el día siete; day seven of 7 days of sunsets

"Life happens when you're busy making plans....." John Lennon

This concludes the mini series of 'Seven days of Sunsets.' I found it fitting ending the way I began, sitting on a sailboat in the bay, listening to friend's play guitar and not a care in the world.  Life is too damn short (pardon my french), we should enjoy every minute we can.  Drink wine with ice cubes in the daytime, laugh out loud, take cold showers and enjoy them (ha), and when you can- end your days watching a sunset in the middle of a bay on a sailboat.  

PS: want to spend 10 minutes doing something, watch this:Perpetual Motion

el día seis; day six of 7 days of sunsets

 "The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have."-Woody Allen

Either you like Woody Allen or you don't, I'm for him.  I like it when life makes you laugh, when the good things are free, when everybody's smiling, when even a view of a sunset from a balcony can seem magical.

These photos were taken from my new/current humble abode.  From the balcony. Ridiculously beautiful  sunsets are one of the things that make you stop and say "ah" in life- like people's reaction (or maybe its just me) to a fireworks show...when you're mouth is open slightly, and your eves grow larger- these epic feelings shine just as bright every time, its as if they never lessen because maybe it really is magic.  

Einstein said, "If you don't believe in magic or mystery, you might as well be dead."  

As for me, I believe in both. 

el día cinco; day five of 7 days of sunsets

Sometimes, take that back most of the time here I get this sense of being locked into some kind of time loop- living the movie of 'Groundhog Day' yet the setting is dripping with the unbelievable colors of sunsets and the scene is warm and relaxed.  It isn't disappointing, it isn't freezing, the colors don't remind you of Puxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and I don't watch game shows over and over (though I would never pass up some cervezas with Bill Murray-ever), but for me I'll take this kind of groundhog day. 

 I took some pictures from the South end of la playa for this day. San Juan del Sur began as a small fishing village (many would say that it still is) so there is the port on the south end...not this day in particular but many days guys gather and play their own adapted form of baseball in the sand.  

I like this end of the beach.  My favorite tree is down here, the white flowers have perfect bright yellow start in the center and its the only tree like it in town..Boston loves it here too, he runs himself into exhaustion, all adorning what I swear is a dog smile...

"Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster? I don’t think so, but I could check with the kitchen." Groundhog Day, 1993

el día quatro; day four of 7 days of sunsets

I decided to take pictures from the North end of the beach here in town for this post.  My battery was too low on my phone so the flash wasn't working, but some of the shots like this one of the sunlight seeping out through the coconut and sour orange trees came out beautiful (this was just in passing on the way to la playa).

We landed under some abandoned huts made from palm and weathered wood, and watched the scenery.  (Saw this awesome bug)

The best part about the North end is that there are very few tourists.  Sometimes I lay out here in the sun and read or float on my back in the water for long periods of time just looking up at the mountain :) The only people that you see down here are locals; fathers pulling in nets with their children helping and small families clinging together on a motorbike...pretty peaceful, you can see the reflection of the sunset on the beach huts and town buildings...

"Everything you can imagine is real." Picasso 

el día tres; day three of 7 days of sunsets

I decided that today the sunset pictures would be through town, or actually taken through the street lining the beach.  In San Juan del Sur, there are about 3-4 streets that make up the town, the one closest is dubbed the beach street, (then there is the street with Ducks Surf Shop and Barrio Cafe, and then there is Market Street-which I currently live on).  All these were taken from the beach street, either walking past, or through a tienda.  

PS, that picture below is not a bit touched up, that's how beautiful this place can be...

el día dos; day two of 7 days of sunsets

For me I like to begin my week with a list of errands, and check them off one by one, so that by the time the sun goes down I feel accomplished and well deserving of an ice cold Toña.  Monday always ends at a bar on the beach (rather an extra large thatched beach hut) for "Take it Easy Mondays".  Cheap beer, cheap appetizers, great view, live band, sand on your toes, perfect.  

I was told to caption this one "thug life"

el día uno; day one of 7 days of sunsets

It seems that every day I am pulled in by the undertow of our amazing sunsets in San Juan del Sur.  If you were here you'd understand.  So I am starting this series of sunset photos, where I take shots of the sun descending on the ocean 7 days in a row, and from 7 different locations in town.  Boston and I had an opportunity to go out on a friend's sailboat yesterday, which is sitting in the bay, for sunset.  Enjoyed some great food and drinks, and got to see the awesome views- this time from the water.  So begins 'siete días de puesta del sol...'

PS: just began watching 'An Idiot Abroad' thanks to Project Free Tv, and can't remember the last time I laughed so hard, super hysterical