We took a day off today to do a zipline canopy tour. This was my fourth zip line tour, but Craig´s first. One of my coworkers in Mammoth recommended this one to me. It´s claim to fame is that it is the only one over 11 waterfalls. It follows a river down a canyon and over the several waterfalls it creates. It was really pretty, but since it is the dry season, the waterfalls aren´t so full. It was a lot of fun, there were well over 20 ziplines, 2 rappels, and we got to swim in one of pools in the river.
To get there we took a 1 hour bus ride to a town in the mountains called Miramar. It has lovely views of the Gulf of Nicoya and the Nicoya Peninsula. From Miramar we had to take a taxi the extra 6 km to the hotel. The tour included a delicious typical style lunch. And we were able to hitchhike back to town.
We are back in Puntarenas. This is our second night here. Our hotel is costing us $24 a night and is a complete dump. I am starting to get tired of staying in dumps! Especially at this price! It is a small room with dirty wooden walls and a foam mattress. When we were moving our stuff in, we found a used condom on one of the shelfs hanging from the wall. It was just about at eye level, how do you miss that when cleaning a room! We also discovered our room has rats, as there was rat poo and an eaten through package of crakers in my stuff this morning! I have tied my bag of snacks to a nail high up on the wall in hopes that the rat won´t come back tonight to ruin more of my food. I have also been sleeping with my own blanket and travel pillow.
Puntarenas is also a dump. Based on its location on the map, you´d think it would be pretty, but it´s rather run down. It on an 8 km long peninsula that jutts out into the Gulf of Nicoya.
I know you are gonna wanna visit your friend at that Panama zip line too, huh! What a whacko he was!
ReplyDeleteHaha yea haven't forgot about him :)
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