Today was our chill day. Maybe it's the laid-back, beach town aura... but today we didn't feel like doing anything.
Mornings around here is low tide, very low tide. And now I understand why they say you can walk 200 yards out to the nearby island.
When we finally got our butts out of bed or hammock, we drove into town to hike Montezuma Falls. At the start of our hike we saw two monkeys just hanging around and couldn't believe how two small animals produced such loud noises. After climbing up the first waterfall, we trekked along the river hopping from one rock to the next to make our way towards the second. We were a bit misled by another hiking group who told us that we should walk up the hill to get to the second waterfall. And of course this led to another set of hikers following us to a path that led no where.
After backtracking, we followed the river to the second waterfall and it was awesome. It flows into a deep pool, great for a post-hike swim. At one point some hikers at the top of the falls, created a man-dam and blocked the water from flowing down. When they finally got up, I was able to snag a few action shots of the water flowing down.
After our hike, we headed "downtown" for a quick bite to eat. With nothing but time to kill, we decided to explore Nicoya a bit and made our way over to the lazy beach towns of Santa Teresa and Mal Pais.
The beaches here are amazing. The coastline looked like it had no end. It grew into the jungle in such a way that when people walked out of it to hit the beach, it was like crossing into unknown territory. This was quite the perfect way to end our lazy day on the beach.
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