I always crash after a huge transcription marathon as it is both physically and mentally exhausting. I was blessed with a quiet night and morning and slept nine hours straight through, which was amazing! I didn’t do much this morning, just caught up on emails to friends and puttered around the house.

After I did the minimum amount of work I wanted to get done today, I headed out. First stop was my landlord’s. The tailgate on my truck is busted again and with the border crossing coming up, I knew I had to deal with it! My landlord is the local handyman and has a ton of tools. I explained the problem to him (he teased me when I called my truck a ‘camion’, making it clear that’s only used for BIG trucks) and promised to come by tomorrow to have a look. Just about every truck on Isla is a Ranger, so I bet a suitable part will be easy to come by.

Then, I went to L&N’s to drop off something, then I headed to the beach, where I saw something promptly made me turn around and scurry home for some money: raspado vendors! The only food vendors on the beach earlier this week were for savoury snacks. I felt bad that I didn’t have any change smaller than $100 when my vendor had to ask a few people for some, but hey, she made a sale! I went with guava again. So yummy! The quartered fruit looks a lot like tomatoes.

It’s quite overcast again today and very, very, very humid. I’ll be leaving for my dry and sunny (well, hopefully) home in the nick of time. I’m not keen to experience tropical coastal summer weather!