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Nov 18-  No pirates here…..

I woke up around 6:00am, no howler monkeys this morning.  I had some bird friends around the balcony, so we made some coffee and sat outside for a bit. We were getting picked up at 8:30am to head into town for our snorkelling adventure.

The blue Magpie Jays were around so I put some banana out so they would come closer. Apparently these birds are known for being mooches with food, maybe similar to seagulls at home?

A few minutes after the birds came by, we noticed the palm tree rustling, we watched a Coati climb up and look around a bit…

Our friend Francisco picked us up and brought us into town, the tour was leaving around 9am or so to head to….

I thought this was where we would find Jack Sparrow and his crew…..apparently we are in the wrong ocean.  There is another one closer to Haiti that was the famous pirate island. There was one other girl from Germany taking the tour, and a family from San Jose as well. We had a nice small group on the boat, whereas the bigger tour company had about 15 or so people. Everyone goes to the same island, so we were fine with choosing the “smaller company” who’s boat wasn’t much smaller than the popular guys, was cheaper and less crowded. WiNNING!

I took a gravol to be safe, I probably would have been fine as they were moving pretty good and the water wasn’t too choppy. It was just under an hour to reach the island, we saw the El Chorro waterfalls which spill into the ocean. The only way to see these falls are by boat, hike the beach or take horses. Closer to the island we saw some beautiful rock formations as well.

This island is beautiful, much like the Caribbean….minus the pirates but they do serve rum!  There were a few smaller islands to snorkel around in front of this one, we did that for 45 minutes or so, saw some cool fish. I didn’t use my camera as the water wasn’t the most clear.  We headed back to the island for lunch after, they were cooking up some Dorado, rice, salad and fresh fruit. There were also a couple of large bottles of beer in the cooler for us as well;)

Fresh oysters and making ceviche with lime

Jay with our 2 guides, Michael & Eduardo from Cabo Blanco Tours.

After lunch we had about 2 hours to relax on the island before heading back. They had a souviener shop that also sold beer and coconut water with rum. We relaxed in the ocean for the most part, enjoying the afternoon. We got back to Montezuma Beach around 4 or so, we figured we would eat dinner before heading back to the cabin. We went back to the same spot on the beach where we had lunch the day before, caught the sunset and saw some horses headed home as we waited for our ride. We had to be back in town the next morning for our taxi boat to Jaco.

Nov 17- Time to put our bodies to the test….will we make it?!

Woke up early because HOWLERS at 5am.  Sooo angry in the morning…..(them, not me) This loft is sweet, you barely have to life your head off the pillow to see the ocean down below.  I was wondering if Jay would wake up covered in ants because I had the bug net up here and he didn’t have one. The fan down there must have kept them at bay, he was fine;)

We decided to visit the Montezuma Waterfalls while we were here, as it’s nearly free to do. There are 2 different ways to access the falls as there are 3 of them. Check out this link which explains that with photos: Montezuma Waterfalls

Since we were at the top of the mountain, the easiest access point for us was the Canopy Trail.  Our host Peter, gave us a lift to Sun Trails about 6 minutes away.  It cost us each $4 to use the self-guided trail of hanging brideges/steps.

It was about a 15 minute walk until we reached the first waterfall at the top.

Smallest waterfall and shallow, but we got in the cold water!  We hung out for 20 minutes or so, then we climbed all the way down the steps to the big waterfall. I definately wouldn’t walk back up the stairs, but it was fine going down.

Once you got to the bottom of the steps, we had to then go up the river, hopping along the rocks about 5 minutes to reach the big waterfall. There were a few other tourists there as well as some locals selling a few items. We swam for a bit to cool off and met some cool people. More tourists started to arrive from the Riverbed Trail after 15-20 minutes or so, so we decided to head into town.It was probably around 10:30 when we left, it gets busy there and it was Saturday. It wook about 15 minutes to find our way through the trail back, you have to start on the left side and at some point cross the river on some rocks until you reach the end. Wasn’t too difficult, there were some older folks that made it through. My legs were like jello from the stairs so I was happy when we made it back to the town. At the end of the river walk we were thirsty, and there was a guy there selling coconut water for $1000 colones. We each grabbed one and walked 10 minutes back into town for lunch.

We decided to pop in a cool surf shop, where Jay found a hat and a tank top he liked. We only brought some money for lunch and our debit cards. THe machine didn’t like the debits and we had just enough cash. I figured we could use that for his shopping and hit the ATM up the road. Of course the ATM was out of money after we made the purchases, so now we were stuck with no money, and you can’t get cash back anywhere. The closest town was Cobano that has 3 banks but we had no car to get there. The bus was possible, but that would take all day, so we decided to take a taxi;we could pay him once we got to the bank. Luckily our taxi driver that knew us was there at the taxi stop (Francisco), so he took us to Cobano where we had to try a few different machines but finally got some cash. It cost us $20 to go to Cobano and back but it saved us a lot of time.
So we headed to lunch at the cafe by the beach (it was now 1:00pm) we had some cervezas and we both ordered shrimp/rice. They were huge portions so we were able to get takeout boxes so we could eat it for dinner later.

We decided to look around at a few more shops since it was around 2:00 and we had no plans for the rest of the day. I also needed to hit up one of the tour kiosks to book our taxi boat to Jaco for Monday. We went to Cabo Blanco tours and they were also pushing a tour on us to Tortuga Island. We were going to just do nothing the next day (Sunday), but this tour was only $35 each. It was an hour boat ride to the island, it included snorkelling, bbq lunch, cervezas, a few hours to hang out then the boat ride back. The offer was too good to pass up, the island looked nice too. It was $100 each for the tour and the $65 taxi boat/shuttle for Monday. We didn’t have the credit cards so now we needed more cash, luckily the guys were filling the ATM across the street. A security guard with a giant gun was standing there while the other one was filling it. We decided to wait so we grabbed a beer at Chicos…..which turned into another beer. Hey, look at what everyone drives here

So it took them an hour and a half to fill the ATM…like what the hell are you doing?? It better be full of cash, as there were 3 people waiting to use it. The machines are finicky with how much they give you and only have certain amount of US cash and colones. It will tell you that you don’t have enough in your bank account but it just doesn’t have that much to give. SO you have to fuck around with denominations and different currencies and holy hell. I ended up getting 100us out and 100,000 colones or something just in case.
We booked our stuff then got a taxi back home at 5:00…

We hung out on the porch for a bit, Luna came by to hang with us.

We went in around 6, did some work and ate our leftovers…back in town tomorrow morning around 9 for our Island Adventure!

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.

AirBnB Link

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

Nov 15th- Finding our balance

No howlers around so we slept a little longer, maybe until 6 or so. We had our surf lesson at 9am, so we got up to shower and have some breakfast. It was $50/pp for a semi-private lesson, as there was one other girl joining us. They said it would be about a few hours, depending on conditions. We chose Tico Surf because they were right next to Lo Que Hay where we spent nearly every meal and they seemed nice. The boards also looked like they were in decent shape compared to other surf schools on the beach. Here are some pics from their FB page:

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On our walk over we saw a stray horse just wandering down the road grazing

We arrived a little before 9, Pablo was there and Paco arrived shortly after (our instructor). Paco has been surfing for 30 years, so he explained everything about balance, popping up, 3 different ways to get up, board & water safety, & how to fall properly. We had about 30 minutes of instruction on land then we took our boards to the water. I didn’t use the action cam as I don’t have a chest mount and they didn’t have board mounts. It was our first time, I’m sure you would have mainly just been under water the whole time anyways lol

It took us a few tries to get up, but we both managed. We definately need to work on our flexability and faster pop ups, but it was a blast! We were in the water for just over an hour, that was enough for us. It gets tiring when you are out of shape and I can only take so much salt water up my nose;)

It was just after 11 when we came out of the water, we rinsed the salt water off and grabbed a table at Lo Que Hay for a cerveza and lunch. They had shrimp pasta for $8 lunch special, so we both had that. We came back to the hotel for a few hours, I thought we could hang out in the pool, but they had it closed for cleaning. So we just did a bit more work to escape the hot sun, and thought we may head to a different beach front restaurant for dinner.

Here are some random pictures;

We wanted to catch the sunset at the beach,but we keep missing it or it’s cloudy…the cliff is in the way as well. It was around 5 when we walked down to the beach, we were going to try this fancier place next to Lo Que Hay, but it was Italian (we just ate pasta), more expensive and cash only. Back to Lo Que Hay! We found our usual table and had a few cervezas, then we decided to order our food to-go and relax at the hotel. Jay got some nachos and I ordered a chicken quesadilla. There are only ever a few servers working and although our server was running around, it is still super slow service. You have to flag them down when you want to order anything. But you can’t beat the views or the cheap prices, and we are on vacation so it didn’t bother us.  We were there for almost 3 hours and just took our food back to the hotel to relax, as we were headed out to Montezuma in the morning around 8am;)

Nov 13- Fishing for dolphins……not dolphin fishing
So we woke up around 6 or so, we wanted to leave around 7:30 to walk over to meet our friends at their hotel for the “fishing” tour.  We were down in the common area for breakfast around 7 or so, they serve eggs, fruit, gallo pinto (rice & beans), yogurt, toast….all included:)  I only had a few pieces of toast with honey, I didn’t want a full tummy before this boat ride.  I took 2 gravol at 7:30, (1 sometimes isn’t enough) then we walked over to the hotel.

The van pulled up around 8:10 or so and there was another couple there as well besides the 5 of us, we also picked up another couple. It was only a 10 minute drive to the  next beach, (Carrillo Beach)

There was also one more couple who drove and met us there.  So we had 14 people in total including the Captain and 2 guides, on a boat that they say holds 25 people….20 would be pushing it.   Turns out, it wasn’t a fishing expedition at all, it was a dolphin watching/snorkeling tour, and there was 1 fishing rod on the boat.  Our guide, Estevan said we probably won’t snorkel because the conditions weren’t the greatest but we can go swimming or chase dolphins longer.  We better see some effin dolphins or I want my 50 bucks back!

The boat was going too slow for my liking and I was worried for the first half hour that I wasn’t going to survive this.  It wasn’t super choppy but even rolling waves make me queezy.  After standing up for a bit it got better, we spotted a few dolphins. There is always more than one boat out on the water and they are all in communication with each other so they know where to find the dolphins/whales.  He got a call that there was a pod about 7-8 more miles out, so we cruised over. Oh! We did see a pair of sea turtles…mating? Smashing shells? It was interesting.

Another 6-7 minutes further out we all started spotting dolphins, they were all around the boat!  These were Pacific Spotted dolphins, which are very similar to Bottlenose but with white spots, found in tropical waters.  We hung around that area for maybe a half hour while everyone took photos/video.

It was cool to see how close they come to the boat, you can see them swimming under the water.  It wasn’t as easy to see them as the water was murky due to red tide, and we weren’t in Caribbean waters either.  Estevan had some fresh fruit, so he cut up some pineapple for a snack, there was a cooler of drinks as well.  After watching the dolphins for a bit, we headed back inland until the waters were clear and  people could go swimming.  I need to see whats in the water, so thats a HARD NO for me (Thalassophobia, google it, I bet 63% of you suffer from this too) If this were the Caribbean than maybe, but not out here in the middle of the Pacific.  After 10 minutes of that we just headed back.  It was nice to get out on the water and not feel sick, but I still can’t risk it without gravol. WORST feeling ever if you get seasick (and embarassing, and your day is RUINED)

We were dropped back off at the hotel and Jay & I decided it was lunch time.  We headed to what turned out to be our “usual” spot at Lo Que Hay, since it is close to our hotel, has cheap beer, good reasonably priced food, on the beach…….I had pollo con arroz (chicken and rice), Jay had a burrito. 

We headed back to the hotel around 2-2:30 to do some work for a bit.
I think Jay went for a nap and I worked on my blogs for a bit.

We ended up back at the same place for dinner,I can’t remember what we ate

Pretty sure we just headed back home around 7:30-8 and just chilled. I don’t remember as I have been tardy with my blogs and forgetting details.:(

Nov 14- Beach DAy and Chill

We haven’t been in the ocean yet here, so we figured after breakfast and a bit of work we should hit the beach for the day to cool off. We got up around 6 or so, took our time with breakfast and work, headed to the beach around 10. Samara beach is beautiful, the waves are small-medium sized, perfect for beginner surfers and fun for swimming. They had chairs for rent, $10 for the pair for the day, owned by Tico Surf School next to Lo Que HAy. The water was warm and the waves were fun to get smashed around in, just had to watch out for the people learning how to surf. We watched a couple get some surf lessons and the instructor seemed to be pretty cool. We talked to them later and they were raving about it, it was something that we wanted to try here so we signed up for the next morning!

Since we were right at Lo Que Hay, we obviously ate lunch there:). I think that was the day I ordered a BLT with fried egg and potato wedges and Jay grabbed a burger. We sat there for a bit just people watching, the sun was strong and your skin felt like burning within minutes, so we needed the shade of an umbrella. We stayed until 4:00 or so then headed back to the hotel, figured we would shower/chill for a bit and go for dinner later.

We decided to try a different spot for dinner, there was a restaurant up the road called the Esmeralda (also a hostel). It serve Italian and was pretty quiet that night. Jay ordered an octopus in tomato sauce/bread appetizer, and a casado dish for dinner. I ordered a 4 cheese penne since I was craving something plain, it wasn’t too bland like an alfredo, I could taste some gorgonzola cheese, which seems to be widely used here.

As usual we went to bed somewhere between 8-9, you never know what day those effin Howlers will be waking you at 5am

Nov 12- From 5000’ above sea level to ……..sea level

8:00am, picked up from our hostel by Roca Verde transport. It was $45/pp to Samara Beach (4 hrs), instead of $65/pp through Tropical Shuttle. I haven’t booked more than 2 days ahead of our next stop in case plans changed (which they have a few times), and you can always find a better deal by talking to people or your hotel staff. I almost just booked online with Tropical Shuttle, but our hostel uses the same company all the time so they get a deal; we saved $40 in the end for the same trip.

The driver did take us to their office to pay, but their machine was not working, so we ended up finding a bank near Liberia and we got some cash out instead. Our driver Ernan didn’t speak any English, but it made for a great drive! We were dropping another couple off in Liberia first, then headed back down to Playa Samara.We had another 1:45hrs from Liberia to Samara, and we learned some more Spanish along the route. Ernan was awesome!

***ADD moment, I am trying to sit and write this as I am about 4 days behind now, but there are howler monkeys in the trees next to us, they are eating leaves and throwing branches on the tin roof…..too much to see!**

OK, so we were driving…..before we dropped the other couple off, Ernan took us back to the same awesome lookout point/coffee shop for more photos and a coffee/snack. Those views will never get old. I took a few more snaps, and the rooster was hanging around so I got him on video doing what he does best.

There were some white horses there just on the side of the road eating grass, not sure if they belonged to anyone. We continued learning some Spanish the rest of the way until we reached our Hotel, Pension Playa Samara. We booked this place because we were just staying at the Pension in Santa Elena, and we could get a 15% discount if we stayed at their Samara location. Sounds great to us!

Nothing fancy, just a small room with a double bed and a private bathroom with A/C! We paid around $55us/night. There is a small pool as well if we want, and our breakfast is included here.

We settled into our room and then we were going to go 1 block down to the beach to meet some people we met online in a backpackers group. They are here for 5 nights, until Friday as well, and were looking for other people to go fishing with! The 3 of them are friends who were here for a few weeks from Belgium. I told Jay he should go, since that is his thing. They were having lunch at Lo Que Hay, which is a cool bar right on the beach.

Gross beach right?! Lol

We found them and chatted for a bit, they said they met a local lady who could get them a fishing/dolphin watching excursion for $50/pp. It didn’t sound like a deep sea fishing charter and I got persuaded into going ( I get seasick)
Whatever, I will take 2 gravol and try to not pass out/barf on everyone. We had a few drinks and ended up eating lunch there, we shared a nacho platter. Beers were 1500 colones which is about $2.50/bottle. Our friends left and I said we would meet up with them in a few hours or so, so we could go get some cash out for this lady. Samara is a very small town with just a few roads, so the bank was a few blocks away. It was a Banco of Costa Rica (BCR), which is perfect because that one works for me. After we got our moola, we walked over to the hotel our friends were at which was about a 10 minute walk on the beach. We then walked to this lady’s house (Sara was her name) which was right next to their hotel. She is a local who has been here around 17 years and knows a lot of people, so she hooked us up with her friend who has a bigger boat and runs tours regularly. We were to get picked up at that spot the next morning at 8am, where we would get driven to the next beach where the boat is located.

It was getting dark so we ended up back at Lo Que Hay for more beers since it was close to our hotel. We stayed until 9 or so before heading back, we didn’t eat dinner since we were still full from the nachos. We met a few locals and chatted for awhile;)

On our way back to our hotel earlier in the day, we had a group of howler monkeys walk right over our heads on the power lines! They are pretty cool, I still can’t believe the noise that comes out of them at 5am. I knew we would be up early most mornings if they are here…….

MONKEY BALLS. YER WELCOME

Nov 11-  37,987 steps….in 3 hours? 

No? Felt like it, I don’t have a counter thingy, but there were a lot of up/downs and all arounds on those trails.  We decided to go for a walk through Monteverde because we are here, and it is amazing to see.  It was raining a bit when we woke up; we hit up breakfast then decided to get out by 9am to see some of the Cloud Forest.  The thought of a “hike” does not appeal to us, but we can’t sit inside the hostel on our last day just because it is raining.  We put our pants on and grabbed our raincoats, I took the waterproof bag as well.  It was a $12 taxi to get to the reserve, and $20 each to get in.  They have several paths, they ask how long you want to hike for and suggest routes. Why does it look like we picked the longest route though…..we said 2 hours, knowing it would take us longer.  It’s not because we are out of shape, (kinda), but because we want to just take our time and maybe see stuff? Whats the point of just walking the path with your head down and not stopping every now and then to see if you can spot something?  We noticed a lot of people just hurrying along the path and not even look around at this insane forest.  It started raining good when we arrived and didn’t really let up, but there was something refreshing about walking through the cloud forest in the rain; it kept us cool after doing all those stairs. EVERYTHING IS SOOOOO GREEN!

We didn’t see much because of the weather, but we did see more howler monkeys in the trees above. We were soaked after our 3 hour walk, but I’m glad we did it. We got a taxi back to the hostel so we could put dry clothes on, then we went across the street to a small soda for some lunch. (Burrito and fried chicken)

We were thinking about maybe doing an evening hike as the night walks are supposed to be really cool with the nocturnal animals/insects. Our legs had had enough and the rain didn’t end up stopping so we decided to just put warm clothes on and do some work. We skipped dinner as we had a big lunch, but I needed to get some cash out for our driver in the morning. The rain let up a bit so we wandered a few blocks to the store with the Scotiabank machine, only it was out of money. They had a BCR atm across the st but it was broken. The only other bank was the one that hates my cards, Banco Nationale. We tried it again anyways and NO, didn’t work. The shuttle company wants cash but that ain’t happening, so we called and they said we could go to their office in the morning to pay, or find a bank machine along our route. PERFECT!

We came back to chill in the common area, and ended up chatting with a Father/Son who were also going to do the night walk but were skipping it due to rain. We talked for a bit then we headed to bed, our driver was picking us up at 8am to continue our journey. Next stop, Playa Samara!

Ooo about that. We did an itinerary change after speaking with a few people. We had heard from more than one person that Santa Teresa was not the safest area, people’s belongings were being stolen during the day on the beach and there had been a few more incidents that were more violent. So we decided to switch that stop to Montezuma, since we are leaving from that beach by taxi boat. We knew Tamarindo was a touristy/party town, but it is also expensive. A few travellers had come from there and said it was way too loud/Americanized and like Miami Beach. So thats not really our scene, we switched it to Playa Samara which is a smaller surf beach town, comparable to Puerto Viejo which we loved for it’s laid back vibe. Soooooo that is where we stand now, headed to Samara for 4 nights and Montezuma for 3. Wait till you see the Airbnb I got us. HOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEE

Nov 10-  Soaring through the clouds 

Another zipline tour today!

Don’t hate me, but I have no photos/video (of mine) for this post.  I did remember to take my goPro thingy with a remote wristband, but I had no idea when it was on/off since it was on my helmet.  I did get the 2 longer ziplines that you fly across like Superman, but I missed the best part:(  I am also not sure how to upload it as I am missing a cord or something, but wifi is also not the best in most places to be uploading video.  So I will describe our day for those of you that don’t mind me rambling, and I will have to edit this with video added later.

We booked a canopy tour through 100% Adventura here in Monteverde. You can choose from 4 different tour times, we chose 11:00am with pickup at 10:30am. It is a lot cooler here in the mountains; you are in pants/long sleeves most of the time so there was no need to “beat the heat” and go super early.   The course has 12 ziplines, 2 of which you do flying like Superman, and a Tarzan swing at the end.

It was $50 each for 2.5hrs of FUNBALLS.  We were picked up in a shuttle and taken about 10 minutes down the road from our hostel. After checking in and gearing up, we were taken through the quick demo of hand signals/how to brake/what to do if you get stuck.  The first line was right there so we didn’t have to hike or get transported to another spot to start.  First 5-6 went quick, they start to get higher/longer as you go through (perfect for newbies).  If you want to do the superman style where you lay down, they have to adjust your harness. The first one was 2km long and super fast (it was windy and rainy too).  The last one was the Tarzan swing, that is like a seated bungee jump at 150’ high.

We both did it, I wasn’t toooooo sure, but after you do those 2 Superman lines and your adreneline starts pumpin’, you just keep going.  The hanging bridge to the platform is a bit scary (windy), and if you hesitate too long up there then you will chicken out.  Jay went before I did, I hadn’t even walked to the end of the bridge and he already jumped. I heard him scream “Holllllllyyyy Shit” the whole way down, so I knew I was in for it.  They let you swing a few times before they catch you and release the bungee for the next jumper.  I didn’t have time to process what I was really doing since they hook you up so fast; they tell you to hold the purple rope and just walk off the edge and sit like a swing.  Before you know it the door swings open and you freefall 150’ down, I was quiet for 2 seconds before I screamed my head off, the freefall was nuts! I would definately try one again:)

We were dropped back at our hostel around 2 and  we ate our leftovers from dinner the night before for lunch.  We then did a bit of work/had some coffee, then headed back to The Treehouse for a few drinks, and ended up eating dinner there again.  I tried a coconut curry shrimp/rice dish, and Jay had a seafood splooge.  There was only 1 server/bartender on the 3rd floor, we were the only ones when we got there, but it quickly filled up and he was slammed.  It was also interesting to watch as the bar/kitchen are downstairs, and everything is sent up with the lift system.  So it was dinging in the bar when drinks were up and the big lift at the back sent all the food up….looked like a “server nightmare” for 15 minutes. He was good with it all, said they were short staffed but he managed. PURA VIDA!

We headed back across the street to the hostel, it was probably around 8 and I was ready for bed.  Jay went out to the common area to hang out and have a beer, chat people up….you know.  I’m sure we will be awake early again, nothing planned for tomorrow yet!

Another Hostel pet;) Shared my toast with her