Friday, June 13, 2014
Monteverde to Manuel Antonio
While we were eating breakfast, our waiter asked where we were heading today. When we told him we were going to Manuel Antonio, he asked if we knew about the road closure. Of course, we didn't, and he gave us the schedule of construction. Initially, we decided to go the alternate route, but were convinced to take the normal route. There were a few windows during the work day when the road was open. We stayed at our hotel for an extra 45 minutes before heading out to a gas station and then bumped on down the road. It was supposed to take 20 minutes to get to the road construction, but it was more like 40 minutes. The window was open between 9:40 and 10:00...we were in a long line, but after waiting about 15 minutes, we were able to take the detour. Once we got off the unsaved road, we were impressed by the quality of the roads to Manuel Antonio. We were not impressed by the service station restrooms, but we were happy to beat the tourists from the coach bus.
Upon arrival at La Mariposa, we saw capuchin monkeys on the roof of the hotel. We were given awesome smoothies, and I got to drink Brian's because he didn't stop to feed me in Jaco, a surfer tourist town (we drove through without stopping). We ate lunch at the hotel's restaurant that has a 180 view of the ocean...our ocean view room is also outstanding. We are happy we end at this resort. We watched the sunset from the infinity pool and then ate fish outside at the hotel's restaurant.
We ended our night watching the lightning stretch across the sky.
Tomorrow we are looking for monkeys and sloths in the wild with our personal guide, Johan.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Flying in Monteverde
For breakfast, we had the typical fresh fruits with the addition of strawberries and mango. The fruit was chopped up this time, and Brian could've lived without the fresh mint leaf.
Our bus came at 8am to take us to Selvatura Park. The road was steep and exceptionally bumpy. I think Brian was happy to not drive this route.
When we got to Selvatura, we collected our tickets and then walked over the 12 suspension hanging bridges. We could overlook the cloud forest canopy. We saw lots of vegetation, but not really any animals. We did quite a bit of walking...most of it was in solitude, and it felt like we were all alone in CR again.
Our next adventure was getting outfitted for the zipline. After acquiring our helmets, gloves, and harness, we boarded a bus to take us up the mountain...again, more awesome roads. Overall, we did 17 ziplines. The scary part for me is climbing up to the platforms. I'm okay if I'm hooked on to something, but I don't like ledges when I'm not strapped on to something. On the last line, we flew 1000 meters, and Brian and I were strapped together...we needed the extra weight to get to the other side, so everyone rode tandem.
We quickly joined the butterfly tour, so we didn't have to wait another hour. It is hard to capture the elusive blue butterflies, and we took a million pictures.
Returning to the hotel at 2pm, we ate lunch (I had fish tacos), and now we are relaxing in our room.
Tonight we have our guided tour...
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