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Nap time, lead to dinner time and we headed to Cascades del Savegre pretty much the only restaurant for dinner. Starting with homemade soup, then a nice green salad, we selected our choice from their nicely scripted menu.
The menu selection included three different preparations from the following proteins : chicken, pork, trout local , beef, pasta and vegetarian. Finally with the bug gone, I had a "relatively" good night sleep. Our time in the mountains has come to an end and we're heading to the beach but not before a quick stop to see Dr. Carolina who takes a quick peak and says all looks good and again breakfast at the Orchid Cafe.
Our adventure today will take us to a more populated area. Until this time, our wanderings took us on mostly quiet roads and into quiet towns. Down the mountain on a very winding road brought us to the Costa Rican version of a highway - Highway 1!! Remember, Costa Rica is a little smaller than West Virginia sq miles but without our infrastructure.
This main road is two lanes The drive south was really not bad. Our Airbnb house was a real find. I was hunting around the website and found a reduced price for what looked like an awesome place.
The reviews were excellent - so we booked it. We contacted the owner when we got to town. She was able to let us in early. Pizza and burger was great and as we were leaving we noticed the Chinese food area was open and a young man was cooking in a huge wok.
I wandered over to see what was up Ronnie insisted that I take a sample of what he was cooking. Oh, we will be back for some of his stir fry!!!!
Back to the house It's gorgeous!! Sitting out there in the early morning light with a cup of coffee was incredibly peaceful. The terrace looks out into the jungle and even though there are houses on either side - I can't see anyone nor hear anyone - only the birds.
At this point in our trip we have reservations for the three days following our stay here in EO but after that So, our goal today is take a road trip and investigate some of the little towns to the south. Our neighbor Annie back in Santa Elena, suggested Matapalo about an hour south of us. After some local fresh fruit the mangos here are huge and awesome and cheap for breakfast and we headed south.
Matapalo though nice was a little TOO quiet. Onward, down to Dominical. This town could be a maybe but we'd have to do a little more investigating on properties available and then our third stop was down to Uvita. For us Uvita, was a NO - didn't have the right "feel". Late afternoon and it was time to head back to EO. We'd been told to try and avoid driving at night and we found out why. We hit weather I mean - real weather. Rain falling straight down and so hard I could barely see the road.
Rain does not stop Costa Ricans - there were people walking and riding bikes along the road that I could barely see to being with and believe me - there is not bike lanes - barely a shoulder. I was praying I made it back without hitting anyone. Learned my lesson - try and plan a little better!!! Played local for our last day in EO. Breakfast at Rancho Coral small cafe attached to a small hotel on the beach - one of the best breakfast burritos I've ever had.
Then, north a bit, to check out Jaco. Jaco is a large, very touristy town - again a nope for us. Our host gave it a "must do" for dining. This very unassuming business did not fail to deliver. Very beachy, very casual The service was awesome - thank you Leo!! This little place might be one of the reasons we come back to Esterillos Oeste.
A decision was also made tonight as to where we would go after Tami Lodge our next stop - Manuel Antonio. We knew we wanted to go to the National Park there and it got good reviews for activities. We found "The Falls at Manuel Antonio" and made reservations.
Tomorrow we'll be heading back into the mountains - to find more Quetzals. Adventure is Out There!!!! There really is more to do than look at birds which is an awesome thing to do - BTW. Some people come to this area for the hanging bridges and extensive zip lines. We are taking on a more esoteric activity today Costa Rica is famous for it's chocolate and we wanted to find out why.
We opted for just chocolate , at Cabure a small artisan shop - www. Lucy and Julia, two young ladies from Sunderland, UK joined us. The tour was actually more of a master's class on chocolate. Our guide sorry - I didn't get his name was the Chocolate Master!! A US expat from Massachusetts, who has been in CR for over 30 years, was our guide and his passion for chocolate was infectious. We witnessed and tasted the chocolate making process from roasting, to grinding and then to tempering.
Cabure doesn't use any preservatives in their chocolate and after a taste comparison, I would say they've hit the mark. Truthfully, it was a very interesting tour and of course, we couldn't help buying a few heavenly chocolate treats. One of the recommended activities in this area is a Night Jungle Tour. Again, we booked with Three Brothers Tours.
If we couldn't see anything in the jungle during the day, we definitely would need a guide at night. Mauricio oldest of the three brothers picked us up about pm and we made our way a short distance outside town to a private reserve "Santamaria's". We wandered the jungle, searching in the dark for creatures. We came across a tree frog, a rainbow beaked toucan sleeping in a tree , a sloth WAY UP in a tree and assorted fleeting animals. Walking in the dark in the jungle was an adventure unto itself.
With our jungle adventure behind us, it was time to read a bit and then dream about freshly baked bread. Or so I thought. While reading, I felt a bug of some sort crawl into my ear. Yup - you read that right. I was like I could feel it. I made Jim who was sleeping get up and try flushing it out Tried again - no luck. Unsure what to do, I googled "what to do if you get a bug in your ear". The most common answer was I could feel it thrash two or three times inside my ear and then nothing But now what????
I googled the medical clinics in town and found two but I would have to wait till morning. Just the thought of it inside my ear made for a rather sleepless night BUT To say that I had one of the worst, restless nights of sleep in my life would be putting it mildly.
I could feel a fullness in my ear, so I know it was still in there. Google said that there was a 24hour clinic within a 5 minute walk - so off we go DOWN the hill. Well, I guess there used to be one but it was closed.
By the time we walked back UP the hill into Santa Elena the Farmacia pharmacy was open and we went in for a recommendation. The nice clerk gave us two cards. Not sure where either of these clinics were exactly so it was back to pick up our car and made our way to the 1st clinic. Called the contact number and found out Dr. Hernandez was out of town til Tuesday but they did recommend the 2nd doctor.
Now, driving out to the other side of town - we did found that clinic and called Dr. She could be there in fifteen minutes.
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