Costa Rica Day 5: Montezuma Falls
Woke up around 8:00, had a light breakfast and coffee at the hotel, then headed out for the day. Stopped in town for some snacks, then headed to Montezuma Falls. The first set of falls was an easy, 30-minute walk from the center of town. There was a nice pool of fresh water at the bottom of the falls and everyone went swimming. The lower falls was bout 40 feet high.
Next, we continued on up to the upper falls. This trail was much more difficult. The first part of the trail was steep hand-over-hand climbing. Then it leveled out for awhile before going, quite literally, straight down a steep rock slope to the upper falls. It was very steep, and potentially very dangerous of someone lost their footing or grip. There was about a 20 foot drop down a rock cliff, with nothing but a length of rope to hang onto.
At there upper falls there were a couple of pools to swim in and several places to jump into the water. I abstained from swimming, but everyone else went in. After awhile, I was ready to head out, but Beth, her sister, and her two friends that came on the trip wanted to stay. I walked back to town with another guest at the hotel who met us up there. It was a hot walk back; I was over-heated and hungry when I got back to the hotel.
I spent the rest of the day relaxing at the hotel. Had a dinner of pasta and meat sauce and a cabbage salad. After dinner, we went down to town to have some beer in the street. Went for a short walk with Beth on the beach, then headed back up to the hotel for sleep.
