Costa Rica - Day 4 - Manuel Beach

No rush to get up, so we all slept in. Around 8 am or so, we went for breakfast. Breakfast was not buffet but an order from 3 options. Not that great but still okay. Coffee was not all fresh but what to do. The fruits and juice came with the breakfast. Almost all of us had pancakes.

Breakfast area

Strolled back to our room and rested some more. Around 11:30 am decided to see around town. Not much around the hotel, just a few restaurants and some stores. No major shopping anywhere. Bhaiya had already taken a walk in the morning so we were just following him. At was so hot that we came back soon. We did stop by La Lambretta to see the beautiful view of the ocean. Sent Sarvesh later to buy a cold coke and enjoyed some chilled coke! I had also bought some plantain chips from one of the stores – a small pack for about $1 – good size and yummy!

We had lunch in the room of whatever snacks we had. I could not eat much after eating all the chips. We really got some good time rest until 2 pm and then we decided to go to the beach. I would not be able to get into the water, but still. Gave $5 deposit for each towel at the reception and took the local bus to the beach. It was about a 5 min ride.

Manuel Beach

The beach was quite crowded. It was Friday after all. It was also super sunny. The beach was very wide, but one of the guys there giving out chairs said that the water comes in a lot as evening progresses. I got an umbrella and chair for about $5 for the evening.  All the four went into the water. I took care of belongings. It was nice to just sit and enjoy the beach. (not quite – but still better than being at home). Bhaiya, as usual is the first to come out, and then I went for a walk. It was a nice beach – lots of activities going on – parasailing, boating, tubing etc.

The tide started to come in around 5 pm. We all got up and went for a walk, also to get a good view point for the sunset. There was no place to shower or change there. So we left soon after sunset – took the bus back. It was a good day.

We all took showers and got ready to go out to eat. We walked to the Falafel place to eat but it seemed like they were not seating anyone anymore, so we went further on to Burrito Express. They had good vegetarian choices but their wait was a little too much – over 30 mins. The burrito and quesadillas were very tasty though.

Walked back and relaxed again. Not much to do in the night. So went to sleep early also. Tomorrow we have to go to the Manuel Antonio park a little early.