day 21 - may 1, 2014

5 pm

we had great intentions for today, we really did.

we got up, went for a dip in our little private pool, had smoothies (made with coconut water from the coconut mike hacked open yesterday!!) and coffee and popped the camper down, all ready to head to town to the government offices to get the ball rolling on the paperwork we need for the defiant. we stopped by to talk to the owner of the campground, to see if she could recommend any english-speaking dentists. she said she'd look into it, but that because today is labour day not many businesses would be open. sigh. further, because it's a thursday, apparently most people just say screw it, and don't work friday either. double sigh. so, it seems, we can't even go get the process started until monday! hopefully it doesn't actually take 2 weeks to get our paperwork!!

we still went to town. we invested in a little fan for the camper, and i bought the mama perro some dog food.

i just went and saw the puppies. mama was not around but i left her a bowl of food. the puppies are crazy adorable. 9 plump, sleepy little balls of sweetness. they are only about a month old. they are living in an old bathroom stall in a little building here. it's gross and covered in puppy poo and makes me sad, and worried about their futures. triple sigh.

11 pm

both papa perro (i think) and mama perro stopped by today. i fed them both and gave them water, mostly to the mama.

we had a pretty chill afternoon. drank some cervezas, hung out in the pool, chopped open another coconut for smoothies, then cut it in half and ate a bunch of the coconut meat. the owner of this place came by and gave me a little map she drew with directions for the dentist she knows who speaks english, so we're going to go there tomorrow to talk to her.

the owner also told us that there is going to be a wedding here at the campground this weekend!! we are super excited - a mexican wedding!! we had gotten a little nervous when we saw chairs and stuff arriving, because john (or juan grande, as everyone calls him) told us about a crazy night not too long ago when a bunch of local police had a party here complete with crazy amounts of blow and mexican hookers :|

also, i keep forgetting to tell you that mike wants to rig up a pair of coconuts and hang them from the trailer hitch a la truck nuts. bahahaha. what a guy.