{"id":3194,"date":"2016-12-18T03:21:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T03:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandm.ironboxconsulting.com\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2017-01-06T03:37:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T03:37:09","slug":"our-friend-iggy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/18\/our-friend-iggy\/","title":{"rendered":"Our friend Iggy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first day of the trip we weathered the night in San Jose at a cool boutique hotel, then it was off to the first leg of our tour – Quepos. \u00a0Our hotel had beautiful pictures online, and upon arrival, you could see how they framed those images just right.<\/p>\n

The property had it’s heyday probably 15 years earlier, and while the accommodations were fine, the property itself was in a slow state of decline. \u00a0The kids loved the pool, and we met Iggy the Iguana who greeted us each day.<\/p>\n

Our last night there I showed Susan to the local restaurant\u00a0conveniently located 20 yards away from the property. \u00a0We walked in and were greeted by a local man playing powerball\u00a0(hadn’t seen that since the late 80’s) and the owner who let us know that the “catch of the day was mahi mahi”. \u00a0She could have just said – I made my family some fish that my husband caught yesterday, and I can grill you some up to for only $8.99 US.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure how you survive on a selling 2 beers a night, but she probably had paid off any debt, and the restaurant provided some additional income when possible, and most likely had her living quarters attached in the back.<\/p>\n