Four days in paradise have gone far too quickly! I've met wonderful people, mainly from Canada and the US, sat for hours on jungle fringed beaches, sailed with dolphins and snorkeled with a rainbow of tropical fish, and hiked in the Manuel Antonio state park with monkeys and sloughs. It doesn't get much better!
The sunset was a big occasion every night. One night I watched it from El Avión, a restaurant made from one of the Iran Contra planes. The owners bought Ollie´s Folly and moved it up to Manuel Antonio piece by piece creating a historic bar. I met a great Canadian woman who was traveling Central America doing research for her graduate thesis on women´s security issues in Central America. She was fascinating and so ready to change the world.
I watched another sunset at Ronny´s Place, which I highly recommend. Open air kitchen with cement tables perched on the hill side. We ran into Lauren and Brian from Miami who went on the Canyoning adventure in La Fortuna. Our seafood dinners were delicious and the view was spectacular!
My last sunset scene was the Adult pool at Costa Verde, my hotel. It is perfectly located on the side of a cliff to watch the day end. I met a couple of guys, James and Edan, and swam with them until all the colors had faded. We went on to dinner at a BBQ place and then hit Bambú Jam, the hopping salsa dancing spot. They had just taken salsa lessons in their last town, so we tore up the dance floor!
I hate to leave this coastal/jungle spot and hope to come back for another relaxing vacation here one day!
