
We had an awesome lunch at this local hole in the wall (the best meals we've had here are at the hole in the walls). We had asked the woman in the hotel office for a good place to eat, and she suggested many "Americanized" resturants, we said that sounded great and all, but we wanted to go where the locals eat. She told us about this good soda (sodas here are places where you grab small, cheap eats) not too far from the hotel, but warned us getting there seemed kinda dubious since it was down a dirt road, that looked more like a walking path, through a mini trailer park. That's definately where we wanted to go. I had fresh fish with rice and beans and a salad right on the beach. It was amazing, and cost like $4.
One day we went to the next town south of Potrero, Flamingo, because Alberto needed to go to a bank - there wasn't one in Potrero. Flamingo was really nice. Expensive houses, beautiful beach, windy roads up cliffs with awesome ocean views. If we had $3000 a month to spend on a mansion, it would have worked out great! This picture was taken from one of the cliffs we drove up to in Flamingo.

We originally went to Potrero because there was a house I had found on craigslist that we were thinking about renting for a month. The house was nice and had a pool (that we would have to keep up - I know nothing about pool maintenance), but as far as everyday convenience, being in Potrero for a month didn't seem like the best idea. We'd need a car and little was within walking distance as far as shopping. Rentals in Costa Rica in a beach town proved more expensive than we expected. I found another affordable ($750/month for a 2 bedroom) place on craigslist that was in a town 45 minutes north of Potrero. We packed up the car and off we went down a road called monkey trail. Monkey trail was not advised during raininy season in the

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