{"id":2903,"date":"2014-01-12T11:03:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T19:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2014-01-12T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T19:03:13","slug":"quiet-costa-rica-01082014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2903","title":{"rendered":"Quiet \u2013 Costa Rica \u2013 [01\/08\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"marketplace\"<\/a>The first port of the season was sky-high temperature wise. Of course I shouldn\u2019t be surprised; we are in Costa Rica after all. That said, one thing I\u2019ve learned in this job is that my tolerance for heat is about the same as my tolerance for cold \u2013 that is to say\u2026not so good. So I never go out much in tropical ports unless I only have to walk a few steps to the water (which is why I do so well in the Caribbean).<\/p>\n

That said, I was determined to get off the ship for at least a little while, since I didn\u2019t have IPM (a rare occurrence as I purposely take most of my IPMs in the early days of the cruise to get them out of the way) and there was nothing more pressing that X-Files<\/i> reruns keeping me on the ship. So I spent a pleasant though brief amount of time wandering through the market on the pier where you could purchase everything from baseball caps to butterflies (and I mean that literally, and I would have bought one, except for me butterflies will always be associated with Puerto Rico, and if I\u2019m going to buy one it\u2019s going to come from there. End of story.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been fascinated by street markets, the sights and the sounds of them. It\u2019s odd really, in any other context that much noise and clamour would short me out and send me running, but somehow in the context of a market I can handle it. The trick is not buying anything. This was the first time in ages I\u2019d been to a market and not walked away with (or been forcibly dragged away from) something. I suppose I have a weakness for pretty sparkly things.<\/p>\n

But with only $5 in my pocket and no desire to make a draw from my account (I have more important things to save for) I was perfectly content to just amble back to the ship and spend the rest of my afternoon watching Mulder and Scully battle sea monsters.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m occasionally superficial, so what?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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