Day 67, Arrival in Costa Rica

We arrived in costa rica in the morning, and this time we were out of the airport really quick.(the first time it took us 2/2,5 hours to get out and the airport was full of people) we took the bus to san jose, and walked 3 km to a different bus station. There we got tickets to quepos (about 6 euro). The bus ride was about 4 hours. A chinese family took window seats of other people, including us, and pretended they did not understand they were sitting on our window seat. An older woman wanted to switch so we could sit next to eachother and we had a window. But we were really tired and fell asleep some times. When we arrived, we had to walk a bit back and take a ferry over the river, to get to El Cocal. Next to a small river, we saw a huge black leguan sitting in the sun!
We couldn't get in touch with miguel, our host, so we had to walk all the way to Miguel surf camp. Nina saw two red ara's flying by, so for her it was worth the walk 🤭The way from the small ferry boat to miguels surf camp took us 30 min to walk in the hot sun with our backpacks. Sweat where dropping out of every pore. It was so hot! But we did it🥵💪
Wow, what a place! It is very basic, with self build wooden houses, a little kitchen and community space, outside showers and toilets. Electricity is only with solar power, so during the day you can load phones and stuff, but in the night the power is reserved for the light. It mostly goes off between 22:00 and 23:00.
The water has to be pumped out of the ground, since it is ground water. Interesting that it is not salty and perfectly drinkable too! It gets pumped into a 450 liter tank, but most people here do not realise they should be careful with the water. One morning the solar panels didn't have sun yet, and the water was out. The pump had to work with the generator, but there was no benzin. So there was no water untill a few hours later. But this didn't stop people to not be careful with the water 😅

There is a big garden where tents and cars can stand, and lots of coconut palm trees. At the end it goes directly to the beach, where the waves are perfect for surfing and playing. The sea has sometimes stong currents, so you have to be a bit careful. Luckily it is not that deep. One of the volunteers here said that we shouldn't go past the last waves, but it would be very special if you could even get there. The surfers have a hard time to get to the bigger waves because they get pushed back towards the beach all the time.
Our room is on the 1st floor and has a bed with moskito net, a small cupboard, a mirror, and a balcony.
The first thing we did was taking a dive in the ocean. It was really warm but very nice! We ate a salad and sat by the fire at the beach when the sun went down. We went to bed early. We can't wait to wake up and having a beautiful time in paradise💚Baca lagi