Tuesday, April 29 - Isla Tortuga - morning
Got up bright and early because our ride would arrive at 6am. For a change, it was actually cold this morning. Breakfast was a raid at the local bakery. Smells from the bakery had alerted us to its presence the night before and we were eager to try the goods this morning. Got a few chocolate croissants, caramel croissants, a guava turnover, and a pineapple bun(?). Ate these on the drive to Puntarenas from which we would set sail for Isla Tortuga.
We waited a LONG time outside a souvenir shop. Even encountered a drunk old beggar. That's when we went inside the shop with our luggage to wait some more. Finally, the tour group that we were waiting for arrived. A bus of senior citizens. One of the old ladies was looking at Jody's luggage, thinking that it was for sale. And another old lady complained that our backpacks were so big that we were hitting people with it. Old ladies are the worst - hope I don't become one. We trooped through the back door of the shop to our catamaran, an open boat. Stored our luggage under the seats and waited for everyone to board. The crew handed out fresh cut fruit to all the passengers. They were so nice! They even collected our watermelon rinds after we were done eating. We got to chill on the nets which are suspended above the water so occasionally there was a small splash that got us.
Dropped off the senior citizens at some desolate looking island with no beach. Wonder what they do there...
Then we arrived at our island! A big expanse of sandy white beach! woohoo!
Got up bright and early because our ride would arrive at 6am. For a change, it was actually cold this morning. Breakfast was a raid at the local bakery. Smells from the bakery had alerted us to its presence the night before and we were eager to try the goods this morning. Got a few chocolate croissants, caramel croissants, a guava turnover, and a pineapple bun(?). Ate these on the drive to Puntarenas from which we would set sail for Isla Tortuga.
We waited a LONG time outside a souvenir shop. Even encountered a drunk old beggar. That's when we went inside the shop with our luggage to wait some more. Finally, the tour group that we were waiting for arrived. A bus of senior citizens. One of the old ladies was looking at Jody's luggage, thinking that it was for sale. And another old lady complained that our backpacks were so big that we were hitting people with it. Old ladies are the worst - hope I don't become one. We trooped through the back door of the shop to our catamaran, an open boat. Stored our luggage under the seats and waited for everyone to board. The crew handed out fresh cut fruit to all the passengers. They were so nice! They even collected our watermelon rinds after we were done eating. We got to chill on the nets which are suspended above the water so occasionally there was a small splash that got us.
Dropped off the senior citizens at some desolate looking island with no beach. Wonder what they do there...
Then we arrived at our island! A big expanse of sandy white beach! woohoo!
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