We headed to the bookstore first thing this morning to get a little help with decoding the rentals section of the local newspaper. Lee was very nice and sat with us as we went through the classifieds but unfortunately there were very few apartments listed, and only one that was furnished. While we were there one of the realtors that Mike has been dealing with called and Mike arranged to go check out an apartment this afternoon. It sounded nice, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, fully furnished and it even had a washer and dryer for only $750.00 a month. The only problem was that it was a lot further outside of town than we really wanted to be. We thought we'd check it out though as there were slim pickings in the apartment department at the moment.
When we got back to the hotel we had gotten an email in response to a place we had inquired about yesterday. Of course it wasn't available but the lady did know of a place that was available for rent right now. Mike called her and after much repeating of his questions we found out where it was and sort of how to get there, and we walked to it. We had a little trouble finding the place but after a few follow up phone calls we found the Otorongo apartment complex and met Javier. As we were going in another American couple were leaving and they told us that the place was great and that they stay there for a month every year. It turned out that the room we looked at was the one they had just vacated which was a two bedroom. Javier didn't think they had anything else available, but after talking to his right arm woman we got to look at a one bedroom that someone had booked but had not confirmed. We took it immediately, gave him $100.00 to hold it for us, and we are moving in tomorrow, yeah.

Mike: Right on the river, coooooool!