We crossed over the border and headed over to the west coast. We stayed the first night at Playa Coco, really an uneventful town. At about this time in the trip, Sean realized he had to head home soon. He really wanted to see the Peninsula de Oso, so we beat feet all the way to the south of CR.
On the drive down, we went over the Cerro de Muerte or "mountain of death". The road takes up about 12,000 ft up into the cloud forest. All very gorgeous, some of the ferns are as big as the car! Its a very twisty road and when you are in the clouds you can't see two feet in front of the car.
We spent the night in San Isidro, which was actually the cheapest place we have stayed all trip. Go figure.
Our 1st stop on the peninsula was Puerto Jimenez, which is a rather seedy fishing town. We decided to head further down the peninsula. Interesting road. Once out of town it becomes dirt and rock, very hard on the shocks and bones! We forded streams and crossed bridges that were put together with rebar and metal plates.
We finally found the turn off to Matapalo and bounced along for another 20 minutes or so.
As we got closer to the ocean, a vehicle was stopped in the road in front of us. The people were out of the car and staring into the trees, hmmm. Of course we got out to see what was going on. Monkeys!!!! So cool.
The peninsula is thick jungle that doesn't stop til it hits the ocean. We continued on until the end of the road and suddenly the ocean was right in front of us. Wow! We found a place to stay right there. The guesthouse is called Kapu, which in the native language mean sweet spot. Couldn't be a more accurate description. In the jungle right on the beach!
And all you surfers, one of the best point breaks ever!
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Location:Costa Rica
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