No room at the Inn?

Luckily, after I made the last river crossing, I realized that the driveway gates on my left looked like what had been described in the directions. A passing truck slowed down and we asked if the last river crossing was Rio Sombrero and they confirmed that it was. Hurray! We made it!

We headed down the driveway past the smaller house at the gate (I assumed the caretakers place) to the house. To our great surpise, there was a car in the driveway, towels hung on the balcony, etc. What? I called hello and walked in to see a family at the table eating sandwiches. I asked if it was Casa Rio Sombrero and they confirmed that it was, and that THEY had it rented for the week! Yikes!

I headed back up to the "gatehouse" and hunted down Walter and Monika, the caretakers. Luckily, there was only minor confusion - ours. There are two houses on the property, and ours, by far the nicer, was just on the other side. We drove over and explored our new digs - an absolutely stunning thatched roof beach house. Jason was quick to break out the rum and cokes, and Monika let us know about a beach party at a bar 2km down the road from our house that she was working at later that evening.