Beach + Sun = BURN!!
Day 7
Today was our last full day in Costa Rica. We thought about getting out of Potrero Beach and heading out to Brasilito, which was supposed to have some more infrastructure. However, in the end, we just stayed in Potrero and enjoyed our last night in Costa Rica there.
The morning started off almost where it left off. Because we enjoyed our visit to Maxwell's so much, we decided to have breakfast with Kelly and Steve again. However, we got there a tad too early (around 8AM) and no one was up yet. We had to wake Steve up and get him to cook us breakfast. After 30 minutes, he had prepared us a nice omlette and some pancakes to go with it. Kelly woke up by then and we spent the next hour or so talking with her about why they moved down here and what their plans were.
She had given us the name of a hotel in Brasilito that we can check out. Unfortunately, they were all booked up. Nevertheless, we thought we might check out Brasalito and Playa Conchal out. Kelly had raved about Playa Conchal and we figured there was no point to staying in Playa Potrero. So, we walked along the beach, went to the bank to pay for our departure tax ($26), and then took the bus to Brasalito.
Brasalito was a little beach town with probably 10-15 businesses total. 10 of them were probably little restaurants. Not the nicest town in the world, but a whole lot more action there than Potrero. The beach was not all that good at all, but we can see Conchal and it looked pretty nice. Plus, there looked like there was a decent amount of traffic headed that way.
Playa Conchal was around 2km away from Brasalito. The beaches in Costa Rica don't have these crazy long stretches of white sand like southern California. They are more like what one would see on a little tropical island. Conchal was filled with Costa Rican vacationers. There was one resort there filled with gringos and they provided all the amenities like jet ski and ATV rentals. We didn't we didn't want to do any of those. It was way too expensive. So we just hung out. Amy fell asleep on the beach and I just read a book.
However, it didn't take me too long to realize that my chest was getting burnt by the strong sun. Apparently, I didn't apply any sunblock on my chest, neck, and upper arm. So while Amy was sleeping away, I was getting cooked by the sun. What's up with that. I soon got bored of just sitting around and toasting away and just wanted to go home. After a few hours at Conchal, we started to head back. We walked to Brasalito, got something to eat, and then jumped back on the local bus to Potrero.
We did dinner at Maxwell's again. Where else were we going to eat? Got the ribs again. I think I'm totally ribbed out. No more. We had fun, but three meals at the same place in two days is defintely our limit.
We leave tomorrow at 5AM. Why this early? Who knows.
Good night.
Today was our last full day in Costa Rica. We thought about getting out of Potrero Beach and heading out to Brasilito, which was supposed to have some more infrastructure. However, in the end, we just stayed in Potrero and enjoyed our last night in Costa Rica there.
The morning started off almost where it left off. Because we enjoyed our visit to Maxwell's so much, we decided to have breakfast with Kelly and Steve again. However, we got there a tad too early (around 8AM) and no one was up yet. We had to wake Steve up and get him to cook us breakfast. After 30 minutes, he had prepared us a nice omlette and some pancakes to go with it. Kelly woke up by then and we spent the next hour or so talking with her about why they moved down here and what their plans were.
She had given us the name of a hotel in Brasilito that we can check out. Unfortunately, they were all booked up. Nevertheless, we thought we might check out Brasalito and Playa Conchal out. Kelly had raved about Playa Conchal and we figured there was no point to staying in Playa Potrero. So, we walked along the beach, went to the bank to pay for our departure tax ($26), and then took the bus to Brasalito.
Brasalito was a little beach town with probably 10-15 businesses total. 10 of them were probably little restaurants. Not the nicest town in the world, but a whole lot more action there than Potrero. The beach was not all that good at all, but we can see Conchal and it looked pretty nice. Plus, there looked like there was a decent amount of traffic headed that way.
Playa Conchal was around 2km away from Brasalito. The beaches in Costa Rica don't have these crazy long stretches of white sand like southern California. They are more like what one would see on a little tropical island. Conchal was filled with Costa Rican vacationers. There was one resort there filled with gringos and they provided all the amenities like jet ski and ATV rentals. We didn't we didn't want to do any of those. It was way too expensive. So we just hung out. Amy fell asleep on the beach and I just read a book.
However, it didn't take me too long to realize that my chest was getting burnt by the strong sun. Apparently, I didn't apply any sunblock on my chest, neck, and upper arm. So while Amy was sleeping away, I was getting cooked by the sun. What's up with that. I soon got bored of just sitting around and toasting away and just wanted to go home. After a few hours at Conchal, we started to head back. We walked to Brasalito, got something to eat, and then jumped back on the local bus to Potrero.
We did dinner at Maxwell's again. Where else were we going to eat? Got the ribs again. I think I'm totally ribbed out. No more. We had fun, but three meals at the same place in two days is defintely our limit.
We leave tomorrow at 5AM. Why this early? Who knows.
Good night.
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