Dorado! Or the story of lucky Jean

So as you stop at each location to recoup and use internet, you run into other cruisers along the way and find out their stories. One such cruiser had been on his way out of Golfito towing his dinghy behind his ketch (two masted sailboat) when he looked back some hours later to discover his dinghy was missing. Now the thing about dinghies is that they are a relatively necessary item for cruisers as otherwise you'd need to swim into shore or always use a marina and a dock (with an acceptable depth). Swimming into shore can be problematic when one has items that need to keep dry, such as computers and passports. So Jean (our hero in this tale) had to go back to Golfito because it was getting dark and he still hadn't found his dinghy. The next day, I was talking to another cruiser, Ron, and he suggested we check out this cute little fish place for lunch. We invited Jean but he was a bit depressed and worried about his dinghy, and didn't have his wallet, so initially he refused. But then Ron also backed out because he realized he also didn't have his wallet. So I offered to spot them both for lunch and after a bit of convincing Jean came with us. On our way to the lunch spot, some Ticos (as Costa Ricans apparently call themselves) asked if we wanted to buy some fresh fish as they were unloading a fishing boat that had recently returned. We said no we were going to lunch, and they suggested we have lunch there. Sure enough between the two buildings was a cute little restaurant with a fish cleaning station and several freezers in the back. I had red snapper and the boys had dorado. It was lovely entertainment watching young boys bringing in huge dorado (mahi mahi) from the fishing boat that had just arrived and then watching them get cleaned in the back. Also the parade of patrons visiting to buy the fish was fun too. At the end of our lunch, the boys were talking to the Ticos to ask them to keep an eye out for Jean's dinghy and then they asked "is that it there?".
And there is was, one dock over.
But today lucky Jean's generator is not working despite Alex's effort, so we may have to take away the "lucky" title.
We are leaving for Panama tonight or tomorrow morning, will be back in a couple of days!
Photos: Ron (L) and Lucky Jean (R) at our impromptu lunch spot, you can see the patrons sussing out the fish in the freezer in behind them, the young boys bringing in the dorado, Alex very happy with his beer that is half slush, and me getting on the Che train.