Pascua

In the morning, we shared a coffee with Liliam, our AirBnB host, and left towards Quepos. On the road, we had a great encounter: Roger and his wife Yorleny who we had met in Nicaragua, passed us on their motorcycle. We had been in contact since Nicaragua, so they knew where we were. This weekend they had planned their motorcycle trip, so we could catch up. And - lucky us - they also brought cold drinks, apples and candy for us. A nice second breakfast next to the road 😀
They continued their trip towards a town close to the border to Panama and we cycled to Quepos. First, we went to Parque Nahomi, a nice spot to see the rocky and green coastline.
Afterwards, we wanted to go to Manuel Antonio National Park or at least to the beach there. But after a climb of more than 20% elevation gain in the middle of an endless line of cars, we decided it wasn't worth going down the other side (and back up with an even steeper climb). The park and beach may be beautiful, but definitely not with thousands of other people.
Instead, we decided to discover some less touristy places in the area and took a small ferry to the peninsula Las Damas just in front of Quepos. There, we had the beach for ourselves.
Next, we went inland towards Naranjito. We were hoping to find some accommodation in nature and crocodiles. What we found was a refreshing river where the locals were bathing - so of course we joined them (as there were obviously no crocodiles in it)!
As the village didn't really offer any hostels, we went back to Quepos and stayed at the beautiful guesthouse Pura Vida. It's a bit out of our budget, but good to celebrate exactly 5 months on the road.Read more