Costa Rica Day 3: Exploring Montezuma and Relaxing
I felt better in the morning. With all the traveling complete, this was the true start of the vacation.
We had a simple breakfast of fresh fruit and bread, purchased at the grocery in town. Walked into town to get some water to re-hydrate myself. After that, we changed into our beach clothes and headed to the beach for some sun and surf. The ocean was as warm as bath water. Waves were rolling in and breaking close to shore, knocking me under water a couple times when I was not paying attention. Beth and her Father stayed in the water for a solid 2 hours; I was in and out during our time at the beach. I spent more time in the water than I have since I was a child. I loved it.
Before leaving the beach Beth and I went for a short walk farther down the beach, then we all had a beer and some snacks at a little cantine that was right along the beach. After that we made our way back to the hotel through town. The street was lined with vendors and their tables displaying arts and crafts for sale. Lots of hand-made jewelery.
Later in the evening we had cocktails and made dinner back at the hotel, which had a nice shared kitchen for the guests to use. We were invited to a beach party by one of the workers at the hotel. Several other guests also came along, and we all shared a van down the road to the party (it was a couple miles away). There was a DJ, a bonfire on the beach, and lots of drinking at the party. The beach was very pretty at night. After a few hours, everyone piled back into the van and headed back to town on the bumpy dirt road.
