Monday, January 12, 2009

Today we went kayaking. I shared a kayak with my dad and my mom and Alex were on a kayak together. We were hoping to go on the kayaks early in the morning so we could see dolphins, but the man that sets up kayaking rides and other activities came late, so we went out at 11 o clock for an hour. It was beautiful out there in the middle of the ocean as we paddled away. My brother got seasick and he wasn’t happy until we had a race and he and my mom won. Alex says he will never go kayaking again.

We didn’t do much of anything but lay on the beach. We ate a lunch of tacos on the beach and my brother and dad went into the pool. I didn’t feel up to the pool so much.

After watching another beautiful sunset and having drinks and snacks on our balcony, we took a taxi to the city for dinner. We had the taxi driver drop us off at the beginning of the Malecon. The Malecon is a long sidewalk like a boardwalk that is next to the ocean that runs through town. Every night local people and visitors walk along the Malecon with their kids and dogs. People perform dances, magic shows, and play musical instruments. On the beach, people are building really huge sand sculptures for tips. There are also a lot of stores and food stalls.

We ate a small dinner at the food stalls because we had so many snacks. First, we got a big cup of corn with crema (crème) and cheese in it. It sounds disgusting, but it was really good. They cook the ears of corn on a bbq and then scrape them into a cup and put different toppings on them. Next we walked down to Vicki’s tamales and had some pork and chicken tamale. I wasn’t sure I liked tamales, but it turns out that I do. It is different meat wrapped in a corn batter and you can add sauces on top. I was still a little hungry so I got to beef tacos with beans from the taco stand next to Vicki’s. Finally, we were all pretty full but we wanted something sweet, so we got a chocolate crepe from the crepe stand. They spread some batter on a round hot plate and it became a really thin pancake that they spread chocolate and crème inside and folded up. It was really hot, but also very good.

Then we came home and saw the pirate ship and our nightly display of fireworks right outside our window and went to sleep.

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