Nov 16- 1 shuttle, 2 shuttle, 3 shuttle….
They don’t put in the transportation description of the shuttle companies that you may need to transfer vehicles….more than once. Just gimme yer $50 and we will get you there in 4 hours….we aren’t going to say how….
Our driver showed up just before 8am in a 10 person shuttle van with only one other couple on board. He grabbed us then we headed to another hotel to get 1 more person….than another hostel for 1 more. Then we headed to the office to drop off something…then we did a u-turn and stopped at another hostel for 1 more….then another….FINALLY after we had 8 of us on board we were on our way! We were only driving for maybe an hour when we pulled into a gas station where a few other of their company shuttles were…guess we are transferring.
We had to get on a larger 20 person bus this time. They had to shuffle some luggage around to fit the extra people, but we all fit and then headed out!
We drove for maybe another hour before a 20 minute bathroom/snack break at a local soda, and then continued on our journey. The roads started to get real dicey after this, narrow and bumpy. Look at the god damn road map
What that map fails to show are the elevations and road conditions
ACCURATE
**I knew the roads were shit so I took Gravol……ALL GOOD. Also wore a sports bra
After another hour, the 5 of us that were going to Montezuma had to get in a different van, while the other 15 people on the bus headed to Santa Teresa. It was about another 30 minutes maybe to get into Montezuma. We were getting dropped off downtown and would have to cab to our accommodations as the road is steep/shitty for the van. Once we got dropped off, we decided to find somewhere for lunch first, then go to the grocery store. We wandered down the road to Chicos and grabbed a table, turns out it’s just a bar. Right behind them on the beach is a soda that served food, so we just ordered food from them and beers from Chicos. I had chicken with coconut sauce and salad, and Jay had a Casado. After about an hour and a bit, we hit up the grocery store for some milk, pasta, bread, snacks, and beer. I called Montonya who was referred to us by the Owner of our accommodations, but there was some miscommunication with the language barrier on where to pick us up and he ended up sending his friend. In the end we waited about 40 minutes for a pick up but we finally made it up to the top of the mountain on more steep, twisty, bumpy roads.
I booked a place that was 10 minutes from town, ($10 taxi), as it is located at the top of the cliff with incredible views.
It was nearly 4:30 when we arrived, so we just stayed there for the evening, I think we were too full from lunch as I don’t remember if we ate dinner. I had a shower before it got too dark, the outdoor shower was awesome. The views are insane
The house is a tiny house, with a ladder up to a double bed loft. There was a single bed on the main floor. The bathroom is in a separate room just outside of the kitchen as well. Since Jay usually gets up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, I didn’t think he would want to be up and down the ladder. So I took the loft and he used the bed downstairs where he at least had a fan. I thought being up in the mountains there would be a nice breeze, but we barely had one,so the loft wasn’t as cool as I thought it would be. Eventually in the middle of the night I cooled off and was content, I had a bug net at least.🕷🦂🐜 Pray for Jay down there
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