Monday 15 December 2014

Costa Rican Honeymoon and Rainymood

Confidently, we traveled to the Costa Rican boarder on the locals bus and crossed quickly without a problem. We thought about our nervousness during our first boarder crossing with a shuttle guide and how far we have come in our willingness to brave potential obsticals on our own. Not wanting to travel more than 4 hours we stopped at a small bus town and paid way too much for a not so nice motel room, but at least it had A/C. In the morning we crowded on the local bus again and headed up the Pacific coast to a small town called Uvita. The heat was stifling when we arrived, it must have been in the high 30s. Drowning in our own sweat under the weight of our packs, we walked 1 km uphill to the cabina we booked just out of town. When we finally reached our destination we were rewarded with a perfect oasis. This brand new little cabin was owned by a lovely Italian couple and was cozy as can be with the much needed A/C. Each morning they served us a cute breakfast and at night a romantic pasta supper by candle light where we could watch the fireflies dance in the grass around us. For three days we felt like we were on our honeymoon, it was wonderful! One day we walked 5 km to the national park beach where we played in the waves as we watched the tide go out until there was a sand bar we could walk across, a sand bridge to an island. From an aerial view this long stretch of sand strongly resembles a whale tail. After our day of walking in the heat we decided to hitchhike back and were picked up by a kind local couple. On our last day we met up with our friends from Switzerland, who we did the hike with at Lost and Found hostel in Panama. It was so great to see them again! In the heat (what else) we walked 1 km to a beautiful waterfall where we swam and played in its refreshingly cool waters. After a couple hours it was time for Travis and I to head to our next destination up the coast.

We arrived in Quepos hungry and in the pouring rain just before dark. Spotting a Subway we decided to splurge and order some familiar food and I downed a foot long pizza sub, it was delicious! Shortly after filling up, we found the hostel we had booked and this time we were met with disappointment. It wasn't very nice, bearable would be the best word to describe it.  We tried to leave only to discover that since we had booked 3 nights online they wouldn't give us our money back. The town was nothing special either but we found happiness in the familiar surroundings of a fantastic gym! We went each day and enjoyed a watered down protein shake after our workouts. Thankfully the bus ride to the beach at Manuel Antonio was short and cheap so we could go there each day as well. Even in the rain we happily playing frisbee with a guy from our hostel and jumping in the dark blue waves. After 3 days of making the best of a rather poor predicament, we climbed on another bus and headed for the big bad city of San Jose, pleased to be moving on.



















 

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