Costa Rica Day 6: Santa Teresa
Had a nice breakfast at the hotel, then jumped on the local bus to begin the trip to Santa Teresa. The plan was to hang out on the beach, watch the surfers, have some lunch, do some swimming, and watch the sunset (the beach faces west across the Pacific). We got on the bus at the bust stop in Montezuma, then switched over to a larger bus in the interior town of Cobano. After about an hour on the 2nd bus, we entered the town of Santa Teresa, and the bus dropped us off in front of the path leading to the beach.
The waves and currents at the beach were very strong; small children would have trouble in this water. The surfers were out about 300 feet from the shore where the waves coming off the Pacific were breaking. We swam, relaxed in the shade, had beer and food. I turned pink as a cooked lobster. The sunset was quite spectacular; the sun turned bright orange before dipping below the ocean.
We left fairly quickly after the sun went down to walk and find some food in town. We walked along the main (well, the only) road through town. The dust was quite bad. Winter is the dry season in Costa Rica and none of the roads are paved. I had a delicious meal of marinated strip-steak with french fries made from plantains (maybe the best french fries I’ve ever had). After dinner we got a Tourismo van (essentially a taxi – there were 8 of us heading back) to take us back to Montezuma. The van ride back was only about $5 per person all the way back to Montezuma. Went to bed pretty soon after we got back to the hotel.
