Confined to barracks!

We have spent some quiet days, beginning with a walk on the beach,  some shopping, i.e picking up a phone card for my phone so we can make locals calls, buying some tonic water,( important for wine o'clock,) and a few more groceries. We are about 13 k from a little town where we can do a little shopping, and about 30 k from a bigger spot with a lot more choices. Travelling in Costa Rica on a good but narrow highway with speed limits that vary from 25 to 40 to60 to 80 means that the 13 kilometre can take  much longer than you would expect, especially if there is a something stopping traffic.
They are building a house here in the gated complex where we are staying with guards at the front gate. The workers have to wear a bracelet like you would get at a resort to identify you. There is petty crime here and they do their best to protect you. But these workers are working outside with an cement mixer, dipping water out of a barrel with a 5 gallon pail and then hauling the cement by hand to where ever it is needed. Yesterday we were told it was 36 here and today I know it is 31. I cannot imagine how they do it. They begin at seven and I saw them leave last night at 5. All of them them walk home or ride a bike - an old bike, with one speed.
We were told yesterday while visiting in the community pool that a worker who has a job here in the complex rides his bike 13 kilometre here to start work at 6, leaves at 2:30 to ride the 13 k back in this intense heat to start another job when he gets back to the little town of Parrita!
Yesterday we sent a couple of hours in the pool while waiting for the fish truck to drive by and sell us some fresh fish. We bought tuna last week and this week we bought some sea bass. While in the pool we met s couple from Wisconsin,who have bought a place here, and other couple from Montreal. The couple from Montreal does not have a car. They use a bus and taxi to get around. We rented a car so we are footloose and fancy free.
Yesterday our internet was down for about 12 hours and today the power was out for 6 hours. There have been quick little power outages before this , but this was the first one to last so long.
Occasionally we will go out to eat. We did so the other night, sat at tables with white cloths, facing the sea and listening to the roar of the ocean. The fish was served with mashed potatoes and a salad. I looked at the salad, noticed the cucs weren't peeled, saw some wilted lettuce and said, " I wonder if we should eat this.?" Well we did and about 26 hours later, last night at around 11 pm, I was sure we shouldn't have eaten the salad. We were both down or up with the usual stomach ailments caught while travelling. I will leave out the details,but we spent most of today in bed sleeping off the the illness and trying to get rid of the weakness that has lasted most of the day. Hence the title, confined to barracks. I am grateful that we had a place to lay our heads, that we weren't on an airplane some
place, that it happened when it did. Tomorrow we have to be well to drive a couple of hours to the airport to pick up Kyle, who is coming to stay for a week. We are looking forward to his stay and have lots planned to do while he is here.