What a spot this is....... After a four hour drive from Monteverde to Manuel Antonio we arrived to a very friendly receptionist in a lovely hotel amongst a whole raft of hotels from the so called Backpackers Paradise through to a Best Western, we are at a tourist hot spot! And the weather is perfect...hot and sunny and the sand whilst not white isn't black either. David generously described it as golden, I would say it's sort of beige!
Our room is big again... We have got used to large rooms, has great air conditioning and a balcony with a view of the forest. We unpacked for our three night stay to the sound of howler monkeys...they make a very aggressive barking sound. Lunch in the poolside restaurant was very nice (nachos) and then we hit the beach. Apparently there is a rip tide here but the advice is to only go waist high and the sea was warm and the surf was fun. We stayed on the beach to watch the sunset, which was beautiful.
After a couple of beers from the poolside bar we are now showering and changing for some dinner.
The views this morning when we left Monteverde were gorgeous...very reminiscent of the Rift Valley.
There are various excursions offered by the hotel, but tomorrow we are tempted to just stay on the beach and contemplate a local story. Apparently the locals believe that a treasure worth billions and billions of dollars lies somewhere in the Quelos and Manuel Antonio area waiting to be discovered. The legend was populariized by English pirate John Clipperton who befriended the locals during his years of sailing to and from the South Pacific. Clipperton's belief stemmed from a rumour that in 1670 a number of Spanish ships laden with treasure escaped from Panama City moments before it was burnt to the ground by captain Henry Morgan. They reckon the treasure was never found and it is around here somewhere just waiting to be unearthed! I reckon the place is treasure enough, without worrying about digging up any gold.
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