And then suddenly – as if something sudden had happened – we were on a bus to Cahuita (about 30 mins north of Puerto Viejo). It cost about $1.
I, of course, am looking like I’m going to kill someone because nobody ever taught me how to smile.
Cahuita is neat. It’s like Puerto Viejo but there’s less tourists and definetely no Spring Break type party crowd. Apparently, Playa Negra which is a long beach running along the shore here is suppose to be fantastico. The sand is suppose to be black and surreal. We rented bikes and checked it out, but it was all (for kilometers) covered in dirty driftwood and ocean debris. Apparently they’ve have some mighty storms over the last little while.
No big deal. We hiked a few KMs through Cahuita Nacionale Parque. We saw some monkeys and a few slothes. A park ranger even pointed out a yellow baby viper to us and kindly let us know that if bitten we would die in 15 minutes. The snake really didn’t look like much though. It looked like a yellow ball wrapped around a stick. I think he may have bullshat us. (more…)
