It doesn't get any better .... SUnday AM Nov. 1


OK, so it doesn't get any better than this. I'm sitting in the patio garden behind the Hotel Nacional (very elegante). I find a chair next to an electric outlet so I can plug in my laptop. I have a view of the ocean. Caged parakeets are chirping. It's sunny, warm but with a breeze. Then a 4 piece band comes and sets up right next to me! Flute, guitar, bass (a completely portable instrument here), and bongos, also singing.


OK, that didn't last long -- the band moved on, and four guys ("the ugly Americans") came and sat nearby with their CIGARS!