La Pura Vida, Day 3 (Tuesday)
Now I’m up to today! Missed the sunrise this morning – oh well. When I did finally wake up it was 7:50 and I had to scramble to get a shower before breakfast. Breakfast was the same as yesterday’s except that french toast was substituted for pancakes. I did forget to mention in the post for Day 2 that we also had the best hash browns ever (and again today). They were large chunked potates with lots of butter/oil and a combination of spices that made them taste almost Indian – cumin perhaps? Yum-o.
After breakfast we piled into a van for the 45 minute drive to the zip line. Everyone assured me that one does not zip down a zip line, but I was still apprehensive. The drive was full of things to see including several local schools, markets, farms, etc. It stood out to me that (at least in the poorer areas) you don’t see the landscape being changed to suit people. Houses are built were it makes sense rather than creating an ideal location, roads go around natural elements, etc. I think it contributes to the overall sense of primitiveness – which I do not mean in a derogatory way, things here are simply done in a way that “progress” has replaced in the States.
The zip line was fun, but not my cup of tea. We did get to see some monkeys, but little other wildlife. Also, I learned that despite the reasonable speed of the zipping the sole fact of being 70 feet in the air made it hard to appreciate the scenery. I was laser focused on the platform ahead while I was on the line, and too busy hugging the most solid looking thing I could find when I wasn’t. All together there were about 10 lines. Courtney did one upside down (on purpose) and we got some great pictures.
We got back around noon and had a lunch of nachos and tuna pasta salad (and mango daquiris – wow). After that everyone hung around the pool with a book until it was time for another round of massages (not kidding). It was spectacular and I’m feeling very pleasantly noodle like.
Dinner was chicken soup followed by fresh mahi mahi, roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes and, of course, rice and beans. After dinner I was feeling a little sunburned and very stuffed so after a quick shower it was time for bed.
