Puerto Viejo

This past weekend we went on a little trip to Puerto Viejo on the east coast of Costa Rica. Jenna arranged this trip for me as a little birthday getaway. She found this nice little hotel (3 rooms) that was off the beaten track. Puerto Viejo was a nice little town that revolves around beach life. We met up with some missionaries that our host family knows. They run a little ice cream parlor and coffee shop in town. We enjoyed visiting with them while eating their ice cream with the beach a few steps away. While at their shop, they connected us with one of their employees who has a boyfriend who works at a dive shop. So our host family connected us to the missionaries who connected us to their employee who connected us to her boyfriend, who set us up on a dive. Connections are fun.
So we did get a dive in. The conditions were better than in Guanacaste. It was good to get under the water once again. The rest of our time there was spent resting and relaxing either by the beach or at our hotel. Well, that is except for a little 5:30am hike up a nearby forested hill which I found to be a relaxing experience as well. Countless colorful birds were up and about singing their songs along with a few chattering monkeys. Of course I came across quite a few interesting creatures, the highlight of which were the Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs I found calling from the leaf litter.

It was a great weekend getaway and I came back refreshed, ready to learn more Spanish. For more photos from our trip, click on the slideshow link on the right side of this page.