We went to the bus station in David prepared to hop on a bus and head to "The Lost and Found" a really cool eco-hostel we'd run across on the web. When we got the station we were told that the buses were all full and we would be waiting for hours to get there. A friendly local hooked us up with a ride with a friend of his. We had some trouble communicating to our driver exactly where we were going, which made the ride interesting. At a certain point we weren't sure we were going to make it. I think he thought we had no idea where we were going so he was afraid to follow our directions (which probably didn't make sense to him anyway). But we finally worked it out and made it. Another transportation adventure!
The Lost and Found was up the side of a mountain. It was exhausting dragging our packs up the steep switchbacks, but it was worth the trip. The place was absolutely awesome as were the people we met there. Our host, Andrew is a great guy, and his family was there. It was a lot of fun hanging our and getting to know everyone. Willie had someone his age to play with too. Even with the language barrier they were able to play fussball, dominos, and uno. When it got dark several animals came out and ate fruit that Andrew put out for them. There were Kinkajus, and other animals, and beatles with glowing spots on their backs. Andrew also has a pet Kinkaju (rescued from someone) named Rocky that we all got to play around with.
The next day we hiked to the river and to a viewpoint where you could see all the way to the ocean. It was a steep hike, the trees came in handy to pull ourselves up with. It was nice to end the workout at the river where we swam and hung out for hours. We also met several interesting folks at the hostel, they were all on trips similar to ours. They were traveling for months. One guy had ridden his motorcycle all the way from Canada. After three days we were ready to head to Costa Rica where we would meet our friends at Verdenergia.
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