The rest of my days in Malpais/Santa Teresa/Playa Carmen were spent in similar fashion - surfing everyday, writing and reading. I also met Stephanie and Dominique (French Canadians - a very strange accent that sounds like Eddie Izzard doing a medley of different accents in one of his vids - I didn't even recognise that they were speaking French) and Billy (NY), and we all went out and got rather drunk a couple of nights ago. On the same night I managed to create a look of shock, disgust and bemusement on an American's face by telling him that patriotism is an evil presence in the world. I guess politics is one of those things you should keep out of light conversation.
Yesterday I hired a 4x4 with 2 Dutch girls I also met in the hostel, Wendy and Anna. Team Enferma drove Cariño for about 5 hours on the sketchy roads to Sámara which, as Anna put it, are more like holes with the odd patch of road, and today we are very much relaxing (and surfing) to recover before we drive to Tamarindo tomorrow. Sámara is a really quiet, chilled out town, but I think we're getting a worse experience as it's been raining all day! I'm sooo pleased to be using my tent also, if only because it validates the fact that I brought it all the way here (and it's saving me 13 pounds). The fact that it's falling apart is relevant.
