Hey, The Bird Show.

We're all back from vacation here.

Later on, we'll check in with Jeff on his trip to Panama earlier this morning. We talked to Jen about El Salvador. And it was random. We didn't all end up in the three of us, at least end up in Central America on purpose. Yeah, definitely, because we usually, mileage-wise, we usually try to separate ourselves from... Very far. As far as we can go from each other. one's in Australia,

the other one's in New York City,

the other one's in Blaine. Mileage-wise, we usually try to separate ourselves from... Very far. As far as we can go from each other.

One's in Australia, the other one's in New York City, the other one's in Buenos Aires. But the way it worked out this time, three of us were in Central American. I took my trip. This is the trip I take every year by myself. No friends, no family, just to get away, totally defrague, right? So I was supposed to be down there for seven days, but dudes, I couldn't do it.

I knew it.

I knew it.

I knew it. I knew it. I could do it. I could do it that long. Came back early? I came back early, yeah. For a couple of reasons. A, I jacked my knee up months ago playing soccer. Yes. And I had already booked this trip, so I was going to surf for seven days, which is the reason why I went to the town that I went to was just to surf, right? But I figured, you know what? I won't be able to surf, but I'll still be in Costa Rica, man. I'll just chill on the beach and I'll drive around and I'll make it happen because it's Costa Rica. So I'll figure out something. So I went down there and was bored to tears on the third day, and I'll tell you why. Because the second day, I went deep sea fishing. First day there, plain lands, I go straight to the beach, chill out. Second day, I decide, you know what, I'm going to catch this marlin. Because this has been my life. This is Marlin. Stream Marlin. And the history here, if you don't listen to the bird show, is I have been trying to catch a marlin since I was like 17 years old. After I read Old Man in the Sea, just been a dream of mine and I am cursed when it comes to fishing. And now your life is like Old Man in the Sea. You just cannot catch this Marlin. There is. I have actually turned into that guy.

I'm as old as the dude in the book. No, you're not hoping.

I'm just saying you'll be 80 years old and you will still be trying to catch this marlin. So, you know, and I've gone deep sea fishing so many times. I've spent so much time in the water. and now we're talking about thousands of dollars trying to catch a marlin because it's just so, I don't know, it's kind of romantic but rugged and I just want to get it done. And now it's just a goal. So I've been to Cabo San Lucas, didn't work out there. I surfed in Costa before and Key West. I've gone to the sports fishing capitals of the world and I never get a nibble. Everybody was telling me,

Costa Rica again is the place you got to go and give it a try. So the second day I'm there.

I decide, let's do it. This is going to be it. So through the hotel, I told them what my

dilemma was. I'm like, dudes, I have the worst luck. The worst luck when it comes to sport fishing.

So just set me up with the most experienced guy you have because I want to come home with a story.

I really want this. Did you remember the banana thing?

I did. In fact, I had the legend is, do you remember?

Totally forgot. The legend is, and we found this out because the last time I was complaining that I went deep

sea fishing and didn't catch anything. It's like bananas in the fishing world are bad luck,

is the legend. That you're not supposed to eat bananas. They're not supposed to be on the boat.

Somebody joked and said you're not even supposed to have like banana boat, like, the sunscreen.

The sunscreen anywhere. So I actually had some lip balm that was banana boat like um the sunscreen the sunscreen anywhere so i actually had some lip balm that was

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