Adventure Travel Nicaragua: Eskimo Hospitality
September 23, 2000
I’ve written before about Majagual and the secluded paradise of the private cove and beach. Paul, the proprietor of the resort is an Aussie who sold everything to follow his dream on the beach here. However, selling everything apparently did not provide quite enough working capital. I operates on a shoestring and is a half a dozen stars short of a 5-star rating. What can you expect for seven dollars a night? Upscale camping would be a good description. These are not complaints, mind you, I love this place, in spite of the 10-mile bumpy dirt road to get here.
Paul has a small gang of local employees including his live-in girlfriend of a year and a half, Danni. The other employees are mostly young women who seem to come and go quickly. They are friendly and flirtatious including and especially Danni.
Paul shocked me when he asked if I wanted to take Danni with me to Costa Rica. How extraordinarily cordial of my host, I thought, to offer to share his woman with me! But no. It seems that Paul and Danni have grown weary of each other and Danni’s mother won’t take her back into the house so she (and he) are kinda stuck. Nonetheless, I still appreciated the gesture, even though I would become the one with the obligation.
Paul is in a bit of hurry to find a home for her because he is already in the process of replacing her with a younger prettier version. And things could be getting a little tense under the peaceful veranda on the beach. Things are never simple, even in paradise.
