This past weekend eight of us headed to Santa Teresa to enjoy the nice beach weather. We left Friday morning and stayed until Sunday evening. Before we went to Santa Teresa four of us, Lizzy, Jess, Sarah and I went to Montezuma to enjoy the caratas (waterfalls). In order to get to Santa Teresa and Montezuma one has to take a three to four hour bus ride to Puntarenas in order to board a two hour ferry over the the Nicoya Peninsula. Once we got to the Nicoya Peninsula we took a two hour bus to Cobana and from there a 30 minute bus ride to Montezuma. There was a lot of traveling that day. Once we got off at Montezuma, we headed straight for the waterfalls!Before we got to the waterfalls, there were streams where family and friends would hang out and swim in. We also saw plenty of wild life as we hiked towards the waterfalls. We mainly saw different types of birds.
There were three main waterfalls. We had to hike a bit to see the first
one. No one was allowed to jump off the first one because anyone who
did...well didn't survive. But it happened to be a popular spot to swim.
Next we hiked up the mountain using tree trunks to hold onto to head to the third waterfall. The third waterfall was where we were able to jump off and swim around. Hiking up the mountain was scary. For one there was little to hold onto and we hiked vertically up. If you fell backwards... you were probably a goner. We hiked for twenty to thirty minutes or so until we came to the third waterfall! There were drop-offs as we hiked down towards the waterfall. I am not the best with heights so I was pretty horrified the whole time.
After spending all morning at the waterfalls we headed to Santa Teresa to meet the rest of the group. We stayed at a Hostel that had an Israeli owner. Surprisingly there were many Israelis in the area that owned hostels and restaurants. The first night Alexis and I had to stay in a tent which was so fun! The rest of the group stayed in the bedrooms in the hostels. The hostel was nice and mellow. It seemed that most people were there to relax and surf. The hostel itself was decorated with many paintings. I loved walking around and checking out all the art work.
The next morning we woke up early to head to the beach. At the beach we surfed and walked along the sand and swam in the ocean. Dani and I kept walking down the beach and found a pool like area within the ocean where we swam. Later on we ended up swimming in a real swimming pool at the hotel we ate lunch at. That night we had a communal dinner which Dylan and Dani helped make! We had tacos which were so tasty :) The last night we were at the hostel we went to a full moon party which was really fun! We got to hangout with other tourists and locals. We went to a giant bond fire on the beach and listened to mellow music.
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