Puerto Viejo Weekend

The following weekend after visiting the volcano, I went to Puerto Viejo with Courtney (remember her?) and two of her friends from here home stay. We left San Jose at 6am Saturday morning, and arrived around 11. The drive was absolutely beautiful, but long! When we got there we couldn't check into our hostel yet, so we had lunch at a little sandwich shop downtown. When we finally got to our hostel, it was nothing but interesting, to say the least! We stayed at Rockin J's that only offers hammocks, and tents! So of course, for $7 dollars, we slept in hammocks that night! After checking in, we changed into our swimsuits, locked up our bags, and headed to the beach! We went to a close beach, but it was filled with coral, so we decided to rent bikes and head to Punta Uva, which was suggested by the bike guy. It was soooo far, about 7 km, but when we made it, it was worth it! The beach was not crowded at all because it was the day Costa Rica played in the quarter finals, so everyone was watching the game. On the way back, we ended up stopping at a bar to watch the end of the game. It was a bittersweet moment when Costa Rica lost. The entire bar was sooo happy at first, then once they lost the entire bar got quiet and nobody really said anything, then all of a sudden a lady stood up and started cheering and thanking the team for making it as far as they did and the whole place joined her. After eating lunch we finally made it back to the hotel and just hung out there and played games and talked. Later that night they had a fire show which was really cool! The next day Courtney and her friends went back home on the 11am bus, and I wasn't ready to leave so I stayed until 4pm. I ended up renting another bike to venture out to the Jaguar Sanctuary, only to find out that it was closed on Sunday :(  I ended up going to the beach that was near the hostel and just sat and watched crabs run around in and out of their little homes.