hike to the famous Palomino river only a 1.5 hour round trip hike along the beach at sunset. Romantic, aside from the copious amounts of sweat we both produced. It was still sticky hot out. We finished the night with a candlelit dinner on the terrace balcony. Perfect. We eventually retired to our personal porch/balcony sipping from our bottle of white Cali wine and reminiscing about our trip.
Emily has read all of her books and is now moving on to mine. She read it aloud for a bit before we turned in for the night. All the while, toads scamper over well cut grass, a well fed Rot sits guarding/surveying his territory (though sweet as a teddy bear), and the stars fight for attention through the thin clouds. Again, what a trip. Emily fell asleep admiring her ring. Nailed it!
